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
8 - Security uploads get urgency=high
9 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
11 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 5 Sep 2004 12:48:32 -0600
13 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
16 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
17 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
18 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
19 - documented Alioth, somewhat
21 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
22 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
24 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
25 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
26 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
27 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
31 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
33 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
34 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
35 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
36 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
39 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
41 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
44 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
46 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
47 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
48 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
50 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
51 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
52 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
53 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
56 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
58 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
59 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
60 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
61 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
62 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
64 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
65 it clear these are special cases
66 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
68 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
70 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
72 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
75 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
76 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
78 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
80 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
82 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
85 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
87 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
88 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
89 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
91 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
92 - the synopsis formula changed to either
93 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
95 <package-name> is <synopsis>
97 <package-name> are <synopsis>
99 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
100 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
101 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
102 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
103 package; closes: #187143
105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
107 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
110 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
111 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
113 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
115 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
116 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
117 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
118 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
119 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
120 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
121 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
122 right places in the document, closes: #172897
123 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
127 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
129 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
130 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
131 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
132 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
133 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
134 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
135 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
137 - editorial changes on material added in this version
138 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
139 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
140 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
141 closes: #139957, #108416
142 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
143 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
147 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
150 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
152 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
153 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
154 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
155 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
157 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
158 for best practices for documentation
159 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
160 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
161 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
162 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
164 - spell-checking pass
166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
168 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
171 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
172 descriptions" moved under there
173 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
174 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
175 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
176 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
177 the document where these tools are discussed
178 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
179 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
180 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
181 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
182 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
183 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
185 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
186 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
187 that can be fixed by DDP folks
188 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
189 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
190 - simply PS and PDF building rules
192 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
194 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
197 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
198 section and adjusted links
199 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
201 - ChangeLog attribution updates
202 - fix typos, closes: #171781
203 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
204 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
205 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
206 for debian/rules", and write an intro
207 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
208 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
209 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
210 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
211 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
212 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
213 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
214 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
215 "Internationalization"
216 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
217 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
218 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
219 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
220 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
221 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
222 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
223 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
224 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
226 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
227 rather useless and broken
228 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
229 names and the first word
230 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
231 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
232 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
234 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
235 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
236 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
238 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
240 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
243 - DDP publishing update
245 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
246 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
247 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
248 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
250 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
252 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
255 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
256 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
257 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
259 - added myself as co-author
260 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
262 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
263 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
265 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
266 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
270 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
273 - Corrected several errors with —
274 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
275 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
276 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
277 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
278 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
279 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
280 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
282 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
283 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
284 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
285 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
286 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
287 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
288 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
289 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
290 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
292 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
293 descriptions". closes: #158609
294 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
295 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
296 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
297 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
298 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
300 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
301 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
302 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
303 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
304 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
305 - updated the mailing lists section
307 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
308 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
311 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
313 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
316 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
317 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
319 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
321 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
322 Ch "The Debian Archive"
324 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
326 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
327 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
328 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
329 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
330 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
332 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
333 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
334 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
335 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
336 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
337 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
338 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
340 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
341 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
344 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
345 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
346 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
347 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
348 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
349 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
350 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
351 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
352 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
353 work-around with <...>
354 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
355 - update copyright date
356 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
357 - spell check and grammar corrections
361 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
363 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
364 recompile"; closes: #102626
365 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
366 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
367 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
368 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
369 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
371 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
372 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
373 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
375 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
377 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
378 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
379 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
380 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
381 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
382 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
383 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
384 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
385 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
387 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
389 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
391 - updated the list of available architectures.
392 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
393 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
394 of the package and nothing more.
395 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
396 any pain to the ftpmasters.
397 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
398 the use of the delayed queue.
399 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
400 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
402 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
403 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
404 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
405 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
406 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
407 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
408 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
410 - new Sec "Documentation"
411 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
412 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
413 "Being kind to porter" too
414 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
415 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
416 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
417 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
418 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
420 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
421 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
424 - update French translation
426 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
428 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
431 - some grammar corrections
432 - update French translation
434 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
435 anymore; closes: #135559
436 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
438 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
440 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
441 that would be welcome)
442 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
443 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
444 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
445 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
446 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
447 - other minor wording changes
448 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
449 - Ch "Package uploads":
450 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
451 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
452 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
453 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
454 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
455 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
456 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
458 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
460 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
462 * from Martin Michlmayr
463 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
464 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
465 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
467 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
469 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
471 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
473 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
474 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
475 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
478 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
480 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
483 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
485 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
488 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
490 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
491 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
492 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
493 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
494 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
495 talking about uploading to distributions
496 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
497 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
498 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
500 - French translation updated
502 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
503 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
504 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
506 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
508 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
511 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
512 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
515 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
517 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
520 * fix a typo in a link
521 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
522 update documentation accordingly
524 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
525 forwarding bugs upstream
527 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
528 entities which should be used
529 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
530 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
532 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
534 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
536 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
537 * French version: completely up-to-date now
538 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
539 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
541 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
544 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
546 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
548 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
550 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
551 this translation needs updating
552 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
553 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
554 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
556 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
557 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
558 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
560 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
561 included yet, however
563 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
565 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
567 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
569 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
570 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
572 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
574 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
576 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
578 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
579 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
580 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
582 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
584 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
586 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
589 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
590 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
591 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
592 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
593 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
594 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
595 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
596 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
597 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
598 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
599 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
600 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
602 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
603 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
604 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
605 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
606 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
608 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
610 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
611 * update copyright notice for 2001
612 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
613 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
614 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
618 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
620 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
622 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
