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
20 * Mention collab-maint in the VCS section. Closes: #496815
22 -- Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:43:04 -0700
24 developers-reference (3.4.13) unstable; urgency=medium
27 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/. Closes: #755515
30 * Fix typo in Vcs-Git:. Closes: #756491
31 * resources: Mention that some of the goodies also apply to DMs.
32 Thanks Philipp Kaluza for the patch. Closes: #581603
33 * Clarify type of changes accepted in NMUs. Thanks to Chris Knadle for the
34 patch! Closes: #672198
35 * Add Steam subscriptions to the list of goodies. Thanks to Paul Wise
36 for the patch. Closes: #736381
37 * Replace 'Debian GNU/Linux' with 'Debian' (except at one place). Thanks
38 to 'victory' for the patch. Closes: #708665
39 * Add pointer to debian-experimental-changes@l.d.o, where uploads to
40 experimental are sent. Thanks to Guo Yixuan for the patch! Closes: #671705
41 * Recommend git-bp instead of cvs-bp, and cowbuilder instead of pbuilder-uml.
42 Thanks to Osamu Aoki and Andreas Rönnquist for the patch! Closes: #741269
43 * Update for jessie. Thanks Fabien Givors for the patch! Closes: #719888
45 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:52:15 +0200
47 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
50 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
51 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
54 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
57 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
58 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
60 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
62 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
67 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
68 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
70 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
72 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
77 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
78 patch. Closes: #685039
79 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
80 no-longer working link.
83 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
86 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
87 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
90 [ Translation updates ]
91 * French by David Prévot.
92 * Japanese by victory.
93 * German by Chris Leick.
97 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
98 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
100 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
102 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
108 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
109 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
110 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
111 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
112 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
113 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
114 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
115 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
117 [ Translation updates ]
118 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
119 * French by David Prévot.
120 * German by Chris Leick.
123 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
125 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
127 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
130 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
131 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
132 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
133 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
134 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
135 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
136 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
139 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
140 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
142 * Translation updates (complete)
143 - French by David Prévot.
144 - German by Chris Leick.
147 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
148 * Switch to xz compression for source.
149 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
150 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
151 by texlive-xetex directly.
153 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
155 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
160 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
161 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
162 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
163 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
164 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
165 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
166 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
167 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
168 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
169 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
170 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
171 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
172 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
173 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
174 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
175 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
176 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
177 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
178 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
179 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
182 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
183 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
184 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
185 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
188 * Translation updates (all completed)
189 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
190 - German by Chris Leick.
191 - French by David Prévot.
193 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
195 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
198 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
199 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
202 * Update my email address.
203 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
204 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
205 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
206 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
207 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
208 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
211 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
213 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
218 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
219 version tracking removed that requirement.
222 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
223 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
224 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
225 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
226 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
227 needed. Closes: #619990
228 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
229 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
232 * Initial German translation.
235 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
236 * Update French translation.
237 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
238 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
239 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
242 * Update Japanese translation.
244 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
246 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
249 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
250 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
253 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
254 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
255 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
256 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
257 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
258 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
259 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
260 patch. Closes: #540231
261 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
262 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
263 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
264 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
265 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
266 for the patch. Closes: #548823
267 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
268 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
269 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
270 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
271 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
272 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
273 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
274 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
275 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
276 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
277 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
278 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
279 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
280 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
282 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
283 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
284 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
286 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
287 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
288 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
289 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
290 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
292 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
294 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
295 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
296 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
297 patch. Closes: #573110
298 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
300 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
301 multi-lines substitution variables.
304 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
305 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
306 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
307 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
308 * Activate Japanese package.
309 * Handle addendum if it exists.
311 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
313 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
315 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
316 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
318 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
320 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
322 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
323 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
325 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
327 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
329 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
330 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
331 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
332 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
333 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
334 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
335 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
336 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
337 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
338 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
339 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
340 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
341 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
342 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
343 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
344 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
345 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
346 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
347 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
348 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
349 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
350 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
352 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
354 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
361 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
362 The most important changes are:
363 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
364 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
367 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
368 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
369 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
370 distinction. Closes: #464230.
371 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
372 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
373 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
374 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
375 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
376 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
378 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
379 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
381 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
382 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
384 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
385 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
387 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
389 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
390 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
392 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
393 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
394 Closes: #512620, #510783.
396 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
398 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
401 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
402 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
403 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
404 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
405 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
406 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
407 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
408 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
410 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
412 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
415 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
416 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
417 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
418 release codenames in <literal>
419 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
420 doesn't exist anymore.
