1 developers-reference (3.4.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
6 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
7 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
8 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
9 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
10 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
11 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
12 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
15 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
16 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
18 * Translation updates (complete)
19 - French by David Prévot.
20 - German by Chris Leick.
22 -- Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:54:05 +0900
24 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
30 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
31 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
32 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
33 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
34 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
35 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
36 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
37 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
38 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
39 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
40 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
41 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
42 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
43 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
44 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
45 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
46 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
47 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
48 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
51 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
52 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
53 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
54 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
57 * Translation updates (all completed)
58 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
59 - German by Chris Leick.
60 - French by David Prévot.
62 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
64 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
67 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
68 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
71 * Update my email address.
72 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
73 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
74 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
75 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
76 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
77 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
80 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
82 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
87 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
88 version tracking removed that requirement.
91 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
92 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
93 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
94 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
95 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
96 needed. Closes: #619990
97 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
98 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
101 * Initial German translation.
104 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
105 * Update French translation.
106 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
107 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
108 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
111 * Update Japanese translation.
113 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
115 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
118 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
119 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
122 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
123 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
124 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
125 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
126 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
127 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
128 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
129 patch. Closes: #540231
130 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
131 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
132 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
133 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
134 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
135 for the patch. Closes: #548823
136 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
137 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
138 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
139 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
140 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
141 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
142 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
143 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
144 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
145 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
146 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
147 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
148 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
149 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
151 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
152 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
153 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
155 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
156 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
157 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
158 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
159 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
161 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
163 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
164 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
165 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
166 patch. Closes: #573110
167 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
169 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
170 multi-lines substitution variables.
173 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
174 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
175 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
176 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
177 * Activate Japanese package.
178 * Handle addendum if it exists.
180 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
182 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
184 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
185 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
187 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
189 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
191 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
192 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
194 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
196 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
198 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
199 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
200 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
201 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
202 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
203 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
204 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
205 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
206 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
207 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
208 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
209 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
210 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
211 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
212 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
213 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
214 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
215 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
216 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
217 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
218 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
219 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
221 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
223 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
226 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
230 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
231 The most important changes are:
232 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
233 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
236 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
237 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
238 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
239 distinction. Closes: #464230.
240 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
241 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
242 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
243 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
244 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
245 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
247 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
248 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
250 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
251 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
253 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
254 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
256 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
258 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
259 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
261 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
262 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
263 Closes: #512620, #510783.
265 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
267 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
270 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
271 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
272 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
273 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
274 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
275 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
276 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
277 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
279 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
281 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
284 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
285 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
286 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
287 release codenames in <literal>
288 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
289 doesn't exist anymore.
290 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
291 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
292 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
293 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
294 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
295 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
296 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
297 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
298 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
299 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
300 team before upload. Closes: #459343
301 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
302 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
303 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
304 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
305 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
306 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
307 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
309 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
310 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
312 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
313 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
314 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
315 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
316 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
317 Thomas. Closes: #485837
319 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
320 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
322 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
324 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
328 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
329 - fix debian/copyright
330 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
331 - add pdf for French version.
332 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
333 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
334 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
335 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
336 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
337 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
338 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
339 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
340 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
342 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
343 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
345 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
347 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
348 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
349 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
350 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
351 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
352 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
354 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
357 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
358 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
359 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
360 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
361 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
362 * Update information concerning Alioth.
363 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
364 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
366 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
367 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
369 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
372 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
374 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
376 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
378 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
379 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
381 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
382 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
383 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
385 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
386 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
387 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
389 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
390 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
391 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
392 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
393 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
394 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
395 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
396 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
397 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
398 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
399 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
400 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
402 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
403 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
404 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
405 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
406 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
407 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
408 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
409 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
410 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
411 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
415 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
417 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
419 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
422 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
423 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
424 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
425 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
426 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
427 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
429 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
431 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
433 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
435 - non-us discontinued.
