1 developers-reference (3.4.14) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
4 * Update links from http to https where possible
7 * Drop section on goodies, point to wiki instead.
8 Closes: #751489, #586186
9 * dpkg-buildpackage now uses fakeroot automatically. Closes: #750988
10 * Drop section on debsums as this functionality is now integrated in
12 * Mention other types of checksums besides MD5. Closes: #750994
13 * Mention rationale for including the description in ITPs. Closes:
15 * Mention getting removed from e-mail aliases in retiring procedure.
17 * Fix typos in german translation. Patch from Thomas Schumm (Thanks!).
20 -- Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:43:04 -0700
22 developers-reference (3.4.13) unstable; urgency=medium
25 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/. Closes: #755515
28 * Fix typo in Vcs-Git:. Closes: #756491
29 * resources: Mention that some of the goodies also apply to DMs.
30 Thanks Philipp Kaluza for the patch. Closes: #581603
31 * Clarify type of changes accepted in NMUs. Thanks to Chris Knadle for the
32 patch! Closes: #672198
33 * Add Steam subscriptions to the list of goodies. Thanks to Paul Wise
34 for the patch. Closes: #736381
35 * Replace 'Debian GNU/Linux' with 'Debian' (except at one place). Thanks
36 to 'victory' for the patch. Closes: #708665
37 * Add pointer to debian-experimental-changes@l.d.o, where uploads to
38 experimental are sent. Thanks to Guo Yixuan for the patch! Closes: #671705
39 * Recommend git-bp instead of cvs-bp, and cowbuilder instead of pbuilder-uml.
40 Thanks to Osamu Aoki and Andreas Rönnquist for the patch! Closes: #741269
41 * Update for jessie. Thanks Fabien Givors for the patch! Closes: #719888
43 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:52:15 +0200
45 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
48 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
49 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
52 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
55 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
56 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
58 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
60 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
66 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
68 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
70 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
76 patch. Closes: #685039
77 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
78 no-longer working link.
81 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
84 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
85 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
88 [ Translation updates ]
89 * French by David Prévot.
90 * Japanese by victory.
91 * German by Chris Leick.
95 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
96 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
98 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
100 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
105 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
106 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
107 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
108 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
109 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
110 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
111 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
112 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
113 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
115 [ Translation updates ]
116 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
117 * French by David Prévot.
118 * German by Chris Leick.
121 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
123 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
125 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
128 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
129 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
130 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
131 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
132 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
133 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
134 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
137 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
138 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
140 * Translation updates (complete)
141 - French by David Prévot.
142 - German by Chris Leick.
145 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
146 * Switch to xz compression for source.
147 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
148 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
149 by texlive-xetex directly.
151 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
153 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
158 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
159 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
160 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
161 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
162 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
163 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
164 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
165 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
166 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
167 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
168 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
169 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
170 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
171 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
172 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
173 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
174 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
175 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
176 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
177 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
180 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
181 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
182 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
183 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
186 * Translation updates (all completed)
187 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
188 - German by Chris Leick.
189 - French by David Prévot.
191 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
193 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
196 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
197 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
200 * Update my email address.
201 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
202 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
203 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
204 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
205 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
206 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
209 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
211 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
217 version tracking removed that requirement.
220 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
221 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
222 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
223 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
224 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
225 needed. Closes: #619990
226 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
227 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
230 * Initial German translation.
233 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
234 * Update French translation.
235 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
236 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
237 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
240 * Update Japanese translation.
242 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
244 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
248 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
251 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
252 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
253 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
254 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
255 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
256 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
257 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
258 patch. Closes: #540231
259 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
260 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
261 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
262 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
263 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
264 for the patch. Closes: #548823
265 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
266 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
267 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
268 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
269 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
270 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
271 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
272 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
273 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
274 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
275 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
276 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
277 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
278 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
280 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
281 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
282 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
284 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
285 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
286 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
287 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
288 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
290 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
292 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
293 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
294 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
295 patch. Closes: #573110
296 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
298 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
299 multi-lines substitution variables.
302 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
303 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
304 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
305 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
306 * Activate Japanese package.
307 * Handle addendum if it exists.
309 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
311 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
313 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
314 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
316 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
318 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
320 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
321 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
323 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
325 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
327 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
328 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
329 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
330 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
331 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
332 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
333 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
334 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
335 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
336 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
337 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
338 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
339 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
340 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
341 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
342 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
343 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
344 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
345 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
346 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
347 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
348 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
350 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
352 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
355 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
359 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
360 The most important changes are:
361 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
362 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
365 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
366 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
367 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
368 distinction. Closes: #464230.
