1 developers-reference (3.4.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
6 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:20:49 +0200
8 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
14 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
15 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
16 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
17 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
18 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
19 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
20 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
21 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
23 [ Translation updates ]
24 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
25 * French by David Prévot.
26 * German by Chris Leick.
29 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
31 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
33 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
36 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
37 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
38 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
39 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
40 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
41 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
42 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
45 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
46 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
48 * Translation updates (complete)
49 - French by David Prévot.
50 - German by Chris Leick.
53 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
54 * Switch to xz compression for source.
55 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
56 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
57 by texlive-xetex directly.
59 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
61 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
67 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
68 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
69 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
70 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
71 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
72 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
73 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
74 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
75 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
76 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
77 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
78 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
79 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
80 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
81 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
82 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
83 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
84 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
85 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
88 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
89 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
90 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
91 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
94 * Translation updates (all completed)
95 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
96 - German by Chris Leick.
97 - French by David Prévot.
99 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
101 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
105 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
108 * Update my email address.
109 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
110 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
111 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
112 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
113 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
114 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
117 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
119 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
124 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
125 version tracking removed that requirement.
128 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
129 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
130 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
131 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
132 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
133 needed. Closes: #619990
134 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
135 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
138 * Initial German translation.
141 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
142 * Update French translation.
143 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
144 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
145 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
148 * Update Japanese translation.
150 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
152 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
155 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
156 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
159 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
160 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
161 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
162 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
163 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
164 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
165 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
166 patch. Closes: #540231
167 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
168 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
169 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
170 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
171 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
172 for the patch. Closes: #548823
173 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
174 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
175 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
176 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
177 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
178 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
179 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
180 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
181 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
182 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
183 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
184 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
185 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
186 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
188 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
189 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
190 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
192 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
193 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
194 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
195 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
196 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
198 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
200 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
201 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
202 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
203 patch. Closes: #573110
204 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
206 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
207 multi-lines substitution variables.
210 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
211 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
212 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
213 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
214 * Activate Japanese package.
215 * Handle addendum if it exists.
217 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
219 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
221 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
222 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
224 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
226 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
228 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
229 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
231 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
233 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
235 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
236 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
237 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
238 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
239 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
240 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
241 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
242 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
243 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
244 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
245 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
246 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
247 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
248 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
249 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
250 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
251 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
252 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
253 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
254 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
255 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
256 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
258 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
260 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
263 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
267 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
268 The most important changes are:
269 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
270 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
273 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
274 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
275 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
276 distinction. Closes: #464230.
277 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
278 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
279 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
280 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
281 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
282 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
284 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
285 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
287 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
288 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
290 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
291 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
293 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
295 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
296 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
298 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
299 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
300 Closes: #512620, #510783.
302 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
304 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
307 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
308 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
309 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
310 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
311 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
312 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
313 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
314 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
316 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
318 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
321 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
322 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
323 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
324 release codenames in <literal>
325 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
326 doesn't exist anymore.
327 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
328 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
329 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
330 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
331 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
332 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
333 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
334 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
335 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
336 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
337 team before upload. Closes: #459343
338 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
339 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
340 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
341 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
342 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
343 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
344 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
346 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
347 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
349 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
350 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
351 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
352 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
353 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
354 Thomas. Closes: #485837
356 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
357 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
359 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
361 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
365 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
366 - fix debian/copyright
367 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
368 - add pdf for French version.
369 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
370 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
371 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
372 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
373 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
374 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
375 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
376 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
377 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
379 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
380 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
382 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
384 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
385 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
386 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
387 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
388 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
389 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
391 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
394 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
395 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
396 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
397 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
398 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
399 * Update information concerning Alioth.
400 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
401 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
403 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
404 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
406 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
409 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
411 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
413 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
415 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
416 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
418 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
419 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
420 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
422 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
423 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
424 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
426 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
427 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
428 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
429 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
430 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
431 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
432 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
433 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
434 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
435 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
436 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
437 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
439 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
440 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
441 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
442 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
443 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
444 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
445 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
446 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
447 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
448 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
452 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
454 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
456 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
459 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
460 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
461 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
462 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
463 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
464 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
466 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
468 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
470 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
472 - non-us discontinued.
