1 developers-reference (3.3.4) WORKING VERSION; urgency=low
4 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
5 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
6 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
7 - documented Alioth, somewhat
9 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
10 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
12 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
13 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
14 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
15 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
18 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:22:22 -0400
20 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
23 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
25 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
26 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
27 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
29 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
30 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
31 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
32 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
35 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
37 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
38 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
39 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
40 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
41 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
43 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
44 it clear these are special cases
45 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
47 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
49 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
51 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
54 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
55 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
57 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
59 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
61 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
64 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
66 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
67 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
68 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
70 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
71 - the synopsis formula changed to either
72 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
74 <package-name> is <synopsis>
76 <package-name> are <synopsis>
78 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
79 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
80 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
81 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
82 package; closes: #187143
84 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
86 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
89 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
90 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
92 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
94 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
95 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
96 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
97 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
98 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
99 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
100 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
101 right places in the document, closes: #172897
102 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
106 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
108 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
109 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
110 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
111 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
112 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
113 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
114 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
116 - editorial changes on material added in this version
117 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
118 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
119 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
120 closes: #139957, #108416
121 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
122 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
126 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
129 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
131 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
132 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
133 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
134 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
136 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
137 for best practices for documentation
138 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
139 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
140 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
141 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
143 - spell-checking pass
145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
147 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
150 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
151 descriptions" moved under there
152 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
153 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
154 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
155 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
156 the document where these tools are discussed
157 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
158 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
159 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
160 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
161 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
162 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
164 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
165 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
166 that can be fixed by DDP folks
167 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
168 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
169 - simply PS and PDF building rules
171 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
173 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
176 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
177 section and adjusted links
178 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
180 - ChangeLog attribution updates
181 - fix typos, closes: #171781
182 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
183 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
184 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
185 for debian/rules", and write an intro
186 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
187 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
188 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
189 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
190 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
191 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
192 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
193 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
194 "Internationalization"
195 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
196 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
197 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
198 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
199 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
200 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
201 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
202 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
203 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
205 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
206 rather useless and broken
207 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
208 names and the first word
209 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
210 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
211 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
213 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
214 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
215 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
217 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
219 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
222 - DDP publishing update
224 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
225 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
226 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
227 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
231 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
234 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
235 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
236 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
238 - added myself as co-author
239 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
241 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
242 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
244 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
245 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
247 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
249 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
252 - Corrected several errors with —
253 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
254 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
255 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
256 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
257 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
258 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
259 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
261 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
262 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
263 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
264 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
265 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
266 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
267 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
268 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
269 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
271 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
272 descriptions". closes: #158609
273 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
274 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
275 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
276 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
277 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
279 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
280 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
281 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
282 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
283 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
284 - updated the mailing lists section
286 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
287 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
292 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
295 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
296 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
298 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
300 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
301 Ch "The Debian Archive"
303 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
305 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
306 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
307 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
308 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
309 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
311 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
312 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
313 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
314 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
315 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
316 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
317 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
319 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
320 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
323 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
324 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
325 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
326 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
327 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
328 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
329 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
330 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
331 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
332 work-around with <...>
333 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
334 - update copyright date
335 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
336 - spell check and grammar corrections
340 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
342 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
343 recompile"; closes: #102626
344 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
345 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
346 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
347 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
348 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
350 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
351 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
352 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
354 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
356 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
357 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
358 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
359 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
360 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
361 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
362 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
363 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
364 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
366 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
368 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
370 - updated the list of available architectures.
371 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
372 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
373 of the package and nothing more.
374 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
375 any pain to the ftpmasters.
376 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
377 the use of the delayed queue.
378 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
379 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
381 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
382 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
383 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
384 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
385 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
386 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
387 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
389 - new Sec "Documentation"
390 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
391 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
392 "Being kind to porter" too
393 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
394 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
395 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
396 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
397 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
399 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
400 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
403 - update French translation
405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
407 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
410 - some grammar corrections
411 - update French translation
413 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
414 anymore; closes: #135559
415 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
417 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
419 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
420 that would be welcome)
421 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
422 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
423 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
424 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
425 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
426 - other minor wording changes
427 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
428 - Ch "Package uploads":
429 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
430 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
431 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
432 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
433 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
434 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
435 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
437 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
439 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
441 * from Martin Michlmayr
442 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
443 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
444 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
446 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
448 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
450 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
452 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
453 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
454 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
457 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
459 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
462 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
464 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
467 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
469 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
470 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
471 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
472 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
473 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
474 talking about uploading to distributions
475 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
476 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
477 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
479 - French translation updated
481 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
482 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
483 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
485 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
487 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
490 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
491 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
496 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
499 * fix a typo in a link
500 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
501 update documentation accordingly
503 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
504 forwarding bugs upstream
506 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
507 entities which should be used
508 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
509 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
511 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
513 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
515 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
516 * French version: completely up-to-date now
517 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
518 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
520 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
523 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
525 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
527 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
529 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
530 this translation needs updating
531 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
532 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
533 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
535 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
536 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
537 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
539 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
540 included yet, however
542 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
544 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
546 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
548 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
549 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
551 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
555 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
557 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
558 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
559 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
561 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
563 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
565 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
568 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
569 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
570 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
571 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
572 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
573 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
574 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
575 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
576 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
577 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
578 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
579 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
581 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
582 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
583 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
584 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
585 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
587 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
589 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
590 * update copyright notice for 2001
591 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
592 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
593 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
595 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
597 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
599 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
601 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
603 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
605 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
607 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
609 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
610 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
612 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