436 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
438 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
439 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
440 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
441 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
442 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
443 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
444 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
445 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
446 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
447 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
448 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
449 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
450 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
451 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
452 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
453 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
454 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
455 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
457 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
458 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
460 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
463 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
465 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
467 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
470 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
471 - madison is on merkel.
472 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
473 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
474 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
475 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
476 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
477 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
479 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
480 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
481 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
482 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
483 - sync NM rules with reality.
485 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
487 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
489 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
492 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
493 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
494 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
495 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
496 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
497 - spelling, grammer fixes.
498 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
499 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
500 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
501 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
502 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
503 - add myself to uploaders.
504 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
505 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
506 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
507 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
508 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
509 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
510 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
511 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
512 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
513 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
514 - rewrote the NMU section, and
515 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
516 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
517 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
518 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
519 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
520 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
521 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
522 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
524 - Security uploads get urgency=high
525 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
527 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
529 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
531 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
534 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
535 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
536 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
537 - documented Alioth, somewhat
539 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
540 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
542 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
543 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
544 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
545 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
549 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
551 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
552 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
553 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
554 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
557 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
559 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
562 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
564 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
565 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
566 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
568 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
569 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
570 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
571 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
574 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
576 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
577 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
578 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
579 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
580 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
582 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
583 it clear these are special cases
584 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
586 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
588 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
590 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
593 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
594 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
596 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
598 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
600 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
603 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
605 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
606 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
607 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
609 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
610 - the synopsis formula changed to either
611 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
613 <package-name> is <synopsis>
615 <package-name> are <synopsis>
617 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
618 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
619 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
620 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
621 package; closes: #187143
623 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
625 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
628 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
629 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
631 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
633 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
634 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
635 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
636 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
637 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
638 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
639 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
640 right places in the document, closes: #172897
641 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
645 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
647 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
648 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
649 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
650 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
651 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
652 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
653 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
655 - editorial changes on material added in this version
656 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
657 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
658 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
659 closes: #139957, #108416
660 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
661 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
663 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
665 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
668 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
670 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
671 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
672 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
673 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
675 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
676 for best practices for documentation
677 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
678 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
679 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
680 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
682 - spell-checking pass
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
686 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
689 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
690 descriptions" moved under there
691 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
692 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
693 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
694 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
695 the document where these tools are discussed
696 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
697 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
698 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
699 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
700 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
701 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
703 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
704 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
705 that can be fixed by DDP folks
706 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
707 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
708 - simply PS and PDF building rules
710 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
712 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
715 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
716 section and adjusted links
717 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
719 - ChangeLog attribution updates
720 - fix typos, closes: #171781
721 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
722 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
723 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
724 for debian/rules", and write an intro
725 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
726 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
727 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
728 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
729 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
730 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
731 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
732 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
733 "Internationalization"
734 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
735 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
736 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
737 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
738 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
739 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
740 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
741 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
742 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
744 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
745 rather useless and broken
746 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
747 names and the first word
748 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
749 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
750 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
752 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
753 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
754 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
756 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
758 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
761 - DDP publishing update
763 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
764 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
765 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
766 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
768 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
770 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
773 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
774 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
775 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
777 - added myself as co-author
778 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
780 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
781 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
783 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
784 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
786 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
788 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
791 - Corrected several errors with —
792 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
793 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
794 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
795 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
796 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
797 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
798 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
800 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
801 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
802 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
803 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
804 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
805 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
806 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
807 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
808 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
810 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
811 descriptions". closes: #158609
812 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
813 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
814 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
815 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
816 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
818 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
819 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
820 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
821 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
822 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
823 - updated the mailing lists section
825 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
826 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
829 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
831 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
834 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
835 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
837 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
839 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
840 Ch "The Debian Archive"
842 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
844 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
845 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
846 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
847 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
848 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
850 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
851 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
852 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
853 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
854 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
855 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
856 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
858 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
859 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
862 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
863 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
864 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
865 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
866 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
867 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
868 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
869 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
870 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
871 work-around with <...>
872 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
873 - update copyright date
874 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
875 - spell check and grammar corrections
879 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
881 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
882 recompile"; closes: #102626
883 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
884 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
885 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
886 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
887 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
889 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
890 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
891 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
893 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
895 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
896 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
897 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
898 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
899 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
900 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
901 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
902 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
903 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
905 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
907 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
909 - updated the list of available architectures.
