1 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
4 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
5 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
6 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557
7 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
9 - Security uploads get urgency=high
10 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
12 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 5 Sep 2004 12:48:32 -0600
14 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
17 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
18 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
19 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
20 - documented Alioth, somewhat
22 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
23 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
25 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
26 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
27 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
28 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
32 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
34 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
35 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
36 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
37 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
40 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
42 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
45 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
47 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
48 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
49 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
51 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
52 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
53 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
54 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
57 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
59 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
60 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
61 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
62 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
63 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
65 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
66 it clear these are special cases
67 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
69 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
71 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
73 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
76 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
77 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
79 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
81 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
83 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
86 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
88 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
89 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
90 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
92 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
93 - the synopsis formula changed to either
94 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
96 <package-name> is <synopsis>
98 <package-name> are <synopsis>
100 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
101 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
102 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
103 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
104 package; closes: #187143
106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
108 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
111 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
112 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
114 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
116 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
117 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
118 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
119 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
120 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
121 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
122 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
123 right places in the document, closes: #172897
124 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
128 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
130 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
131 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
132 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
133 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
134 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
135 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
136 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
138 - editorial changes on material added in this version
139 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
140 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
141 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
142 closes: #139957, #108416
143 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
144 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
148 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
151 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
153 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
154 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
155 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
156 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
158 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
159 for best practices for documentation
160 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
161 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
162 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
163 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
165 - spell-checking pass
167 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
169 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
172 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
173 descriptions" moved under there
174 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
175 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
176 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
177 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
178 the document where these tools are discussed
179 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
180 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
181 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
182 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
183 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
184 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
186 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
187 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
188 that can be fixed by DDP folks
189 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
190 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
191 - simply PS and PDF building rules
193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
195 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
198 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
199 section and adjusted links
200 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
202 - ChangeLog attribution updates
203 - fix typos, closes: #171781
204 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
205 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
206 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
207 for debian/rules", and write an intro
208 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
209 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
210 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
211 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
212 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
213 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
214 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
215 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
216 "Internationalization"
217 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
218 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
219 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
220 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
221 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
222 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
223 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
224 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
225 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
227 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
228 rather useless and broken
229 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
230 names and the first word
231 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
232 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
233 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
235 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
236 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
237 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
239 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
241 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
244 - DDP publishing update
246 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
247 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
248 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
249 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
251 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
253 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
256 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
257 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
258 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
260 - added myself as co-author
261 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
263 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
264 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
266 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
267 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
271 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
274 - Corrected several errors with —
275 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
276 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
277 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
278 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
279 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
280 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
281 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
283 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
284 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
285 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
286 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
287 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
288 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
289 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
290 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
291 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
293 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
294 descriptions". closes: #158609
295 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
296 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
297 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
298 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
299 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
301 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
302 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
303 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
304 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
305 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
306 - updated the mailing lists section
308 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
309 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
314 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
317 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
318 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
320 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
322 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
323 Ch "The Debian Archive"
325 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
327 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
328 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
329 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
330 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
331 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
333 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
334 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
335 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
336 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
337 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
338 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
339 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
341 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
342 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
345 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
346 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
347 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
348 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
349 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
350 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
351 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
352 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
353 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
354 work-around with <...>
355 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
356 - update copyright date
357 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
358 - spell check and grammar corrections
362 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
364 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
365 recompile"; closes: #102626
366 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
367 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
368 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
369 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
370 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
372 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
373 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
374 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
376 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
378 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
379 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
380 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
381 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
382 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
383 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
384 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
385 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
386 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
388 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
390 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
392 - updated the list of available architectures.
393 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
394 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
395 of the package and nothing more.
396 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
397 any pain to the ftpmasters.
398 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
399 the use of the delayed queue.
400 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
401 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
403 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
404 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
405 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
406 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
407 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
408 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
409 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
411 - new Sec "Documentation"
412 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
413 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
414 "Being kind to porter" too
415 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
416 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
417 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
418 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
419 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
421 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
422 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
425 - update French translation
427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
429 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
432 - some grammar corrections
433 - update French translation
435 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
436 anymore; closes: #135559
437 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
439 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
441 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
442 that would be welcome)
443 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
444 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
445 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
446 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
447 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
448 - other minor wording changes
449 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
450 - Ch "Package uploads":
451 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
452 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
453 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
454 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
455 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
456 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
457 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
459 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
461 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
463 * from Martin Michlmayr
464 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
465 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
466 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
468 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
470 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
472 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
474 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
475 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
476 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
479 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
481 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
484 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
486 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
489 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
491 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
492 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
493 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
494 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
495 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
496 talking about uploading to distributions
497 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
498 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
499 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
501 - French translation updated
503 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
504 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
505 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
507 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
509 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
512 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
513 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
516 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
518 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
521 * fix a typo in a link
522 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
523 update documentation accordingly
525 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
526 forwarding bugs upstream
528 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
529 entities which should be used
530 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
531 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
535 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
537 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
538 * French version: completely up-to-date now
539 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
540 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
542 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
545 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
547 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
549 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
551 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
552 this translation needs updating
553 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
554 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
555 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
557 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
558 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
559 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
561 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
562 included yet, however
564 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
566 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
568 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
570 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
571 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
573 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
575 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
577 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
579 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
580 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
581 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
583 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
585 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
587 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
590 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
591 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
592 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
593 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
594 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
595 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
596 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
597 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
598 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
599 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
600 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
601 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
603 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
604 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
605 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
606 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
607 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
609 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
611 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
612 * update copyright notice for 2001
613 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
614 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
615 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
617 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
619 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
621 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
