1 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
4 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
5 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
6 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
7 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
8 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
9 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
11 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
13 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
15 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
17 - non-us discontinued.
18 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
20 - fix spelling issues.
22 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
23 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
25 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:04:20 -0600
27 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
30 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
31 - madison is on merkel.
32 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
33 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
34 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
35 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
36 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
37 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
39 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
40 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
41 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
42 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
43 - sync NM rules with reality.
45 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
47 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
49 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
52 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
53 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
54 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
55 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
56 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
57 - spelling, grammer fixes.
58 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
59 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
60 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
61 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
62 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
63 - add myself to uploaders.
64 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
65 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
66 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
67 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
68 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
69 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
70 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
71 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
72 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
73 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
74 - rewrote the NMU section, and
75 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
76 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
77 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
78 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
79 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
80 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
81 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
82 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
84 - Security uploads get urgency=high
85 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
87 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
89 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
91 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
94 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
95 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
96 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
97 - documented Alioth, somewhat
99 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
100 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
102 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
103 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
104 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
105 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
109 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
111 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
112 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
113 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
114 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
117 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
119 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
122 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
124 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
125 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
126 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
128 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
129 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
130 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
131 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
134 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
136 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
137 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
138 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
139 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
140 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
142 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
143 it clear these are special cases
144 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
146 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
150 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
153 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
154 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
156 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
158 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
160 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
163 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
165 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
166 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
167 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
169 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
170 - the synopsis formula changed to either
171 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
173 <package-name> is <synopsis>
175 <package-name> are <synopsis>
177 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
178 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
179 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
180 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
181 package; closes: #187143
183 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
185 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
188 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
189 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
191 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
193 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
194 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
195 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
196 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
197 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
198 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
199 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
200 right places in the document, closes: #172897
201 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
205 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
207 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
208 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
209 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
210 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
211 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
212 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
213 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
215 - editorial changes on material added in this version
216 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
217 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
218 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
219 closes: #139957, #108416
220 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
221 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
223 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
225 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
228 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
230 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
231 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
232 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
233 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
235 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
236 for best practices for documentation
237 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
238 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
239 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
240 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
242 - spell-checking pass
244 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
246 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
249 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
250 descriptions" moved under there
251 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
252 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
253 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
254 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
255 the document where these tools are discussed
256 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
257 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
258 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
259 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
260 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
261 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
263 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
264 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
265 that can be fixed by DDP folks
266 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
267 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
268 - simply PS and PDF building rules
270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
272 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
275 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
276 section and adjusted links
277 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
279 - ChangeLog attribution updates
280 - fix typos, closes: #171781
281 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
282 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
283 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
284 for debian/rules", and write an intro
285 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
286 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
287 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
288 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
289 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
290 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
291 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
292 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
293 "Internationalization"
294 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
295 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
296 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
297 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
298 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
299 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
300 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
301 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
302 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
304 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
305 rather useless and broken
306 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
307 names and the first word
308 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
309 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
310 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
312 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
313 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
314 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
316 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
318 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
321 - DDP publishing update
323 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
324 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
325 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
326 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
328 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
330 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
333 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
334 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
335 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
337 - added myself as co-author
338 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
340 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
341 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
343 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
344 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
346 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
348 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
351 - Corrected several errors with —
352 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
353 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
354 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
355 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
356 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
357 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
358 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
360 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
361 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
362 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
363 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
364 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
365 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
366 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
367 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
368 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
370 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
371 descriptions". closes: #158609
372 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
373 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
374 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
375 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
376 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
378 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
379 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
380 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
381 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
382 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
383 - updated the mailing lists section
385 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
386 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
389 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
391 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
394 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
395 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
397 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
399 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
400 Ch "The Debian Archive"
402 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
404 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
405 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
406 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
407 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
408 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
410 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
411 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
412 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
413 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
414 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
415 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
416 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
418 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
419 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
422 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
423 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
424 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
425 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
426 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
427 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
428 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
429 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
430 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
431 work-around with <...>
432 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
433 - update copyright date
434 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
435 - spell check and grammar corrections
439 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
441 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
442 recompile"; closes: #102626
443 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
444 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
445 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
446 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
447 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
449 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
450 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
451 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
453 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
455 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
456 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
457 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
458 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
459 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
460 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
461 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
462 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
463 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
465 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
467 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
469 - updated the list of available architectures.