613 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
614 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
615 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
616 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
617 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
618 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
619 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
620 could be used if necessary
621 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
622 mention the rsync dupload method
623 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
625 * other small corrections
626 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
627 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
628 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
629 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
631 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
633 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
634 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
636 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
638 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
640 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
641 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
642 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
643 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
645 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
646 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
647 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
648 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
649 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
651 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
653 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
654 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
655 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
656 team (closes: Bug#52906)
657 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
658 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
659 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
661 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
662 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
663 - added a section about the LDAP database
664 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
665 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
667 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
668 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
670 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
672 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
674 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
675 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
676 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
678 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
679 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
680 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
681 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
682 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
683 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
684 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
685 description from developers-reference.sgml
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
689 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
691 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
692 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
694 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
696 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
697 releases are available at archive.debian.org
698 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
699 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
700 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
701 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
702 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
703 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
704 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
705 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
707 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
708 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
709 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
710 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
712 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
713 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
714 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
715 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
716 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
717 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
718 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
719 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
720 suggestion from James Troup
721 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
722 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
723 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
724 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
729 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
731 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
732 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
736 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
738 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
739 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
740 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
741 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
742 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
743 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
744 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
746 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
748 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
750 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
751 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
752 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
753 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
754 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
755 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
757 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
758 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
760 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
762 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
764 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
766 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
768 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
769 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
770 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
771 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
772 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
774 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
775 with intro; demoted server sections under that
776 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
777 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
779 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
780 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
781 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
782 a normal developer may have access.
784 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
786 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
788 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
789 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
790 step all over each other
792 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
794 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
796 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
797 address for PGP key updates
799 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
801 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
803 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
804 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
805 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
806 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
807 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
809 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
811 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
813 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
814 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
815 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
816 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
817 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
818 <keyring-maint> instead)
819 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
820 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
822 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
824 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
825 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
826 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
830 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
832 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
833 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
834 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
835 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
836 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
837 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
839 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
840 tighten up the language a bit
841 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
842 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
843 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
844 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
846 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
847 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
848 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
849 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
850 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
851 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
853 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
854 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
855 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
856 about how to depart Debian gracefully
857 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
858 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
859 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
860 number of available packages
861 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
862 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
864 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
866 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
868 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
871 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
873 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
875 * not officially released
876 * more spelling corrections
877 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
881 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
883 * not officially released
884 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
885 * some PGP-centricity removed
886 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
887 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
888 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
889 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
890 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
891 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
893 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
895 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
897 * not officially released
898 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
899 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
900 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
901 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
902 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
903 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
904 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
905 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
906 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
907 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
908 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
909 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
910 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
911 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
913 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
914 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
916 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
918 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
919 take a couple of weeks
920 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
921 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
922 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
923 excited about it and can't wait
924 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
925 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
927 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
928 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
930 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
931 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
932 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
934 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
936 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
938 * move to 3-level version number:
939 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
940 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
941 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
942 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
943 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
946 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
947 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
948 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
950 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
952 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
953 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
954 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
955 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
956 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
957 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
959 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
961 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
962 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
963 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
964 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
965 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
966 - "The CVS server": new section added
967 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
969 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
970 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
971 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
972 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
973 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
975 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
976 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
977 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
978 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
979 a canonical location?)
980 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
981 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
982 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
983 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
985 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
987 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
988 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
989 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
990 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
992 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
994 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
996 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
997 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
998 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
999 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1000 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1001 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1002 and should not be included in this Reference.
1003 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1004 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1005 maintainer tools only!
1006 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1007 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1008 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1009 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1010 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1011 * Little corrections here and there.
1012 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1013 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1016 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1018 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1021 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1022 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1024 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1025 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1026 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1027 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1028 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1029 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1030 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1031 do prior to uploading
1032 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1033 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1035 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1036 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1037 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1038 duties with respect to bugs
1039 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1040 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1041 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1043 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1044 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1045 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1046 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1047 explicit what is used to build this package
1049 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1051 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1055 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1056 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1057 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1058 * utilize the new URL tag
1059 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1062 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1064 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1066 * non-maintainer release
1067 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1068 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1069 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1070 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1071 text, it can't hurt you.)
1072 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1073 reflect this packages version number
1074 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1076 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1078 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1082 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1084 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1086 * New version numbering scheme:
1088 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1089 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1090 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1093 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1094 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1095 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1096 differ between the manuals.
1098 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1099 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1100 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1101 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1103 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1104 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1106 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1108 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1110 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1114 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1115 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1117 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1118 (as requested by James Troup)
1120 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1122 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1124 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1126 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1128 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1130 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1132 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1134 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1135 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1136 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1137 the non-maintainer release
1139 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1140 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1141 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1144 - Lots of typos fixed
1146 * Compressed SGML source code
1148 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1149 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1151 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1153 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1155 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1158 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1159 - Announcing package uploads
1160 * New section about Debian Mentors
1161 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1162 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1163 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1164 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1166 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1168 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1170 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1171 of our FTP server and the development process
1172 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1173 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1174 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1176 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1177 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1178 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1179 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1180 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1181 contacting the maintainer
1182 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1183 a new manual released soon)
1184 * Some minor changes
1185 * Include SGML source in package
1186 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1187 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1189 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1191 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1195 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200