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
16 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:22:22 -0400
18 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
21 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
23 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
24 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
25 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
27 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
28 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
29 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
30 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
33 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
35 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
36 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
37 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
38 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
39 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
41 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
42 it clear these are special cases
43 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
45 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
47 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
49 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
52 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
53 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
55 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
57 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
59 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
62 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
64 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
65 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
66 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
68 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
69 - the synopsis formula changed to either
70 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
72 <package-name> is <synopsis>
74 <package-name> are <synopsis>
76 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
77 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
78 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
79 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
80 package; closes: #187143
82 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
84 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
87 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
88 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
90 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
92 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
93 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
94 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
95 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
96 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
97 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
98 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
99 right places in the document, closes: #172897
100 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
104 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
106 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
107 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
108 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
109 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
110 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
111 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
112 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
114 - editorial changes on material added in this version
115 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
116 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
117 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
118 closes: #139957, #108416
119 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
120 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
124 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
127 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
129 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
130 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
131 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
132 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
134 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
135 for best practices for documentation
136 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
137 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
138 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
139 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
141 - spell-checking pass
143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
145 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
148 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
149 descriptions" moved under there
150 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
151 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
152 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
153 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
154 the document where these tools are discussed
155 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
156 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
157 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
158 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
159 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
160 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
162 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
163 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
164 that can be fixed by DDP folks
165 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
166 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
167 - simply PS and PDF building rules
169 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
171 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
174 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
175 section and adjusted links
176 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
178 - ChangeLog attribution updates
179 - fix typos, closes: #171781
180 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
181 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
182 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
183 for debian/rules", and write an intro
184 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
185 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
186 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
187 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
188 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
189 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
190 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
191 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
192 "Internationalization"
193 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
194 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
195 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
196 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
197 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
198 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
199 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
200 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
201 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
203 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
204 rather useless and broken
205 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
206 names and the first word
207 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
208 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
209 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
211 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
212 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
213 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
217 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
220 - DDP publishing update
222 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
223 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
224 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
225 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
227 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
229 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
232 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
233 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
234 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
236 - added myself as co-author
237 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
239 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
240 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
242 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
243 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
245 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
247 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
250 - Corrected several errors with —
251 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
252 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
253 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
254 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
255 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
256 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
257 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
259 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
260 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
261 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
262 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
263 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
264 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
265 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
266 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
267 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
269 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
270 descriptions". closes: #158609
271 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
272 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
273 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
274 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
275 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
277 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
278 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
279 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
280 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
281 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
282 - updated the mailing lists section
284 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
285 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
290 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
293 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
294 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
296 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
298 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
299 Ch "The Debian Archive"
301 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
303 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
304 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
305 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
306 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
307 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
309 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
310 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
311 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
312 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
313 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
314 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
315 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
317 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
318 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
321 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
322 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
323 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
324 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
325 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
326 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
327 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
328 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
329 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
330 work-around with <...>
331 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
332 - update copyright date
333 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
334 - spell check and grammar corrections
338 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
340 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
341 recompile"; closes: #102626
342 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
343 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
344 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
345 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
346 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
348 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
349 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
350 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
352 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
354 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
355 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
356 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
357 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
358 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
359 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
360 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
361 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
362 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
364 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
366 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
368 - updated the list of available architectures.
369 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
370 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
371 of the package and nothing more.
372 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
373 any pain to the ftpmasters.
374 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
375 the use of the delayed queue.
376 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
377 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
379 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
380 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
381 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
382 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
383 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
384 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
385 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
387 - new Sec "Documentation"
388 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
389 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
390 "Being kind to porter" too
391 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
392 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
393 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
394 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
395 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
397 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
398 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
401 - update French translation
403 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
405 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
408 - some grammar corrections
409 - update French translation
411 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
412 anymore; closes: #135559
413 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
415 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
417 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
418 that would be welcome)
419 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
420 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
421 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
422 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
423 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
424 - other minor wording changes
425 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
426 - Ch "Package uploads":
427 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
428 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
429 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
430 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
431 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
432 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
433 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
437 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
439 * from Martin Michlmayr
440 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
441 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
442 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
444 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
446 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
448 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
450 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
451 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
452 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
455 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
457 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
460 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
462 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
465 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
467 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
468 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
469 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
470 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
471 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
472 talking about uploading to distributions
473 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
474 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
475 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
477 - French translation updated
479 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
480 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
481 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
483 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
485 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
488 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
489 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
492 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
494 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
497 * fix a typo in a link
498 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
499 update documentation accordingly
501 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
502 forwarding bugs upstream
504 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
505 entities which should be used
506 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
507 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
509 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
511 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
513 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
514 * French version: completely up-to-date now
515 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
516 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
518 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
523 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
525 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
527 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
528 this translation needs updating
529 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
530 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
531 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
533 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
534 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
535 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
537 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
538 included yet, however
540 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
542 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
544 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
546 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
547 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
549 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
553 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
555 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
556 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
557 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
559 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
563 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
566 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
567 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
568 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
569 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
570 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
571 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
572 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
573 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
574 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
575 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
576 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
577 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
579 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
580 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
581 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
582 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
583 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
585 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
587 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
588 * update copyright notice for 2001
589 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
590 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
591 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
595 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
597 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
599 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
601 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
605 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
607 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
608 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
610 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
611 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
612 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
613 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
614 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
615 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
616 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
617 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
618 could be used if necessary
619 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
620 mention the rsync dupload method
621 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
623 * other small corrections
624 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
625 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
626 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
627 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
629 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
631 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
632 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
634 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
636 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
638 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
639 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
640 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
641 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
643 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
644 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
645 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
646 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
647 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
649 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
651 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
652 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
653 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
654 team (closes: Bug#52906)
655 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
656 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
657 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
659 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
660 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
661 - added a section about the LDAP database
662 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
663 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
665 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
666 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
668 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
670 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
672 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
673 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
674 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
676 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
677 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
678 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
679 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
680 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
681 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
682 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
683 description from developers-reference.sgml
685 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
687 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
689 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
690 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
692 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
694 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
695 releases are available at archive.debian.org
696 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
697 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
698 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
699 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
700 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
701 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
702 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
703 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
705 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
706 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
707 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
708 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
710 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
711 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
712 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
713 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
714 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
715 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
716 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
717 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
718 suggestion from James Troup
719 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
720 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
721 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
722 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
725 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
727 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
729 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
730 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
732 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
734 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
736 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
737 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
738 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
739 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
740 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
741 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
742 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
744 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
746 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
748 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
749 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
750 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
751 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
752 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
753 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
755 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
756 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
758 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
760 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
762 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
766 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
767 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
768 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
769 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
770 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
772 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
773 with intro; demoted server sections under that
774 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
775 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
777 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
778 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
779 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
780 a normal developer may have access.