369 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
370 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
371 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
372 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
373 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
374 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
376 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
377 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
379 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
380 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
382 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
383 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
385 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
387 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
388 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
390 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
391 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
392 Closes: #512620, #510783.
394 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
396 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
399 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
400 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
401 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
402 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
403 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
404 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
405 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
406 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
408 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
410 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
413 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
414 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
415 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
416 release codenames in <literal>
417 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
418 doesn't exist anymore.
419 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
420 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
421 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
422 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
423 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
424 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
425 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
426 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
427 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
428 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
429 team before upload. Closes: #459343
430 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
431 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
432 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
433 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
434 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
435 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
436 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
438 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
439 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
441 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
442 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
443 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
444 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
445 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
446 Thomas. Closes: #485837
448 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
449 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
451 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
453 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
457 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
458 - fix debian/copyright
459 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
460 - add pdf for French version.
461 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
462 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
463 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
464 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
465 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
466 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
467 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
468 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
469 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
471 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
472 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
474 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
476 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
477 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
478 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
479 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
480 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
481 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
483 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
486 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
487 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
488 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
489 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
490 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
491 * Update information concerning Alioth.
492 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
493 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
495 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
496 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
498 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
501 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
503 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
505 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
507 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
508 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
510 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
511 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
512 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
514 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
515 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
516 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
518 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
519 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
520 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
521 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
522 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
523 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
524 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
525 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
526 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
527 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
528 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
529 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
531 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
532 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
533 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
534 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
535 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
536 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
537 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
538 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
539 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
540 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
544 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
546 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
548 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
551 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
552 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
553 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
554 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
555 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
556 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
558 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
560 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
562 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
564 - non-us discontinued.
565 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
567 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
568 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
569 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
570 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
571 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
572 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
573 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
574 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
575 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
576 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
577 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
578 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
579 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
580 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
581 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
582 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
583 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
584 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
586 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
587 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
589 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
592 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
594 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
596 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
599 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
600 - madison is on merkel.
601 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
602 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
603 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
604 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
605 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
606 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
608 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
609 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
610 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
611 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
612 - sync NM rules with reality.
614 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
616 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
618 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
621 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
622 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
623 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
624 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
625 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
626 - spelling, grammer fixes.
627 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
628 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
629 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
630 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
631 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
632 - add myself to uploaders.
633 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
634 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
635 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
636 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
637 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
638 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
639 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
640 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
641 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
642 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
643 - rewrote the NMU section, and
644 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
645 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
646 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
647 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
648 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
649 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
650 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
651 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
653 - Security uploads get urgency=high
654 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
656 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
658 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
660 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
663 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
664 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
665 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
666 - documented Alioth, somewhat
668 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
669 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
671 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
672 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
673 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
674 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
678 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
680 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
681 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
682 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
683 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
686 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
688 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
691 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
693 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
694 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
695 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
697 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
698 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
699 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
700 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
703 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
705 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
706 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
707 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
708 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
709 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
711 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
712 it clear these are special cases
713 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
715 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
717 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
719 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
722 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
723 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
725 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
729 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
732 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
734 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
735 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
736 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
738 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
739 - the synopsis formula changed to either
740 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
742 <package-name> is <synopsis>
744 <package-name> are <synopsis>
746 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
747 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
748 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
749 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
750 package; closes: #187143
752 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
754 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
757 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
758 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
760 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
762 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
763 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
764 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
765 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
766 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
767 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
768 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
769 right places in the document, closes: #172897
770 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
774 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
776 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
777 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
778 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
779 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
780 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
781 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
782 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
784 - editorial changes on material added in this version
785 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
786 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
787 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
788 closes: #139957, #108416
789 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
790 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
792 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
794 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
797 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
799 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
800 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
801 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
802 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
804 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
805 for best practices for documentation
806 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
807 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
808 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
809 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
811 - spell-checking pass
813 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
815 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
818 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
819 descriptions" moved under there
820 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
821 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
822 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
823 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
824 the document where these tools are discussed
825 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
826 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
827 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
828 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
829 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
830 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
832 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
833 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
834 that can be fixed by DDP folks
835 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
836 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
837 - simply PS and PDF building rules
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
841 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
844 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
845 section and adjusted links
846 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
848 - ChangeLog attribution updates
849 - fix typos, closes: #171781
850 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
851 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
852 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
853 for debian/rules", and write an intro
854 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
855 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
856 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
857 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
858 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
859 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
860 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
861 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
862 "Internationalization"
863 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
864 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
865 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
866 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
867 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
868 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
869 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
870 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
871 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
873 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
874 rather useless and broken
875 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
876 names and the first word
877 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
878 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
879 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
881 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
882 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
883 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
885 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
887 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
890 - DDP publishing update
892 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
893 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
894 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
