1 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
4 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
5 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
6 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
7 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
8 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
9 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
11 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
13 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
15 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
18 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:04:20 -0600
20 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
23 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
24 - madison is on merkel.
25 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
26 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
27 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
28 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
29 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
30 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
32 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
33 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
34 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
35 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
36 - sync NM rules with reality.
38 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
40 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
42 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
45 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
46 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
47 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
48 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
49 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
50 - spelling, grammer fixes.
51 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
52 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
53 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
54 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
55 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
56 - add myself to uploaders.
57 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
58 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
59 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
60 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
61 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
62 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
63 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
64 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
65 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
66 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
67 - rewrote the NMU section, and
68 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
69 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
70 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
71 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
72 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
73 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
74 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
75 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
77 - Security uploads get urgency=high
78 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
80 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
82 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
84 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
87 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
88 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
89 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
90 - documented Alioth, somewhat
92 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
93 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
95 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
96 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
97 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
98 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
102 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
104 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
105 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
106 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
107 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
110 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
112 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
115 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
117 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
118 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
119 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
121 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
122 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
123 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
124 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
127 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
129 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
130 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
131 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
132 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
133 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
135 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
136 it clear these are special cases
137 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
139 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
143 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
146 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
147 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
149 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
153 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
156 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
158 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
159 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
160 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
162 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
163 - the synopsis formula changed to either
164 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
166 <package-name> is <synopsis>
168 <package-name> are <synopsis>
170 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
171 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
172 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
173 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
174 package; closes: #187143
176 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
178 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
181 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
182 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
184 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
186 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
187 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
188 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
189 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
190 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
191 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
192 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
193 right places in the document, closes: #172897
194 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
198 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
200 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
201 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
202 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
203 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
204 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
205 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
206 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
208 - editorial changes on material added in this version
209 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
210 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
211 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
212 closes: #139957, #108416
213 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
214 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
216 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
218 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
221 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
223 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
224 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
225 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
226 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
228 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
229 for best practices for documentation
230 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
231 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
232 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
233 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
235 - spell-checking pass
237 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
239 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
242 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
243 descriptions" moved under there
244 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
245 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
246 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
247 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
248 the document where these tools are discussed
249 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
250 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
251 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
252 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
253 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
254 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
256 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
257 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
258 that can be fixed by DDP folks
259 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
260 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
261 - simply PS and PDF building rules
263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
265 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
268 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
269 section and adjusted links
270 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
272 - ChangeLog attribution updates
273 - fix typos, closes: #171781
274 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
275 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
276 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
277 for debian/rules", and write an intro
278 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
279 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
280 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
281 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
282 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
283 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
284 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
285 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
286 "Internationalization"
287 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
288 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
289 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
290 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
291 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
292 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
293 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
294 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
295 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
297 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
298 rather useless and broken
299 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
300 names and the first word
301 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
302 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
303 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
305 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
306 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
307 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
309 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
311 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
314 - DDP publishing update
316 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
317 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
318 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
319 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
321 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
323 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
326 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
327 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
328 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
330 - added myself as co-author
331 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
333 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
334 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
336 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
337 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
339 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
341 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
344 - Corrected several errors with —
345 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
346 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
347 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
348 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
349 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
350 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
351 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
353 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
354 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
355 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
356 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
357 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
358 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
359 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
360 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
361 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
363 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
364 descriptions". closes: #158609
365 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
366 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
367 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
368 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
369 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
371 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
372 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
373 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
374 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
375 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
376 - updated the mailing lists section
378 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
379 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
382 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
384 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
387 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
388 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
390 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
392 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
393 Ch "The Debian Archive"
395 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
397 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
398 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
399 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
400 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
401 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
403 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
404 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
405 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
406 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
407 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
408 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
409 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
411 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
412 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
415 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
416 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
417 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
418 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
419 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
420 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
421 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
422 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
423 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
424 work-around with <...>
425 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
426 - update copyright date
427 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
428 - spell check and grammar corrections
432 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
434 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
435 recompile"; closes: #102626
436 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
437 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
438 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
439 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
440 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
442 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
443 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
444 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
446 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
448 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
449 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
450 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
451 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
452 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
453 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
454 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
455 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
456 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
458 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
460 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
462 - updated the list of available architectures.