623 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
625 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
627 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
629 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
631 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
632 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
634 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
635 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
636 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
637 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
638 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
639 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
640 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
641 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
642 could be used if necessary
643 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
644 mention the rsync dupload method
645 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
647 * other small corrections
648 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
649 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
650 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
651 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
653 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
655 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
656 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
658 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
660 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
662 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
663 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
664 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
665 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
667 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
668 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
669 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
670 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
671 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
673 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
675 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
676 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
677 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
678 team (closes: Bug#52906)
679 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
680 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
681 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
683 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
684 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
685 - added a section about the LDAP database
686 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
687 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
689 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
690 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
692 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
694 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
696 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
697 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
698 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
700 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
701 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
702 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
703 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
704 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
705 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
706 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
707 description from developers-reference.sgml
709 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
711 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
713 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
714 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
716 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
718 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
719 releases are available at archive.debian.org
720 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
721 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
722 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
723 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
724 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
725 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
726 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
727 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
729 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
730 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
731 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
732 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
734 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
735 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
736 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
737 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
738 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
739 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
740 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
741 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
742 suggestion from James Troup
743 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
744 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
745 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
746 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
751 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
753 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
754 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
756 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
758 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
760 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
761 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
762 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
763 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
764 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
765 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
766 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
768 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
770 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
772 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
773 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
774 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
775 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
776 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
777 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
779 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
780 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
782 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
784 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
786 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
788 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
790 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
791 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
792 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
793 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
794 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
796 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
797 with intro; demoted server sections under that
798 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
799 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
801 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
802 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
803 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
804 a normal developer may have access.
806 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
808 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
810 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
811 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
812 step all over each other
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
816 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
818 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
819 address for PGP key updates
821 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
823 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
825 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
826 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
827 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
828 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
829 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
831 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
833 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
835 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
836 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
837 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
838 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
839 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
840 <keyring-maint> instead)
841 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
842 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
844 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
846 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
847 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
848 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
852 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
854 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
855 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
856 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
857 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
858 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
859 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
861 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
862 tighten up the language a bit
863 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
864 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
865 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
866 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
868 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
869 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
870 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
871 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
872 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
873 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
875 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
876 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
877 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
878 about how to depart Debian gracefully
879 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
880 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
881 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
882 number of available packages
883 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
884 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
886 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
888 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
890 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
893 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
895 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
897 * not officially released
898 * more spelling corrections
899 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
901 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
903 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
905 * not officially released
906 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
907 * some PGP-centricity removed
908 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
909 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
910 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
911 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
912 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
913 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
917 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
919 * not officially released
920 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
921 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
922 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
923 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
924 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
925 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
926 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
927 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
928 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
929 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
930 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
931 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
932 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
933 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
935 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
936 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
938 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
940 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
941 take a couple of weeks
942 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
943 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
944 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
945 excited about it and can't wait
946 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
947 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
949 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
950 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
952 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
953 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
954 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
956 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
958 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
960 * move to 3-level version number:
961 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
962 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
963 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
964 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
965 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
968 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
969 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
970 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
972 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
974 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
975 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
976 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
977 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
978 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
979 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
981 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
983 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
984 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
985 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
986 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
987 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
988 - "The CVS server": new section added
989 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
991 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
992 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
993 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
994 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
995 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
997 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
998 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
999 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1000 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1001 a canonical location?)
1002 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1003 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1004 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1005 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1007 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1009 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1010 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1011 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1012 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1014 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1016 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1019 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1020 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1021 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1022 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1023 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1024 and should not be included in this Reference.
1025 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1026 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1027 maintainer tools only!
1028 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1029 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1030 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1031 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1032 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1033 * Little corrections here and there.
1034 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1035 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1038 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1040 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1043 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1044 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1046 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1047 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1048 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1049 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1050 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1051 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1052 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1053 do prior to uploading
1054 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1055 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1057 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1058 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1059 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1060 duties with respect to bugs
1061 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1062 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1063 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1065 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1066 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1067 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1068 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1069 explicit what is used to build this package
1071 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1073 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1077 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1078 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1079 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1080 * utilize the new URL tag
1081 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1084 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1086 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1088 * non-maintainer release
1089 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1090 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1091 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1092 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1093 text, it can't hurt you.)
1094 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1095 reflect this packages version number
1096 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1098 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1100 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1104 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1106 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1108 * New version numbering scheme:
1110 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1111 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1112 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1115 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1116 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1117 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1118 differ between the manuals.
1120 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1121 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1122 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1123 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1125 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1126 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1128 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1130 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1132 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1134 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1136 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1137 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1139 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1140 (as requested by James Troup)
1142 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1144 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1146 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1148 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1150 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1152 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1154 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1156 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1157 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1158 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1159 the non-maintainer release
1161 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1162 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1163 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1166 - Lots of typos fixed
1168 * Compressed SGML source code
1170 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1171 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1173 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1175 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1177 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1180 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1181 - Announcing package uploads
1182 * New section about Debian Mentors
1183 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1184 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1185 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1186 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1188 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1190 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1193 of our FTP server and the development process
1194 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1195 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1196 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1198 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1199 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1200 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1201 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1202 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1203 contacting the maintainer
1204 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1205 a new manual released soon)
1206 * Some minor changes
1207 * Include SGML source in package
1208 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1209 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1211 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1213 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1217 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200