473 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
475 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
476 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
477 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
478 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
479 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
480 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
481 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
482 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
483 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
484 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
485 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
486 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
487 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
488 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
489 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
490 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
491 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
492 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
494 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
495 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
497 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
500 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
502 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
504 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
507 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
508 - madison is on merkel.
509 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
510 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
511 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
512 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
513 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
514 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
516 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
517 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
518 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
519 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
520 - sync NM rules with reality.
522 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
524 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
526 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
529 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
530 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
531 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
532 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
533 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
534 - spelling, grammer fixes.
535 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
536 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
537 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
538 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
539 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
540 - add myself to uploaders.
541 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
542 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
543 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
544 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
545 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
546 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
547 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
548 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
549 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
550 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
551 - rewrote the NMU section, and
552 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
553 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
554 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
555 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
556 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
557 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
558 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
559 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
561 - Security uploads get urgency=high
562 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
564 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
566 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
568 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
571 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
572 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
573 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
574 - documented Alioth, somewhat
576 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
577 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
579 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
580 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
581 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
582 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
586 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
588 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
589 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
590 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
591 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
594 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
596 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
599 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
601 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
602 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
603 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
605 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
606 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
607 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
608 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
611 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
613 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
614 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
615 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
616 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
617 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
619 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
620 it clear these are special cases
621 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
623 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
625 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
627 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
630 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
631 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
633 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
635 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
637 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
640 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
642 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
643 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
644 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
646 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
647 - the synopsis formula changed to either
648 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
650 <package-name> is <synopsis>
652 <package-name> are <synopsis>
654 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
655 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
656 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
657 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
658 package; closes: #187143
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
662 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
665 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
666 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
668 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
670 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
671 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
672 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
673 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
674 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
675 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
676 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
677 right places in the document, closes: #172897
678 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
682 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
684 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
685 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
686 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
687 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
688 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
689 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
690 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
692 - editorial changes on material added in this version
693 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
694 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
695 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
696 closes: #139957, #108416
697 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
698 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
700 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
702 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
705 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
707 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
708 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
709 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
710 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
712 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
713 for best practices for documentation
714 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
715 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
716 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
717 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
719 - spell-checking pass
721 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
723 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
726 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
727 descriptions" moved under there
728 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
729 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
730 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
731 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
732 the document where these tools are discussed
733 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
734 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
735 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
736 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
737 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
738 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
740 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
741 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
742 that can be fixed by DDP folks
743 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
744 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
745 - simply PS and PDF building rules
747 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
749 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
752 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
753 section and adjusted links
754 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
756 - ChangeLog attribution updates
757 - fix typos, closes: #171781
758 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
759 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
760 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
761 for debian/rules", and write an intro
762 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
763 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
764 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
765 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
766 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
767 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
768 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
769 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
770 "Internationalization"
771 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
772 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
773 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
774 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
775 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
776 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
777 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
778 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
779 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
781 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
782 rather useless and broken
783 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
784 names and the first word
785 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
786 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
787 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
789 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
790 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
791 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
793 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
795 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
798 - DDP publishing update
800 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
801 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
802 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
803 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
805 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
807 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
810 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
811 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
812 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
814 - added myself as co-author
815 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
817 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
818 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
820 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
821 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
823 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
825 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
828 - Corrected several errors with —
829 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
830 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
831 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
832 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
833 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
834 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
835 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
837 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
838 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
839 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
840 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
841 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
842 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
843 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
844 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
845 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
847 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
848 descriptions". closes: #158609
849 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
850 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
851 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
852 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
853 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
855 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
856 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
857 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
858 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
859 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
860 - updated the mailing lists section
862 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
863 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
866 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
868 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
871 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
872 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
874 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
876 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
877 Ch "The Debian Archive"
879 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
881 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
882 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
883 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
884 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
885 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
887 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
888 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
889 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
890 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
891 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
892 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
893 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
895 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
896 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
899 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
900 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
901 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
902 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
903 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
904 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
905 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
906 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
907 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
908 work-around with <...>
909 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
910 - update copyright date
911 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
912 - spell check and grammar corrections
916 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
918 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
919 recompile"; closes: #102626
920 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
921 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
922 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
923 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
924 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
926 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
927 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
928 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
930 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
932 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
933 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
934 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
935 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
936 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
937 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
938 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
939 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
940 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
942 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
944 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
946 - updated the list of available architectures.