895 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
897 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
899 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
902 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
903 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
904 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
906 - added myself as co-author
907 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
909 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
910 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
912 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
913 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
917 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
920 - Corrected several errors with —
921 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
922 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
923 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
924 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
925 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
926 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
927 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
929 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
930 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
931 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
932 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
933 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
934 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
935 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
936 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
937 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
939 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
940 descriptions". closes: #158609
941 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
942 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
943 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
944 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
945 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
947 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
948 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
949 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
950 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
951 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
952 - updated the mailing lists section
954 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
955 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
958 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
960 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
963 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
964 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
966 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
968 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
969 Ch "The Debian Archive"
971 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
973 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
974 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
975 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
976 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
977 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
979 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
980 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
981 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
982 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
983 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
984 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
985 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
987 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
988 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
991 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
992 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
993 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
994 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
995 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
996 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
997 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
998 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
999 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
1000 work-around with <...>
1001 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
1002 - update copyright date
1003 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
1004 - spell check and grammar corrections
1008 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
1010 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
1011 recompile"; closes: #102626
1012 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
1013 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
1014 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
1015 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
1016 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
1018 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
1019 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
1020 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
1022 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
1024 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
1025 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
1026 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
1027 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1028 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
1029 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
1030 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1031 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
1032 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
1034 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1036 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1038 - updated the list of available architectures.
1039 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1040 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1041 of the package and nothing more.
1042 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1043 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1044 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1045 the use of the delayed queue.
1046 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1047 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1049 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1050 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1051 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1052 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1053 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1054 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1055 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1057 - new Sec "Documentation"
1058 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1059 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1060 "Being kind to porter" too
1061 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1062 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1063 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1064 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1065 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1067 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1068 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1071 - update French translation
1073 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1075 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1078 - some grammar corrections
1079 - update French translation
1081 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1082 anymore; closes: #135559
1083 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1085 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1087 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1088 that would be welcome)
1089 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1090 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1091 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1092 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1093 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1094 - other minor wording changes
1095 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1096 - Ch "Package uploads":
1097 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1098 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1099 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1100 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1101 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1102 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1103 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1107 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1109 * from Martin Michlmayr
1110 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1111 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1112 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1114 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1116 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1118 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1120 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1121 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1122 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1123 - minor build tweaks
1125 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1126 * from Chris Tillman
1127 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1130 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1132 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1135 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1137 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1138 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1139 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1140 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1141 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1142 talking about uploading to distributions
1143 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1144 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1145 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1147 - French translation updated
1149 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1150 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1151 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1153 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1155 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1158 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1159 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1164 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * fix a typo in a link
1168 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1169 update documentation accordingly
1171 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1172 forwarding bugs upstream
1174 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1175 entities which should be used
1176 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1177 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1181 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1184 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1185 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1186 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1188 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1191 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1193 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1197 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1198 this translation needs updating
1199 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1200 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1201 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1203 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1204 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1205 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1207 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1208 included yet, however
1210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1212 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1214 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1216 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1217 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1219 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1223 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1226 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1227 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1229 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1231 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1233 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1236 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1237 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1238 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1239 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1240 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1241 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1242 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1243 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1244 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1245 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1246 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1247 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1249 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1250 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1251 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1252 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1253 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1255 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1257 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1258 * update copyright notice for 2001
1259 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1260 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1261 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1265 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1269 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1271 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1275 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1278 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1280 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1281 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1282 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1283 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1284 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1285 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1286 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1287 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1288 could be used if necessary
1289 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1290 mention the rsync dupload method
1291 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1293 * other small corrections
1294 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1295 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1296 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1297 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1299 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1301 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1302 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1306 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1308 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1309 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1310 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1311 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1313 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1314 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1315 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1316 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1317 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1319 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1321 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1322 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1323 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1324 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1325 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1326 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1327 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1329 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1330 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1331 - added a section about the LDAP database
1332 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1333 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1335 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1336 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1338 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1340 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1342 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1343 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1344 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1346 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1347 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1348 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1349 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1350 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1351 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1352 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1353 description from developers-reference.sgml
1355 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1357 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1359 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1360 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1362 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1364 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1365 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1366 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1367 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1368 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1369 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1370 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1371 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1372 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1373 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1375 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1376 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1377 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1378 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1380 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1381 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1382 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1383 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1384 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1385 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1386 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1387 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1388 suggestion from James Troup
1389 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1390 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1391 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1392 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1395 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1397 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1399 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1400 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1402 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1404 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1406 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1407 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1408 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1409 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1410 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1411 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1412 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1414 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1416 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1419 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1420 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1421 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1422 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1423 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1425 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1426 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1428 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1430 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1432 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1436 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1437 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1438 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1439 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1440 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1442 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1443 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1444 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1445 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1447 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1448 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1449 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1450 a normal developer may have access.