470 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
471 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
472 of the package and nothing more.
473 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
474 any pain to the ftpmasters.
475 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
476 the use of the delayed queue.
477 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
478 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
480 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
481 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
482 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
483 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
484 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
485 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
486 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
488 - new Sec "Documentation"
489 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
490 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
491 "Being kind to porter" too
492 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
493 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
494 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
495 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
496 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
498 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
499 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
502 - update French translation
504 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
506 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
509 - some grammar corrections
510 - update French translation
512 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
513 anymore; closes: #135559
514 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
516 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
518 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
519 that would be welcome)
520 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
521 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
522 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
523 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
524 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
525 - other minor wording changes
526 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
527 - Ch "Package uploads":
528 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
529 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
530 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
531 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
532 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
533 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
534 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
536 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
538 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
540 * from Martin Michlmayr
541 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
542 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
543 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
545 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
547 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
549 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
551 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
552 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
553 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
556 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
558 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
563 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
566 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
568 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
569 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
570 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
571 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
572 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
573 talking about uploading to distributions
574 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
575 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
576 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
578 - French translation updated
580 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
581 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
582 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
584 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
586 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
589 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
590 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
595 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
598 * fix a typo in a link
599 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
600 update documentation accordingly
602 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
603 forwarding bugs upstream
605 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
606 entities which should be used
607 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
608 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
610 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
612 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
614 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
615 * French version: completely up-to-date now
616 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
617 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
619 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
624 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
626 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
628 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
629 this translation needs updating
630 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
631 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
632 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
634 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
635 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
636 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
638 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
639 included yet, however
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
643 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
645 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
647 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
648 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
650 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
652 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
654 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
656 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
657 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
658 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
660 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
662 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
664 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
667 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
668 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
669 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
670 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
671 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
672 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
673 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
674 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
675 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
676 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
677 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
678 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
680 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
681 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
682 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
683 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
684 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
686 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
688 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
689 * update copyright notice for 2001
690 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
691 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
692 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
694 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
696 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
698 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
700 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
702 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
704 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
706 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
708 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
709 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
711 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
712 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
713 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
714 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
715 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
716 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
717 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
718 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
719 could be used if necessary
720 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
721 mention the rsync dupload method
722 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
724 * other small corrections
725 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
726 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
727 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
728 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
730 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
732 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
733 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
735 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
737 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
739 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
740 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
741 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
742 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
744 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
745 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
746 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
747 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
748 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
750 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
752 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
753 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
754 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
755 team (closes: Bug#52906)
756 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
757 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
758 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
760 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
761 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
762 - added a section about the LDAP database
763 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
764 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
766 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
767 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
769 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
771 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
773 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
774 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
775 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
777 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
778 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
779 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
780 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
781 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
782 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
783 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
784 description from developers-reference.sgml
786 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
788 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
790 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
791 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
793 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
795 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
796 releases are available at archive.debian.org
797 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
798 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
799 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
800 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
801 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
802 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
803 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
804 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
806 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
807 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
808 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
809 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
811 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
812 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
813 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
814 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
815 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
816 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
817 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
818 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
819 suggestion from James Troup
820 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
821 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
822 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
823 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
828 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
830 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
831 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
833 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
835 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
837 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
838 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
839 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
840 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
841 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
842 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
843 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
845 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
847 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
849 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
850 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
851 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
852 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
853 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
854 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
856 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
857 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
859 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
861 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
863 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
865 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
867 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
868 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
869 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
870 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
871 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
873 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
874 with intro; demoted server sections under that
875 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
876 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
878 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
879 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
880 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
881 a normal developer may have access.