910 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
911 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
912 of the package and nothing more.
913 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
914 any pain to the ftpmasters.
915 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
916 the use of the delayed queue.
917 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
918 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
920 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
921 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
922 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
923 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
924 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
925 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
926 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
928 - new Sec "Documentation"
929 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
930 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
931 "Being kind to porter" too
932 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
933 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
934 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
935 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
936 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
938 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
939 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
942 - update French translation
944 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
946 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
949 - some grammar corrections
950 - update French translation
952 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
953 anymore; closes: #135559
954 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
956 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
958 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
959 that would be welcome)
960 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
961 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
962 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
963 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
964 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
965 - other minor wording changes
966 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
967 - Ch "Package uploads":
968 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
969 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
970 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
971 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
972 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
973 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
974 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
976 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
978 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
980 * from Martin Michlmayr
981 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
982 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
983 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
985 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
987 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
989 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
991 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
992 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
993 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
996 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
998 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1001 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1003 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1006 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1008 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1009 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1010 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1011 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1012 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1013 talking about uploading to distributions
1014 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1015 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1016 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1018 - French translation updated
1020 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1021 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1022 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1026 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1029 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1030 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1033 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1035 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * fix a typo in a link
1039 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1040 update documentation accordingly
1042 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1043 forwarding bugs upstream
1045 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1046 entities which should be used
1047 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1048 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1050 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1052 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1055 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1056 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1057 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1059 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1062 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1064 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1068 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1069 this translation needs updating
1070 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1071 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1072 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1074 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1075 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1076 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1078 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1079 included yet, however
1081 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1083 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1087 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1088 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1090 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1092 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1094 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1097 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1098 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1100 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1102 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1104 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1107 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1108 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1109 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1110 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1111 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1112 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1113 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1114 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1115 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1116 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1117 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1118 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1120 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1121 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1122 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1123 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1124 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1126 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1128 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1129 * update copyright notice for 2001
1130 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1131 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1132 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1136 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1140 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1142 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1146 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1149 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1151 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1152 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1153 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1154 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1155 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1156 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1157 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1158 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1159 could be used if necessary
1160 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1161 mention the rsync dupload method
1162 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1164 * other small corrections
1165 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1166 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1167 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1168 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1170 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1172 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1173 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1175 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1177 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1179 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1180 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1181 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1182 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1184 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1185 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1186 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1187 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1188 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1190 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1192 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1193 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1194 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1195 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1196 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1197 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1198 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1200 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1201 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1202 - added a section about the LDAP database
1203 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1204 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1206 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1207 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1209 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1211 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1213 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1214 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1215 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1217 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1218 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1219 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1220 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1221 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1222 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1223 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1224 description from developers-reference.sgml
1226 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1228 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1230 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1231 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1233 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1235 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1236 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1237 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1238 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1239 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1240 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1241 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1242 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1243 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1244 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1246 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1247 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1248 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1249 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1251 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1252 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1253 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1254 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1255 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1256 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1257 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1258 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1259 suggestion from James Troup
1260 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1261 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1262 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1263 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1266 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1268 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1271 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1275 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1278 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1279 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1280 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1281 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1282 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1283 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1285 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1287 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1289 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1290 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1291 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1292 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1293 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1294 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1296 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1297 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1299 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1303 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1307 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1308 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1309 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1310 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1311 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1313 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1314 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1315 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1316 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1318 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1319 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1320 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1321 a normal developer may have access.
