1 developers-reference (3.4.14) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
4 * Update links from http to https where possible
7 * Drop section on goodies, point to wiki instead.
8 Closes: #751489, #586186
9 * dpkg-buildpackage now uses fakeroot automatically. Closes: #750988
10 * Drop section on debsums as this functionality is now integrated in
12 * Mention other types of checksums besides MD5. Closes: #750994
13 * Mention rationale for including the description in ITPs. Closes:
15 * Mention getting removed from e-mail aliases in retiring procedure.
17 * Fix typos in german translation. Patch from Thomas Schumm (Thanks!).
19 * Update DSA contact points. Closes: #713043
21 -- Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:43:04 -0700
23 developers-reference (3.4.13) unstable; urgency=medium
26 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/. Closes: #755515
29 * Fix typo in Vcs-Git:. Closes: #756491
30 * resources: Mention that some of the goodies also apply to DMs.
31 Thanks Philipp Kaluza for the patch. Closes: #581603
32 * Clarify type of changes accepted in NMUs. Thanks to Chris Knadle for the
33 patch! Closes: #672198
34 * Add Steam subscriptions to the list of goodies. Thanks to Paul Wise
35 for the patch. Closes: #736381
36 * Replace 'Debian GNU/Linux' with 'Debian' (except at one place). Thanks
37 to 'victory' for the patch. Closes: #708665
38 * Add pointer to debian-experimental-changes@l.d.o, where uploads to
39 experimental are sent. Thanks to Guo Yixuan for the patch! Closes: #671705
40 * Recommend git-bp instead of cvs-bp, and cowbuilder instead of pbuilder-uml.
41 Thanks to Osamu Aoki and Andreas Rönnquist for the patch! Closes: #741269
42 * Update for jessie. Thanks Fabien Givors for the patch! Closes: #719888
44 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:52:15 +0200
46 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
49 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
50 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
53 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
56 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
57 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
59 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
61 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
67 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
69 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
71 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
76 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
77 patch. Closes: #685039
78 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
79 no-longer working link.
82 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
85 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
86 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
89 [ Translation updates ]
90 * French by David Prévot.
91 * Japanese by victory.
92 * German by Chris Leick.
96 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
97 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
99 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
101 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
106 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
107 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
108 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
109 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
110 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
111 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
112 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
113 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
114 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
116 [ Translation updates ]
117 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
118 * French by David Prévot.
119 * German by Chris Leick.
122 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
124 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
126 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
129 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
130 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
131 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
132 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
133 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
134 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
135 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
138 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
139 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
141 * Translation updates (complete)
142 - French by David Prévot.
143 - German by Chris Leick.
146 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
147 * Switch to xz compression for source.
148 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
149 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
150 by texlive-xetex directly.
152 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
154 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
160 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
161 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
162 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
163 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
164 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
165 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
166 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
167 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
168 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
169 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
170 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
171 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
172 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
173 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
174 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
175 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
176 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
177 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
178 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
181 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
182 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
183 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
184 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
187 * Translation updates (all completed)
188 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
189 - German by Chris Leick.
190 - French by David Prévot.
192 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
194 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
197 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
198 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
201 * Update my email address.
202 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
203 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
204 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
205 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
206 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
207 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
210 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
212 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
218 version tracking removed that requirement.
221 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
222 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
223 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
224 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
225 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
226 needed. Closes: #619990
227 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
228 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
231 * Initial German translation.
234 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
235 * Update French translation.
236 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
237 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
238 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
241 * Update Japanese translation.
243 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
245 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
248 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
249 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
252 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
253 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
254 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
255 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
256 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
257 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
258 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
259 patch. Closes: #540231
260 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
261 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
262 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
263 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
264 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
265 for the patch. Closes: #548823
266 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
267 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
268 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
269 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
270 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
271 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
272 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
273 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
274 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
275 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
276 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
277 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
278 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
279 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
281 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
282 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
283 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
285 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
286 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
287 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
288 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
289 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
291 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
293 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
294 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
295 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
296 patch. Closes: #573110
297 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
299 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
300 multi-lines substitution variables.
303 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
304 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
305 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
306 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
307 * Activate Japanese package.
308 * Handle addendum if it exists.
310 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
312 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
314 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
315 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
317 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
319 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
321 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
322 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
324 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
326 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
328 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
329 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
330 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
331 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
332 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
333 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
334 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
335 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
336 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
337 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
338 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
339 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
340 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
341 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
342 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
343 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
344 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
345 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
346 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
347 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
348 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
349 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
351 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
353 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
356 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
360 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
361 The most important changes are:
362 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
363 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
366 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
367 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
368 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
369 distinction. Closes: #464230.