463 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
464 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
465 of the package and nothing more.
466 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
467 any pain to the ftpmasters.
468 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
469 the use of the delayed queue.
470 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
471 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
473 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
474 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
475 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
476 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
477 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
478 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
479 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
481 - new Sec "Documentation"
482 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
483 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
484 "Being kind to porter" too
485 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
486 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
487 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
488 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
489 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
491 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
492 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
495 - update French translation
497 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
499 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
502 - some grammar corrections
503 - update French translation
505 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
506 anymore; closes: #135559
507 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
509 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
511 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
512 that would be welcome)
513 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
514 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
515 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
516 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
517 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
518 - other minor wording changes
519 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
520 - Ch "Package uploads":
521 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
522 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
523 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
524 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
525 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
526 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
527 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
529 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
531 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
533 * from Martin Michlmayr
534 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
535 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
536 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
538 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
540 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
542 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
544 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
545 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
546 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
549 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
551 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
554 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
556 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
559 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
561 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
562 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
563 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
564 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
565 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
566 talking about uploading to distributions
567 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
568 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
569 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
571 - French translation updated
573 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
574 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
575 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
577 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
579 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
582 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
583 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
586 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
588 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
591 * fix a typo in a link
592 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
593 update documentation accordingly
595 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
596 forwarding bugs upstream
598 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
599 entities which should be used
600 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
601 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
605 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
607 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
608 * French version: completely up-to-date now
609 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
610 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
612 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
615 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
617 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
619 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
621 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
622 this translation needs updating
623 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
624 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
625 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
627 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
628 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
629 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
631 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
632 included yet, however
634 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
636 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
638 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
640 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
641 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
643 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
647 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
649 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
650 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
651 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
653 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
657 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
660 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
661 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
662 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
663 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
664 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
665 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
666 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
667 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
668 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
669 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
670 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
671 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
673 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
674 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
675 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
676 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
677 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
679 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
681 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
682 * update copyright notice for 2001
683 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
684 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
685 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
689 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
691 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
693 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
695 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
697 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
699 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
702 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
704 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
705 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
706 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
707 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
708 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
709 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
710 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
711 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
712 could be used if necessary
713 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
714 mention the rsync dupload method
715 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
717 * other small corrections
718 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
719 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
720 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
721 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
723 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
725 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
726 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
728 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
730 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
732 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
733 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
734 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
735 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
737 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
738 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
739 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
740 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
741 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
743 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
745 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
746 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
747 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
748 team (closes: Bug#52906)
749 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
750 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
751 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
753 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
754 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
755 - added a section about the LDAP database
756 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
757 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
759 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
760 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
762 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
764 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
766 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
767 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
768 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
770 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
771 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
772 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
773 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
774 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
775 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
776 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
777 description from developers-reference.sgml
779 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
781 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
783 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
784 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
786 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
788 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
789 releases are available at archive.debian.org
790 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
791 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
792 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
793 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
794 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
795 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
796 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
797 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
799 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
800 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
801 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
802 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
804 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
805 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
806 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
807 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
808 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
809 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
810 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
811 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
812 suggestion from James Troup
813 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
814 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
815 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
816 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
819 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
821 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
823 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
824 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
828 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
830 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
831 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
832 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
833 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
834 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
835 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
836 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
838 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
840 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
842 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
843 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
844 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
845 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
846 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
847 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
849 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
850 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
852 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
854 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
856 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
858 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
860 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
861 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
862 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
863 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
864 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
866 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
867 with intro; demoted server sections under that
868 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
869 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
871 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
872 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
873 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
874 a normal developer may have access.