947 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
948 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
949 of the package and nothing more.
950 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
951 any pain to the ftpmasters.
952 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
953 the use of the delayed queue.
954 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
955 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
957 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
958 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
959 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
960 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
961 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
962 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
963 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
965 - new Sec "Documentation"
966 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
967 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
968 "Being kind to porter" too
969 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
970 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
971 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
972 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
973 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
975 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
976 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
979 - update French translation
981 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
983 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
986 - some grammar corrections
987 - update French translation
989 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
990 anymore; closes: #135559
991 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
993 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
995 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
996 that would be welcome)
997 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
998 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
999 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1000 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1001 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1002 - other minor wording changes
1003 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1004 - Ch "Package uploads":
1005 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1006 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1007 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1008 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1009 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1010 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1011 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1013 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1015 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * from Martin Michlmayr
1018 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1019 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1020 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1022 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1024 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1026 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1028 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1029 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1030 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1031 - minor build tweaks
1033 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1034 * from Chris Tillman
1035 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1038 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1040 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1043 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1045 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1046 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1047 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1048 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1049 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1050 talking about uploading to distributions
1051 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1052 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1053 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1055 - French translation updated
1057 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1058 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1059 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1061 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1063 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1066 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1067 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1070 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1072 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * fix a typo in a link
1076 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1077 update documentation accordingly
1079 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1080 forwarding bugs upstream
1082 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1083 entities which should be used
1084 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1085 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1087 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1089 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1092 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1093 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1094 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1096 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1099 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1101 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1103 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1105 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1106 this translation needs updating
1107 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1108 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1109 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1111 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1112 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1113 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1115 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1116 included yet, however
1118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1120 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1124 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1125 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1127 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1131 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1134 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1135 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1137 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1139 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1141 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1144 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1145 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1146 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1147 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1148 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1149 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1150 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1151 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1152 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1153 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1154 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1155 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1157 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1158 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1159 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1160 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1161 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1163 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1165 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1166 * update copyright notice for 2001
1167 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1168 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1169 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1171 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1173 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1177 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1179 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1181 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1183 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1186 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1188 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1189 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1190 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1191 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1192 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1193 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1194 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1195 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1196 could be used if necessary
1197 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1198 mention the rsync dupload method
1199 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1201 * other small corrections
1202 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1203 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1204 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1205 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1207 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1209 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1210 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1214 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1216 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1217 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1218 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1219 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1221 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1222 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1223 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1224 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1225 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1227 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1229 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1230 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1231 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1232 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1233 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1234 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1235 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1237 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1238 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1239 - added a section about the LDAP database
1240 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1241 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1243 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1244 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1246 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1248 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1250 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1251 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1252 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1254 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1255 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1256 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1257 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1258 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1259 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1260 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1261 description from developers-reference.sgml
1263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1265 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1268 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1270 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1272 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1273 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1274 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1275 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1276 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1277 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1278 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1279 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1280 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1281 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1283 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1284 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1285 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1286 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1288 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1289 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1290 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1291 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1292 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1293 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1294 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1295 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1296 suggestion from James Troup
1297 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1298 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1299 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1300 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1303 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1305 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1307 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1308 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1312 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1315 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1316 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1317 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1318 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1319 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1320 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1322 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1324 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1326 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1327 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1328 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1329 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1330 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1331 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1333 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1334 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1336 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1338 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1340 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1342 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1344 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1345 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1346 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1347 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1348 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1350 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1351 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1352 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1353 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1355 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1356 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1357 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1358 a normal developer may have access.