421 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
422 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
423 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
424 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
425 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
426 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
427 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
428 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
429 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
430 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
431 team before upload. Closes: #459343
432 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
433 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
434 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
435 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
436 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
437 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
438 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
440 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
441 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
443 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
444 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
445 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
446 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
447 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
448 Thomas. Closes: #485837
450 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
451 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
453 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
455 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
459 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
460 - fix debian/copyright
461 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
462 - add pdf for French version.
463 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
464 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
465 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
466 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
467 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
468 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
469 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
470 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
471 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
473 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
474 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
476 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
478 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
479 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
480 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
481 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
482 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
483 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
485 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
488 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
489 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
490 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
491 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
492 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
493 * Update information concerning Alioth.
494 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
495 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
497 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
498 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
500 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
503 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
505 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
507 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
509 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
510 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
512 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
513 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
514 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
516 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
517 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
518 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
520 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
521 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
522 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
523 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
524 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
525 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
526 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
527 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
528 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
529 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
530 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
531 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
533 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
534 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
535 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
536 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
537 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
538 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
539 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
540 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
541 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
542 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
546 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
548 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
550 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
553 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
554 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
555 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
556 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
557 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
558 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
560 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
562 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
564 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
566 - non-us discontinued.
567 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
569 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
570 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
571 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
572 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
573 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
574 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
575 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
576 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
577 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
578 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
579 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
580 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
581 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
582 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
583 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
584 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
585 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
586 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
588 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
589 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
591 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
594 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
596 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
598 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
601 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
602 - madison is on merkel.
603 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
604 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
605 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
606 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
607 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
608 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
610 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
611 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
612 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
613 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
614 - sync NM rules with reality.
616 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
618 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
620 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
623 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
624 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
625 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
626 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
627 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
628 - spelling, grammer fixes.
629 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
630 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
631 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
632 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
633 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
634 - add myself to uploaders.
635 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
636 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
637 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
638 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
639 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
640 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
641 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
642 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
643 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
644 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
645 - rewrote the NMU section, and
646 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
647 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
648 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
649 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
650 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
651 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
652 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
653 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
655 - Security uploads get urgency=high
656 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
658 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
660 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
662 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
665 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
666 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
667 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
668 - documented Alioth, somewhat
670 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
671 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
673 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
674 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
675 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
676 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
680 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
682 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
683 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
684 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
685 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
688 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
690 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
693 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
695 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
696 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
697 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
699 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
700 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
701 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
702 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
705 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
707 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
708 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
709 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
710 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
711 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
713 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
714 it clear these are special cases
715 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
717 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
719 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
721 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
724 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
725 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
727 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
729 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
731 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
734 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
736 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
737 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
738 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
740 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
741 - the synopsis formula changed to either
742 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
744 <package-name> is <synopsis>
746 <package-name> are <synopsis>
748 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
749 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
750 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
751 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
752 package; closes: #187143
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
756 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
759 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
760 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
762 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
764 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
765 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
766 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
767 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
768 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
769 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
770 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
771 right places in the document, closes: #172897
772 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
776 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
778 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
779 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
780 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
781 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
782 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
783 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
784 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
786 - editorial changes on material added in this version
787 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
788 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
789 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
790 closes: #139957, #108416
791 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
792 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
796 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
799 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
801 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
802 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
803 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
804 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
806 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
807 for best practices for documentation
808 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
809 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
810 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
811 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
813 - spell-checking pass
815 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
817 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
820 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
821 descriptions" moved under there
822 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
823 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
824 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
825 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
826 the document where these tools are discussed
827 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
828 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
829 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
830 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
831 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
832 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
834 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
835 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
836 that can be fixed by DDP folks
837 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
838 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
839 - simply PS and PDF building rules
841 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
843 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
846 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
847 section and adjusted links
848 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
850 - ChangeLog attribution updates
851 - fix typos, closes: #171781
852 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
853 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
854 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
855 for debian/rules", and write an intro
856 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
857 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
858 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
859 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
860 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
861 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
862 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
863 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
864 "Internationalization"
865 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
866 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
867 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
868 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
869 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
870 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
871 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
872 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
873 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
875 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
876 rather useless and broken
877 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
878 names and the first word
879 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
880 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
881 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
883 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
884 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
885 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
889 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
892 - DDP publishing update
894 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
895 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
896 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
897 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
899 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
901 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
904 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
905 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
906 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
908 - added myself as co-author
909 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
911 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
912 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
914 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
915 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
917 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
919 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
922 - Corrected several errors with —
923 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
924 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
925 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
926 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
927 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