370 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
371 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
372 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
373 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
374 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
375 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
377 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
378 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
380 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
381 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
383 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
384 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
386 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
388 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
389 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
391 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
392 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
393 Closes: #512620, #510783.
395 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
397 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
400 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
401 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
402 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
403 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
404 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
405 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
406 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
407 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
409 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
411 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
414 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
415 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
416 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
417 release codenames in <literal>
418 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
419 doesn't exist anymore.
420 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
421 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
422 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
423 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
424 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
425 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
426 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
427 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
428 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
429 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
430 team before upload. Closes: #459343
431 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
432 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
433 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
434 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
435 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
436 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
437 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
439 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
440 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
442 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
443 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
444 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
445 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
446 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
447 Thomas. Closes: #485837
449 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
450 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
452 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
454 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
458 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
459 - fix debian/copyright
460 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
461 - add pdf for French version.
462 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
463 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
464 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
465 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
466 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
467 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
468 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
469 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
470 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
472 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
473 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
475 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
477 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
478 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
479 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
480 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
481 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
482 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
484 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
487 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
488 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
489 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
490 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
491 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
492 * Update information concerning Alioth.
493 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
494 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
496 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
497 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
499 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
502 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
504 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
506 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
508 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
509 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
511 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
512 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
513 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
515 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
516 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
517 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
519 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
520 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
521 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
522 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
523 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
524 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
525 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
526 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
527 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
528 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
529 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
530 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
532 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
533 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
534 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
535 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
536 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
537 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
538 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
539 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
540 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
541 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
545 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
547 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
549 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
552 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
553 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
554 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
555 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
556 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
557 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
559 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
561 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
563 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
565 - non-us discontinued.
566 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
568 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
569 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
570 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
571 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
572 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
573 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
574 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
575 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
576 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
577 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
578 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
579 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
580 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
581 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
582 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
583 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
584 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
585 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
587 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
588 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
590 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
593 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
595 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
597 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
600 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
601 - madison is on merkel.
602 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
603 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
604 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
605 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
606 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
607 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
609 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
610 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
611 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
612 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
613 - sync NM rules with reality.
615 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
617 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
619 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
622 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
623 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
624 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
625 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
626 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
627 - spelling, grammer fixes.
628 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
629 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
630 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
631 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
632 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
633 - add myself to uploaders.
634 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
635 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
636 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
637 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
638 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
639 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
640 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
641 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
642 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
643 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
644 - rewrote the NMU section, and
645 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
646 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
647 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
648 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
649 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
650 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
651 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
652 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
654 - Security uploads get urgency=high
655 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
657 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
659 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
661 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
664 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
665 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
666 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
667 - documented Alioth, somewhat
669 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
670 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
672 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
673 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
674 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
675 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
679 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
681 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
682 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
683 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
684 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
689 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
692 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
694 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
695 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
696 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
698 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
699 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
700 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
701 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
704 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
706 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
707 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
708 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
709 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
710 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
712 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
713 it clear these are special cases
714 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
716 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
718 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
720 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
723 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
724 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
726 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
728 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
730 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
733 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
735 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
736 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
737 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
739 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
740 - the synopsis formula changed to either
741 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
743 <package-name> is <synopsis>
745 <package-name> are <synopsis>
747 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
748 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
749 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
750 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
751 package; closes: #187143
753 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
755 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
758 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
759 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
761 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
763 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
764 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
765 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
766 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
767 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
768 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
769 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
770 right places in the document, closes: #172897
771 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
775 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
777 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
778 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
779 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
780 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
781 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
782 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
783 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
785 - editorial changes on material added in this version
786 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
787 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
788 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
789 closes: #139957, #108416
790 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
791 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
793 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
795 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
798 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
800 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
801 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
802 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
803 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
805 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
806 for best practices for documentation
807 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
808 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
809 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
810 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
812 - spell-checking pass
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
816 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
819 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
820 descriptions" moved under there
821 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
822 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
823 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
824 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
825 the document where these tools are discussed
826 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
827 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
828 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
829 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
830 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
831 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
833 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
834 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
835 that can be fixed by DDP folks
836 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
837 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
838 - simply PS and PDF building rules
840 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
842 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
845 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
846 section and adjusted links
847 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
849 - ChangeLog attribution updates
850 - fix typos, closes: #171781
851 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
852 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
853 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
854 for debian/rules", and write an intro
855 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
856 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
857 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
858 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
859 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
860 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
861 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
862 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
863 "Internationalization"
864 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
865 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
866 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
867 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
868 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
869 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
870 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
871 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
872 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
874 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
875 rather useless and broken
876 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
877 names and the first word
878 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
879 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
880 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
882 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
883 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
884 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
886 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
888 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
891 - DDP publishing update
893 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
894 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
895 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
896 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