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
878 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
880 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
881 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
882 step all over each other
884 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
886 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
888 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
889 address for PGP key updates
891 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
893 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
895 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
896 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
897 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
898 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
899 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
901 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
903 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
905 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
906 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
907 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
908 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
909 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
910 <keyring-maint> instead)
911 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
912 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
914 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
916 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
917 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
918 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
920 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
922 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
924 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
925 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
926 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
927 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
928 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
929 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
931 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
932 tighten up the language a bit
933 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
934 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
935 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
936 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
938 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
939 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
940 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
941 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
942 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
943 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
945 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
946 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
947 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
948 about how to depart Debian gracefully
949 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
950 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
951 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
952 number of available packages
953 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
954 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
956 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
958 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
960 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
963 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
965 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
967 * not officially released
968 * more spelling corrections
969 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
971 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
973 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
975 * not officially released
976 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
977 * some PGP-centricity removed
978 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
979 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
980 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
981 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
982 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
983 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
985 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
987 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
989 * not officially released
990 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
991 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
992 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
993 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
994 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
995 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
996 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
997 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
998 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
999 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1000 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1001 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1002 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1003 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1005 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1006 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1008 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1010 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1011 take a couple of weeks
1012 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1013 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1014 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1015 excited about it and can't wait
1016 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1017 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1019 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1020 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1022 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1023 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1024 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1026 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1028 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1030 * move to 3-level version number:
1031 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1032 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1033 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1034 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1035 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1038 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1039 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1040 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1042 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1044 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1045 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1046 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1047 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1048 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1049 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1051 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1053 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1054 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1055 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1056 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1057 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1058 - "The CVS server": new section added
1059 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1061 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1062 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1063 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1064 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1065 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1066 with respect to GPG.
1067 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1068 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1069 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1070 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1071 a canonical location?)
1072 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1073 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1074 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1075 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1077 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1079 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1080 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1081 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1082 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1084 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1086 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1089 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1090 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1091 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1092 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1093 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1094 and should not be included in this Reference.
1095 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1096 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1097 maintainer tools only!
1098 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1099 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1100 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1101 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1102 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1103 * Little corrections here and there.
1104 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1105 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1108 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1110 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1113 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1114 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1116 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1117 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1118 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1119 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1120 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1121 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1122 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1123 do prior to uploading
1124 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1125 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1127 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1128 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1129 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1130 duties with respect to bugs
1131 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1132 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1133 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1135 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1136 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1137 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1138 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1139 explicit what is used to build this package
1141 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1143 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1146 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1147 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1148 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1149 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1150 * utilize the new URL tag
1151 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1154 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1156 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1158 * non-maintainer release
1159 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1160 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1161 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1162 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1163 text, it can't hurt you.)
1164 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1165 reflect this packages version number
1166 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1168 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1170 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1174 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1176 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1178 * New version numbering scheme:
1180 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1181 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1182 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1185 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1186 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1187 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1188 differ between the manuals.
1190 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1191 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1192 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1193 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1195 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1196 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1198 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1200 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1202 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1206 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1207 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1209 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1210 (as requested by James Troup)
1212 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1214 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1216 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1218 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1222 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1224 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1226 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1227 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1228 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1229 the non-maintainer release
1231 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1232 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1233 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1236 - Lots of typos fixed
1238 * Compressed SGML source code
1240 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1241 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1243 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1245 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1247 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1249 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1250 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1251 - Announcing package uploads
1252 * New section about Debian Mentors
1253 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1254 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1255 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1256 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1258 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1260 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1263 of our FTP server and the development process
1264 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1265 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1266 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1268 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1269 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1270 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1271 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1272 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1273 contacting the maintainer
1274 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1275 a new manual released soon)
1276 * Some minor changes
1277 * Include SGML source in package
1278 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1279 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1281 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1283 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1287 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200