928 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
929 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
931 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
932 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
933 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
934 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
935 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
936 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
937 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
938 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
939 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
941 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
942 descriptions". closes: #158609
943 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
944 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
945 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
946 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
947 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
949 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
950 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
951 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
952 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
953 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
954 - updated the mailing lists section
956 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
957 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
960 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
962 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
965 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
966 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
968 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
970 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
971 Ch "The Debian Archive"
973 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
975 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
976 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
977 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
978 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
979 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
981 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
982 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
983 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
984 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
985 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
986 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
987 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
989 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
990 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
993 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
994 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
995 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
996 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
997 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
998 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
999 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
1000 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
1001 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
1002 work-around with <...>
1003 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
1004 - update copyright date
1005 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
1006 - spell check and grammar corrections
1010 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
1012 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
1013 recompile"; closes: #102626
1014 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
1015 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
1016 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
1017 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
1018 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
1020 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
1021 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
1022 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
1024 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
1026 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
1027 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
1028 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
1029 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1030 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
1031 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
1032 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1033 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
1034 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
1036 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1038 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1040 - updated the list of available architectures.
1041 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1042 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1043 of the package and nothing more.
1044 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1045 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1046 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1047 the use of the delayed queue.
1048 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1049 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1051 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1052 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1053 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1054 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1055 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1056 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1057 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1059 - new Sec "Documentation"
1060 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1061 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1062 "Being kind to porter" too
1063 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1064 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1065 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1066 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1067 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1069 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1070 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1073 - update French translation
1075 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1077 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1080 - some grammar corrections
1081 - update French translation
1083 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1084 anymore; closes: #135559
1085 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1087 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1089 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1090 that would be welcome)
1091 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1092 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1093 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1094 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1095 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1096 - other minor wording changes
1097 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1098 - Ch "Package uploads":
1099 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1100 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1101 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1102 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1103 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1104 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1105 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1109 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * from Martin Michlmayr
1112 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1113 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1114 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1116 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1118 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1120 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1122 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1123 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1124 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1125 - minor build tweaks
1127 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1128 * from Chris Tillman
1129 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1134 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1137 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1139 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1140 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1141 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1142 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1143 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1144 talking about uploading to distributions
1145 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1146 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1147 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1149 - French translation updated
1151 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1152 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1153 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1157 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1160 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1161 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1164 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1166 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * fix a typo in a link
1170 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1171 update documentation accordingly
1173 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1174 forwarding bugs upstream
1176 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1177 entities which should be used
1178 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1179 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1181 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1183 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1186 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1187 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1188 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1190 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1195 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1199 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1200 this translation needs updating
1201 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1202 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1203 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1205 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1206 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1207 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1209 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1210 included yet, however
1212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1214 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1218 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1219 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1221 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1223 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1225 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1228 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1229 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1231 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1233 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1235 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1238 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1239 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1240 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1241 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1242 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1243 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1244 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1245 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1246 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1247 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1248 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1249 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1251 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1252 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1253 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1254 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1255 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1257 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1259 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1260 * update copyright notice for 2001
1261 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1262 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1263 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1267 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1269 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1271 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1273 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1275 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1277 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1279 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1280 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1282 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1283 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1284 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1285 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1286 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1287 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1288 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1289 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1290 could be used if necessary
1291 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1292 mention the rsync dupload method
1293 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1295 * other small corrections
1296 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1297 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1298 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1299 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1301 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1303 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1304 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1306 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1308 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1310 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1311 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1312 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1313 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1315 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1316 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1317 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1318 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1319 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1321 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1323 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1324 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1325 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1326 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1327 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1328 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1329 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1331 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1332 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1333 - added a section about the LDAP database
1334 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1335 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1337 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1338 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1342 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1345 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1346 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1348 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1349 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1350 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1351 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1352 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1353 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1354 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1355 description from developers-reference.sgml
1357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1359 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1362 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1364 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1366 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1367 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1368 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1369 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1370 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1371 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1372 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1373 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1374 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1375 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1377 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1378 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1379 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1380 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1382 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1383 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1384 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1385 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1386 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1387 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1388 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1389 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1390 suggestion from James Troup
1391 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1392 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1393 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1394 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1397 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1399 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1401 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1402 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1404 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1406 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1408 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1409 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1410 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1411 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1412 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1413 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1414 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1416 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1418 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1420 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1421 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1422 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1423 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1424 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1425 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1427 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1428 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1430 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1434 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1436 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1438 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1439 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1440 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1441 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1442 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1444 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1445 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1446 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1447 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1449 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1450 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1451 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1452 a normal developer may have access.