1452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1454 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1456 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1457 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1458 step all over each other
1460 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1462 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1464 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1465 address for PGP key updates
1467 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1469 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1471 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1472 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1473 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1474 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1475 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1477 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1479 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1481 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1482 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1483 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1484 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1485 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1486 <keyring-maint> instead)
1487 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1488 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1490 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1492 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1493 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1494 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1496 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1498 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1500 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1501 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1502 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1503 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1504 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1505 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1507 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1508 tighten up the language a bit
1509 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1510 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1511 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1512 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1514 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1515 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1516 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1517 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1518 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1519 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1521 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1522 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1523 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1524 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1525 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1526 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1527 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1528 number of available packages
1529 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1530 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1532 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1534 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1536 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1539 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1541 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1543 * not officially released
1544 * more spelling corrections
1545 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1547 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1549 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1551 * not officially released
1552 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1553 * some PGP-centricity removed
1554 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1555 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1556 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1557 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1558 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1559 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1563 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1565 * not officially released
1566 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1567 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1568 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1569 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1570 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1571 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1572 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1573 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1574 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1575 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1576 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1577 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1578 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1579 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1581 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1582 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1584 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1586 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1587 take a couple of weeks
1588 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1589 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1590 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1591 excited about it and can't wait
1592 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1593 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1595 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1596 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1598 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1599 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1600 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1602 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1604 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1606 * move to 3-level version number:
1607 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1608 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1609 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1610 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1611 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1614 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1615 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1616 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1618 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1620 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1621 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1622 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1623 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1624 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1625 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1627 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1629 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1630 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1631 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1632 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1633 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1634 - "The CVS server": new section added
1635 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1637 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1638 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1639 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1640 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1641 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1642 with respect to GPG.
1643 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1644 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1645 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1646 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1647 a canonical location?)
1648 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1649 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1650 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1651 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1653 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1655 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1656 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1657 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1658 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1660 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1662 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1664 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1665 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1666 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1667 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1668 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1669 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1670 and should not be included in this Reference.
1671 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1672 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1673 maintainer tools only!
1674 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1675 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1676 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1677 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1678 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1679 * Little corrections here and there.
1680 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1681 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1684 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1686 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1688 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1689 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1690 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1692 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1693 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1694 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1695 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1696 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1697 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1698 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1699 do prior to uploading
1700 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1701 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1703 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1704 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1705 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1706 duties with respect to bugs
1707 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1708 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1709 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1711 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1712 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1713 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1714 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1715 explicit what is used to build this package
1717 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1719 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1722 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1723 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1724 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1725 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1726 * utilize the new URL tag
1727 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1730 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1732 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1734 * non-maintainer release
1735 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1736 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1737 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1738 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1739 text, it can't hurt you.)
1740 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1741 reflect this packages version number
1742 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1744 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1746 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1750 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1752 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1754 * New version numbering scheme:
1756 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1757 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1758 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1761 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1762 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1763 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1764 differ between the manuals.
1766 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1767 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1768 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1769 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1771 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1772 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1774 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1776 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1778 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1780 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1782 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1783 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1785 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1786 (as requested by James Troup)
1788 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1790 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1792 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1794 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1796 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1798 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1800 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1802 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1803 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1804 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1805 the non-maintainer release
1807 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1808 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1809 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1812 - Lots of typos fixed
1814 * Compressed SGML source code
1816 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1817 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1819 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1821 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1823 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1825 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1826 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1827 - Announcing package uploads
1828 * New section about Debian Mentors
1829 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1830 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1831 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1832 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1834 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1836 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1838 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1839 of our FTP server and the development process
1840 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1841 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1842 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1844 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1845 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1846 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1847 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1848 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1849 contacting the maintainer
1850 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1851 a new manual released soon)
1852 * Some minor changes
1853 * Include SGML source in package
1854 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1855 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1857 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1859 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1863 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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