1360 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1362 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1365 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1366 step all over each other
1368 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1370 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1373 address for PGP key updates
1375 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1377 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1380 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1381 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1382 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1383 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1385 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1387 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1390 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1391 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1392 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1393 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1394 <keyring-maint> instead)
1395 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1396 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1398 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1400 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1401 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1402 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1404 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1406 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1408 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1409 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1410 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1411 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1412 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1413 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1415 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1416 tighten up the language a bit
1417 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1418 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1419 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1420 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1422 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1423 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1424 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1425 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1426 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1427 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1429 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1430 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1431 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1432 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1433 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1434 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1435 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1436 number of available packages
1437 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1438 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1440 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1442 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1444 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1447 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1449 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1451 * not officially released
1452 * more spelling corrections
1453 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1455 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1457 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1459 * not officially released
1460 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1461 * some PGP-centricity removed
1462 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1463 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1464 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1465 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1466 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1467 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1469 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1471 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1473 * not officially released
1474 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1475 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1476 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1477 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1478 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1479 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1480 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1481 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1482 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1483 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1484 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1485 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1486 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1487 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1489 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1490 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1492 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1494 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1495 take a couple of weeks
1496 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1497 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1498 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1499 excited about it and can't wait
1500 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1501 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1503 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1504 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1506 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1507 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1508 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1512 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1514 * move to 3-level version number:
1515 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1516 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1517 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1518 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1519 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1522 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1523 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1524 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1526 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1528 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1529 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1530 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1531 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1532 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1533 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1535 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1537 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1538 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1539 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1540 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1541 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1542 - "The CVS server": new section added
1543 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1545 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1546 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1547 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1548 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1549 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1550 with respect to GPG.
1551 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1552 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1553 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1554 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1555 a canonical location?)
1556 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1557 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1558 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1559 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1561 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1563 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1564 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1565 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1566 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1568 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1570 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1572 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1573 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1574 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1575 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1576 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1577 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1578 and should not be included in this Reference.
1579 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1580 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1581 maintainer tools only!
1582 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1583 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1584 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1585 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1586 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1587 * Little corrections here and there.
1588 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1589 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1592 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1594 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1596 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1597 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1598 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1600 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1601 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1602 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1603 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1604 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1605 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1606 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1607 do prior to uploading
1608 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1609 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1611 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1612 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1613 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1614 duties with respect to bugs
1615 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1616 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1617 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1619 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1620 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1621 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1622 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1623 explicit what is used to build this package
1625 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1627 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1630 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1631 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1632 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1633 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1634 * utilize the new URL tag
1635 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1638 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1640 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1642 * non-maintainer release
1643 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1644 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1645 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1646 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1647 text, it can't hurt you.)
1648 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1649 reflect this packages version number
1650 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1652 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1654 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1658 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1660 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1662 * New version numbering scheme:
1664 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1665 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1666 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1669 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1670 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1671 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1672 differ between the manuals.
1674 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1675 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1676 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1677 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1679 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1680 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1682 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1684 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1686 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1688 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1690 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1691 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1693 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1694 (as requested by James Troup)
1696 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1698 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1700 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1702 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1704 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1706 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1708 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1710 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1711 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1712 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1713 the non-maintainer release
1715 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1716 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1717 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1720 - Lots of typos fixed
1722 * Compressed SGML source code
1724 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1725 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1727 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1729 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1731 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1733 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1734 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1735 - Announcing package uploads
1736 * New section about Debian Mentors
1737 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1738 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1739 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1740 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1742 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1744 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1746 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1747 of our FTP server and the development process
1748 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1749 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1750 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1752 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1753 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1754 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1755 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1756 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1757 contacting the maintainer
1758 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1759 a new manual released soon)
1760 * Some minor changes
1761 * Include SGML source in package
1762 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1763 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1765 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1767 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1771 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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