1454 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1456 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1458 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1459 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1460 step all over each other
1462 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1464 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1466 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1467 address for PGP key updates
1469 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1471 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1474 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1475 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1476 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1477 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1479 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1481 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1483 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1484 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1485 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1486 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1487 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1488 <keyring-maint> instead)
1489 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1490 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1492 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1494 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1495 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1496 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1498 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1500 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1502 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1503 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1504 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1505 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1506 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1507 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1509 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1510 tighten up the language a bit
1511 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1512 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1513 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1514 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1516 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1517 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1518 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1519 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1520 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1521 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1523 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1524 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1525 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1526 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1527 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1528 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1529 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1530 number of available packages
1531 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1532 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1534 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1536 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1538 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1541 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1543 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1545 * not officially released
1546 * more spelling corrections
1547 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1549 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1551 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1553 * not officially released
1554 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1555 * some PGP-centricity removed
1556 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1557 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1558 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1559 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1560 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1561 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1563 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1565 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1567 * not officially released
1568 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1569 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1570 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1571 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1572 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1573 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1574 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1575 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1576 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1577 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1578 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1579 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1580 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1581 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1583 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1584 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1586 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1588 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1589 take a couple of weeks
1590 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1591 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1592 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1593 excited about it and can't wait
1594 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1595 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1597 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1598 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1600 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1601 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1602 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1606 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1608 * move to 3-level version number:
1609 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1610 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1611 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1612 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1613 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1616 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1617 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1618 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1620 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1622 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1623 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1624 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1625 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1626 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1627 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1629 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1631 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1632 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1633 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1634 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1635 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1636 - "The CVS server": new section added
1637 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1639 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1640 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1641 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1642 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1643 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1644 with respect to GPG.
1645 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1646 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1647 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1648 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1649 a canonical location?)
1650 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1651 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1652 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1653 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1655 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1657 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1658 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1659 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1660 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1662 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1664 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1667 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1668 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1669 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1670 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1671 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1672 and should not be included in this Reference.
1673 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1674 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1675 maintainer tools only!
1676 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1677 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1678 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1679 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1680 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1681 * Little corrections here and there.
1682 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1683 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1686 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1688 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1690 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1691 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1692 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1694 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1695 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1696 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1697 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1698 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1699 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1700 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1701 do prior to uploading
1702 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1703 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1705 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1706 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1707 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1708 duties with respect to bugs
1709 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1710 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1711 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1713 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1714 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1715 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1716 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1717 explicit what is used to build this package
1719 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1721 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1724 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1725 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1726 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1727 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1728 * utilize the new URL tag
1729 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1732 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1734 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1736 * non-maintainer release
1737 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1738 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1739 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1740 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1741 text, it can't hurt you.)
1742 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1743 reflect this packages version number
1744 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1746 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1748 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1752 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1754 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1756 * New version numbering scheme:
1758 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1759 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1760 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1763 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1764 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1765 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1766 differ between the manuals.
1768 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1769 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1770 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1771 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1773 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1774 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1776 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1778 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1780 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1782 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1784 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1785 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1787 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1788 (as requested by James Troup)
1790 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1792 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1794 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1796 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1798 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1800 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1802 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1804 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1805 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1806 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1807 the non-maintainer release
1809 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1810 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1811 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1814 - Lots of typos fixed
1816 * Compressed SGML source code
1818 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1819 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1821 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1823 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1825 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1827 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1828 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1829 - Announcing package uploads
1830 * New section about Debian Mentors
1831 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1832 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1833 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1834 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1836 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1838 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1840 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1841 of our FTP server and the development process
1842 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1843 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1844 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1846 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1847 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1848 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1849 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1850 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1851 contacting the maintainer
1852 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1853 a new manual released soon)
1854 * Some minor changes
1855 * Include SGML source in package
1856 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1857 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1859 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1861 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1865 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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