1323 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1325 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1327 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1328 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1329 step all over each other
1331 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1333 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1336 address for PGP key updates
1338 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1340 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1342 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1343 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1344 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1345 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1346 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1348 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1350 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1352 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1353 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1354 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1355 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1356 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1357 <keyring-maint> instead)
1358 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1359 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1361 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1363 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1364 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1365 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1367 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1369 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1371 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1372 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1373 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1374 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1375 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1376 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1378 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1379 tighten up the language a bit
1380 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1381 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1382 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1383 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1385 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1386 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1387 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1388 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1389 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1390 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1392 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1393 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1394 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1395 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1396 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1397 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1398 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1399 number of available packages
1400 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1401 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1403 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1405 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1407 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1410 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1412 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1414 * not officially released
1415 * more spelling corrections
1416 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1420 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * not officially released
1423 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1424 * some PGP-centricity removed
1425 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1426 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1427 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1428 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1429 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1430 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1434 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1436 * not officially released
1437 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1438 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1439 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1440 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1441 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1442 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1443 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1444 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1445 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1446 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1447 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1448 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1449 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1450 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1452 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1453 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1455 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1457 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1458 take a couple of weeks
1459 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1460 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1461 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1462 excited about it and can't wait
1463 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1464 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1466 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1467 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1469 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1470 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1471 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1473 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1475 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1477 * move to 3-level version number:
1478 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1479 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1480 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1481 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1482 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1485 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1486 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1487 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1489 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1491 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1492 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1493 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1494 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1495 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1496 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1498 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1500 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1501 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1502 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1503 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1504 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1505 - "The CVS server": new section added
1506 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1508 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1509 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1510 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1511 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1512 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1513 with respect to GPG.
1514 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1515 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1516 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1517 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1518 a canonical location?)
1519 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1520 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1521 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1522 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1524 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1526 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1527 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1528 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1529 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1531 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1533 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1535 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1536 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1537 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1538 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1539 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1540 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1541 and should not be included in this Reference.
1542 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1543 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1544 maintainer tools only!
1545 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1546 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1547 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1548 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1549 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1550 * Little corrections here and there.
1551 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1552 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1555 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1557 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1559 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1560 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1561 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1563 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1564 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1565 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1566 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1567 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1568 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1569 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1570 do prior to uploading
1571 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1572 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1574 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1575 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1576 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1577 duties with respect to bugs
1578 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1579 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1580 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1582 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1583 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1584 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1585 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1586 explicit what is used to build this package
1588 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1590 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1593 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1594 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1595 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1596 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1597 * utilize the new URL tag
1598 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1601 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1603 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1605 * non-maintainer release
1606 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1607 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1608 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1609 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1610 text, it can't hurt you.)
1611 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1612 reflect this packages version number
1613 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1615 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1617 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1621 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1623 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1625 * New version numbering scheme:
1627 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1628 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1629 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1632 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1633 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1634 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1635 differ between the manuals.
1637 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1638 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1639 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1640 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1642 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1643 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1645 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1647 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1649 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1651 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1653 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1654 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1656 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1657 (as requested by James Troup)
1659 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1661 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1663 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1665 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1667 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1669 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1671 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1673 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1674 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1675 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1676 the non-maintainer release
1678 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1679 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1680 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1683 - Lots of typos fixed
1685 * Compressed SGML source code
1687 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1688 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1690 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1692 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1694 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1696 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1697 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1698 - Announcing package uploads
1699 * New section about Debian Mentors
1700 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1701 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1702 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1703 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1705 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1707 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1709 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1710 of our FTP server and the development process
1711 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1712 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1713 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1715 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1716 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1717 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1718 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1719 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1720 contacting the maintainer
1721 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1722 a new manual released soon)
1723 * Some minor changes
1724 * Include SGML source in package
1725 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1726 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1728 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1730 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1734 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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