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
885 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
887 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
888 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
889 step all over each other
891 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
893 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
895 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
896 address for PGP key updates
898 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
900 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
902 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
903 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
904 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
905 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
906 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
908 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
910 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
912 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
913 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
914 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
915 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
916 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
917 <keyring-maint> instead)
918 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
919 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
921 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
923 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
924 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
925 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
929 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
931 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
932 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
933 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
934 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
935 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
936 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
938 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
939 tighten up the language a bit
940 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
941 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
942 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
943 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
945 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
946 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
947 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
948 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
949 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
950 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
952 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
953 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
954 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
955 about how to depart Debian gracefully
956 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
957 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
958 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
959 number of available packages
960 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
961 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
963 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
965 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
967 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
972 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
974 * not officially released
975 * more spelling corrections
976 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
978 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
980 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
982 * not officially released
983 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
984 * some PGP-centricity removed
985 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
986 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
987 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
988 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
989 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
990 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
992 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
994 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
996 * not officially released
997 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
998 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
999 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1000 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1001 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1002 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1003 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1004 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1005 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1006 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1007 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1008 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1009 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1010 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1012 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1013 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1015 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1017 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1018 take a couple of weeks
1019 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1020 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1021 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1022 excited about it and can't wait
1023 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1024 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1026 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1027 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1029 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1030 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1031 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1033 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1035 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1037 * move to 3-level version number:
1038 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1039 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1040 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1041 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1042 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1045 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1046 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1047 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1049 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1051 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1052 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1053 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1054 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1055 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1056 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1058 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1060 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1061 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1062 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1063 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1064 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1065 - "The CVS server": new section added
1066 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1068 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1069 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1070 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1071 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1072 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1073 with respect to GPG.
1074 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1075 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1076 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1077 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1078 a canonical location?)
1079 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1080 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1081 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1082 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1084 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1086 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1087 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1088 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1089 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1091 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1093 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1096 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1097 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1098 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1099 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1100 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1101 and should not be included in this Reference.
1102 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1103 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1104 maintainer tools only!
1105 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1106 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1107 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1108 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1109 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1110 * Little corrections here and there.
1111 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1112 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1115 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1117 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1120 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1121 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1123 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1124 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1125 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1126 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1127 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1128 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1129 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1130 do prior to uploading
1131 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1132 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1134 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1135 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1136 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1137 duties with respect to bugs
1138 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1139 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1140 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1142 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1143 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1144 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1145 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1146 explicit what is used to build this package
1148 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1150 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1154 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1155 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1156 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1157 * utilize the new URL tag
1158 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1161 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1163 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1165 * non-maintainer release
1166 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1167 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1168 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1169 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1170 text, it can't hurt you.)
1171 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1172 reflect this packages version number
1173 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1175 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1177 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1181 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1183 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1185 * New version numbering scheme:
1187 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1188 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1189 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1192 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1193 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1194 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1195 differ between the manuals.
1197 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1198 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1199 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1200 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1202 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1203 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1205 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1207 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1209 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1211 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1213 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1214 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1216 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1217 (as requested by James Troup)
1219 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1221 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1223 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1225 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1229 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1231 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1233 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1234 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1235 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1236 the non-maintainer release
1238 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1239 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1240 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1243 - Lots of typos fixed
1245 * Compressed SGML source code
1247 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1248 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1250 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1252 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1254 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1257 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1258 - Announcing package uploads
1259 * New section about Debian Mentors
1260 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1261 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1262 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1263 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1265 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1267 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1269 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1270 of our FTP server and the development process
1271 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1272 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1273 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1275 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1276 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1277 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1278 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1279 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1280 contacting the maintainer
1281 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1282 a new manual released soon)
1283 * Some minor changes
1284 * Include SGML source in package
1285 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1286 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1288 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1290 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1294 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200