898 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
900 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
903 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
904 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
905 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
907 - added myself as co-author
908 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
910 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
911 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
913 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
914 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
918 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
921 - Corrected several errors with —
922 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
923 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
924 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
925 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
926 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
927 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
928 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
930 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
931 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
932 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
933 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
934 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
935 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
936 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
937 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
938 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
940 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
941 descriptions". closes: #158609
942 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
943 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
944 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
945 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
946 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
948 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
949 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
950 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
951 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
952 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
953 - updated the mailing lists section
955 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
956 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
961 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
964 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
965 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
967 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
969 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
970 Ch "The Debian Archive"
972 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
974 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
975 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
976 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
977 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
978 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
980 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
981 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
982 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
983 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
984 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
985 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
986 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
988 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
989 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
992 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
993 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
994 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
995 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
996 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
997 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
998 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
999 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
1000 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
1001 work-around with <...>
1002 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
1003 - update copyright date
1004 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
1005 - spell check and grammar corrections
1009 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
1011 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
1012 recompile"; closes: #102626
1013 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
1014 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
1015 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
1016 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
1017 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
1019 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
1020 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
1021 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
1023 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
1025 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
1026 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
1027 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
1028 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1029 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
1030 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
1031 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1032 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
1033 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
1035 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1037 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1039 - updated the list of available architectures.
1040 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1041 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1042 of the package and nothing more.
1043 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1044 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1045 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1046 the use of the delayed queue.
1047 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1048 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1050 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1051 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1052 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1053 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1054 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1055 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1056 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1058 - new Sec "Documentation"
1059 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1060 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1061 "Being kind to porter" too
1062 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1063 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1064 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1065 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1066 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1068 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1069 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1072 - update French translation
1074 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1076 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1079 - some grammar corrections
1080 - update French translation
1082 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1083 anymore; closes: #135559
1084 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1086 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1088 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1089 that would be welcome)
1090 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1091 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1092 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1093 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1094 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1095 - other minor wording changes
1096 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1097 - Ch "Package uploads":
1098 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1099 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1100 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1101 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1102 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1103 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1104 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1108 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * from Martin Michlmayr
1111 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1112 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1113 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1115 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1117 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1119 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1121 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1122 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1123 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1124 - minor build tweaks
1126 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1127 * from Chris Tillman
1128 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1133 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1136 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1138 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1139 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1140 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1141 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1142 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1143 talking about uploading to distributions
1144 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1145 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1146 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1148 - French translation updated
1150 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1151 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1152 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1154 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1156 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1159 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1160 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1165 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * fix a typo in a link
1169 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1170 update documentation accordingly
1172 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1173 forwarding bugs upstream
1175 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1176 entities which should be used
1177 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1178 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1180 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1182 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1184 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1185 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1186 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1187 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1189 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1192 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1194 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1196 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1198 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1199 this translation needs updating
1200 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1201 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1202 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1204 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1205 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1206 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1208 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1209 included yet, however
1211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1213 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1217 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1218 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1220 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1224 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1227 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1228 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1230 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1234 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1237 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1238 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1239 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1240 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1241 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1242 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1243 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1244 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1245 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1246 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1247 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1248 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1250 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1251 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1252 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1253 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1254 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1256 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1258 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1259 * update copyright notice for 2001
1260 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1261 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1262 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1264 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1266 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1270 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1272 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1274 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1276 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1279 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1281 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1282 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1283 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1284 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1285 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1286 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1287 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1288 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1289 could be used if necessary
1290 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1291 mention the rsync dupload method
1292 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1294 * other small corrections
1295 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1296 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1297 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1298 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1300 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1302 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1303 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1305 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1307 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1309 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1310 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1311 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1312 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1314 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1315 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1316 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1317 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1318 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1320 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1322 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1323 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1324 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1325 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1326 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1327 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1328 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1330 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1331 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1332 - added a section about the LDAP database
1333 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1334 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1336 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1337 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1339 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1341 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1343 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1344 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1345 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1347 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1348 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1349 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1350 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1351 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1352 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1353 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1354 description from developers-reference.sgml
1356 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1358 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1360 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1361 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1363 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1365 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1366 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1367 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1368 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1369 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1370 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1371 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1372 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1373 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1374 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1376 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1377 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1378 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1379 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1381 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1382 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1383 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1384 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1385 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1386 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1387 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1388 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1389 suggestion from James Troup
1390 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1391 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1392 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1393 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1398 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1400 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1401 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1403 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1405 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1407 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1408 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1409 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1410 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1411 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1412 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1413 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1415 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1417 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1419 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1420 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1421 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1422 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1423 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1424 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1426 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1427 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1429 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1433 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1437 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1438 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1439 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1440 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1441 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1443 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1444 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1445 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1446 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1448 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1449 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1450 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1451 a normal developer may have access.