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
784 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
786 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
787 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
788 step all over each other
790 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
792 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
794 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
795 address for PGP key updates
797 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
799 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
801 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
802 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
803 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
804 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
805 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
809 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
811 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
812 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
813 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
814 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
815 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
816 <keyring-maint> instead)
817 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
818 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
820 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
822 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
823 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
824 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
828 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
830 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
831 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
832 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
833 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
834 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
835 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
837 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
838 tighten up the language a bit
839 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
840 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
841 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
842 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
844 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
845 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
846 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
847 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
848 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
849 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
851 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
852 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
853 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
854 about how to depart Debian gracefully
855 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
856 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
857 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
858 number of available packages
859 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
860 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
862 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
864 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
866 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
869 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
871 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
873 * not officially released
874 * more spelling corrections
875 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
877 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
879 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
881 * not officially released
882 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
883 * some PGP-centricity removed
884 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
885 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
886 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
887 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
888 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
889 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
891 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
893 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
895 * not officially released
896 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
897 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
898 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
899 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
900 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
901 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
902 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
903 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
904 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
905 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
906 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
907 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
908 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
909 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
911 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
912 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
914 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
916 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
917 take a couple of weeks
918 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
919 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
920 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
921 excited about it and can't wait
922 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
923 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
925 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
926 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
928 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
929 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
930 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
932 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
934 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
936 * move to 3-level version number:
937 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
938 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
939 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
940 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
941 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
944 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
945 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
946 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
948 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
950 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
951 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
952 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
953 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
954 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
955 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
957 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
959 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
960 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
961 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
962 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
963 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
964 - "The CVS server": new section added
965 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
967 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
968 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
969 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
970 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
971 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
973 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
974 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
975 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
976 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
977 a canonical location?)
978 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
979 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
980 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
981 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
983 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
985 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
986 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
987 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
988 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
990 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
992 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
994 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
995 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
996 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
997 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
998 them. (closes Bug#26948)
999 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1000 and should not be included in this Reference.
1001 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1002 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1003 maintainer tools only!
1004 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1005 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1006 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1007 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1008 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1009 * Little corrections here and there.
1010 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1011 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1014 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1016 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1019 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1020 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1022 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1023 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1024 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1025 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1026 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1027 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1028 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1029 do prior to uploading
1030 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1031 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1033 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1034 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1035 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1036 duties with respect to bugs
1037 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1038 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1039 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1041 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1042 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1043 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1044 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1045 explicit what is used to build this package
1047 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1049 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1053 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1054 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1055 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1056 * utilize the new URL tag
1057 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1060 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1062 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1064 * non-maintainer release
1065 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1066 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1067 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1068 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1069 text, it can't hurt you.)
1070 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1071 reflect this packages version number
1072 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1074 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1076 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1080 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1082 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1084 * New version numbering scheme:
1086 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1087 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1088 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1091 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1092 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1093 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1094 differ between the manuals.
1096 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1097 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1098 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1099 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1101 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1102 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1104 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1106 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1108 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1112 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1113 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1115 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1116 (as requested by James Troup)
1118 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1120 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1122 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1124 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1128 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1130 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1132 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1133 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1134 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1135 the non-maintainer release
1137 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1138 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1139 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1142 - Lots of typos fixed
1144 * Compressed SGML source code
1146 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1147 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1149 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1151 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1153 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1156 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1157 - Announcing package uploads
1158 * New section about Debian Mentors
1159 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1160 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1161 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1162 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1164 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1166 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1169 of our FTP server and the development process
1170 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1171 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1172 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1174 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1175 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1176 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1177 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1178 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1179 contacting the maintainer
1180 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1181 a new manual released soon)
1182 * Some minor changes
1183 * Include SGML source in package
1184 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1185 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1187 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1189 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1193 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200