624 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
628 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
630 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
631 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
633 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
634 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
635 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
636 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
637 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
638 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
639 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
640 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
641 could be used if necessary
642 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
643 mention the rsync dupload method
644 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
646 * other small corrections
647 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
648 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
649 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
650 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
652 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
654 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
655 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
657 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
659 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
661 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
662 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
663 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
664 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
666 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
667 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
668 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
669 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
670 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
672 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
674 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
675 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
676 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
677 team (closes: Bug#52906)
678 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
679 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
680 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
682 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
683 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
684 - added a section about the LDAP database
685 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
686 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
688 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
689 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
691 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
693 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
695 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
696 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
697 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
699 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
700 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
701 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
702 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
703 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
704 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
705 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
706 description from developers-reference.sgml
708 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
710 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
712 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
713 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
715 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
717 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
718 releases are available at archive.debian.org
719 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
720 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
721 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
722 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
723 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
724 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
725 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
726 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
728 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
729 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
730 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
731 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
733 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
734 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
735 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
736 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
737 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
738 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
739 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
740 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
741 suggestion from James Troup
742 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
743 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
744 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
745 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
748 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
750 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
752 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
753 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
755 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
757 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
759 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
760 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
761 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
762 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
763 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
764 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
765 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
767 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
769 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
771 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
772 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
773 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
774 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
775 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
776 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
778 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
779 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
781 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
783 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
785 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
787 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
789 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
790 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
791 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
792 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
793 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
795 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
796 with intro; demoted server sections under that
797 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
798 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
800 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
801 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
802 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
803 a normal developer may have access.
805 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
807 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
809 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
810 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
811 step all over each other
813 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
815 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
817 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
818 address for PGP key updates
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
822 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
824 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
825 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
826 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
827 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
828 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
830 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
832 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
834 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
835 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
836 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
837 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
838 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
839 <keyring-maint> instead)
840 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
841 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
843 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
845 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
846 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
847 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
849 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
851 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
853 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
854 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
855 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
856 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
857 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
858 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
860 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
861 tighten up the language a bit
862 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
863 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
864 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
865 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
867 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
868 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
869 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
870 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
871 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
872 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
874 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
875 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
876 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
877 about how to depart Debian gracefully
878 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
879 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
880 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
881 number of available packages
882 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
883 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
885 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
887 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
889 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
892 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
894 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
896 * not officially released
897 * more spelling corrections
898 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
900 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
902 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
904 * not officially released
905 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
906 * some PGP-centricity removed
907 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
908 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
909 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
910 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
911 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
912 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
914 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
916 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
918 * not officially released
919 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
920 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
921 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
922 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
923 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
924 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
925 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
926 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
927 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
928 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
929 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
930 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
931 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
932 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
934 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
935 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
937 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
939 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
940 take a couple of weeks
941 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
942 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
943 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
944 excited about it and can't wait
945 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
946 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
948 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
949 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
951 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
952 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
953 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
955 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
957 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
959 * move to 3-level version number:
960 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
961 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
962 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
963 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
964 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
967 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
968 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
969 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
971 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
973 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
974 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
975 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
976 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
977 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
978 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
980 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
982 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
983 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
984 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
985 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
986 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
987 - "The CVS server": new section added
988 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
990 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
991 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
992 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
993 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
994 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
996 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
997 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
998 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
999 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1000 a canonical location?)
1001 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1002 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1003 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1004 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1006 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1008 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1009 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1010 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1011 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1013 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1015 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1018 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1019 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1020 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1021 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1022 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1023 and should not be included in this Reference.
1024 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1025 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1026 maintainer tools only!
1027 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1028 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1029 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1030 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1031 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1032 * Little corrections here and there.
1033 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1034 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1037 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1039 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1042 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1043 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1045 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1046 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1047 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1048 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1049 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1050 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1051 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1052 do prior to uploading
1053 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1054 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1056 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1057 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1058 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1059 duties with respect to bugs
1060 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1061 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1062 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1064 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1065 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1066 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1067 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1068 explicit what is used to build this package
1070 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1072 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1076 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1077 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1078 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1079 * utilize the new URL tag
1080 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1083 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1085 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1087 * non-maintainer release
1088 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1089 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1090 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1091 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1092 text, it can't hurt you.)
1093 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1094 reflect this packages version number
1095 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1097 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1099 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1103 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1105 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1107 * New version numbering scheme:
1109 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1110 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1111 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1114 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1115 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1116 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1117 differ between the manuals.
1119 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1120 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1121 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1122 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1124 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1125 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1127 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1129 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1131 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1135 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1136 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1138 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1139 (as requested by James Troup)
1141 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1143 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1145 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1147 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1151 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1153 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1155 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1156 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1157 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1158 the non-maintainer release
1160 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1161 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1162 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1165 - Lots of typos fixed
1167 * Compressed SGML source code
1169 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1170 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1172 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1174 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1176 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1179 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1180 - Announcing package uploads
1181 * New section about Debian Mentors
1182 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1183 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1184 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1185 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1187 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1189 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1192 of our FTP server and the development process
1193 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1194 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1195 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1197 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1198 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1199 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1200 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1201 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1202 contacting the maintainer
1203 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1204 a new manual released soon)
1205 * Some minor changes
1206 * Include SGML source in package
1207 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1208 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1210 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1212 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1216 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200