1453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1455 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1457 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1458 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1459 step all over each other
1461 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1463 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1466 address for PGP key updates
1468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1470 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1472 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1473 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1474 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1475 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1476 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1480 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1482 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1483 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1484 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1485 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1486 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1487 <keyring-maint> instead)
1488 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1489 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1491 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1493 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1494 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1495 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1497 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1499 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1501 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1502 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1503 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1504 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1505 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1506 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1508 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1509 tighten up the language a bit
1510 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1511 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1512 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1513 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1515 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1516 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1517 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1518 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1519 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1520 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1522 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1523 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1524 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1525 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1526 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1527 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1528 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1529 number of available packages
1530 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1531 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1535 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1537 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1540 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1542 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1544 * not officially released
1545 * more spelling corrections
1546 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1548 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1550 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1552 * not officially released
1553 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1554 * some PGP-centricity removed
1555 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1556 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1557 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1558 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1559 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1560 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1562 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1564 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1566 * not officially released
1567 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1568 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1569 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1570 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1571 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1572 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1573 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1574 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1575 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1576 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1577 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1578 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1579 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1580 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1582 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1583 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1585 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1587 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1588 take a couple of weeks
1589 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1590 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1591 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1592 excited about it and can't wait
1593 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1594 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1596 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1597 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1599 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1600 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1601 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1605 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1607 * move to 3-level version number:
1608 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1609 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1610 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1611 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1612 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1615 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1616 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1617 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1619 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1621 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1622 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1623 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1624 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1625 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1626 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1628 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1630 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1631 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1632 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1633 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1634 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1635 - "The CVS server": new section added
1636 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1638 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1639 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1640 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1641 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1642 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1643 with respect to GPG.
1644 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1645 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1646 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1647 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1648 a canonical location?)
1649 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1650 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1651 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1652 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1654 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1656 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1657 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1658 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1659 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1661 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1663 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1665 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1666 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1667 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1668 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1669 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1670 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1671 and should not be included in this Reference.
1672 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1673 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1674 maintainer tools only!
1675 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1676 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1677 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1678 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1679 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1680 * Little corrections here and there.
1681 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1682 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1685 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1687 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1689 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1690 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1691 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1693 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1694 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1695 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1696 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1697 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1698 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1699 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1700 do prior to uploading
1701 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1702 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1704 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1705 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1706 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1707 duties with respect to bugs
1708 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1709 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1710 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1712 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1713 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1714 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1715 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1716 explicit what is used to build this package
1718 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1720 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1723 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1724 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1725 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1726 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1727 * utilize the new URL tag
1728 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1731 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1733 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1735 * non-maintainer release
1736 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1737 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1738 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1739 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1740 text, it can't hurt you.)
1741 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1742 reflect this packages version number
1743 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1745 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1747 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1751 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1753 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1755 * New version numbering scheme:
1757 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1758 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1759 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1762 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1763 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1764 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1765 differ between the manuals.
1767 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1768 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1769 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1770 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1772 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1773 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1775 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1777 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1779 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1781 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1783 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1784 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1786 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1787 (as requested by James Troup)
1789 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1791 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1793 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1795 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1797 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1799 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1801 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1803 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1804 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1805 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1806 the non-maintainer release
1808 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1809 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1810 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1813 - Lots of typos fixed
1815 * Compressed SGML source code
1817 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1818 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1820 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1822 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1824 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1826 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1827 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1828 - Announcing package uploads
1829 * New section about Debian Mentors
1830 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1831 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1832 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1833 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1835 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1837 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1839 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1840 of our FTP server and the development process
1841 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1842 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1843 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1845 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1846 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1847 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1848 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1849 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1850 contacting the maintainer
1851 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1852 a new manual released soon)
1853 * Some minor changes
1854 * Include SGML source in package
1855 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1856 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1858 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1860 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1864 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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