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
13 -- Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:43:04 -0700
15 developers-reference (3.4.13) unstable; urgency=medium
18 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/. Closes: #755515
21 * Fix typo in Vcs-Git:. Closes: #756491
22 * resources: Mention that some of the goodies also apply to DMs.
23 Thanks Philipp Kaluza for the patch. Closes: #581603
24 * Clarify type of changes accepted in NMUs. Thanks to Chris Knadle for the
25 patch! Closes: #672198
26 * Add Steam subscriptions to the list of goodies. Thanks to Paul Wise
27 for the patch. Closes: #736381
28 * Replace 'Debian GNU/Linux' with 'Debian' (except at one place). Thanks
29 to 'victory' for the patch. Closes: #708665
30 * Add pointer to debian-experimental-changes@l.d.o, where uploads to
31 experimental are sent. Thanks to Guo Yixuan for the patch! Closes: #671705
32 * Recommend git-bp instead of cvs-bp, and cowbuilder instead of pbuilder-uml.
33 Thanks to Osamu Aoki and Andreas Rönnquist for the patch! Closes: #741269
34 * Update for jessie. Thanks Fabien Givors for the patch! Closes: #719888
36 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:52:15 +0200
38 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
41 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
42 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
45 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
48 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
49 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
51 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
53 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
59 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
61 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
63 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
69 patch. Closes: #685039
70 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
71 no-longer working link.
74 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
77 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
78 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
81 [ Translation updates ]
82 * French by David Prévot.
83 * Japanese by victory.
84 * German by Chris Leick.
88 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
89 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
91 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
93 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
98 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
99 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
100 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
101 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
102 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
103 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
104 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
105 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
106 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
108 [ Translation updates ]
109 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
110 * French by David Prévot.
111 * German by Chris Leick.
114 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
116 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
118 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
122 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
123 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
124 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
125 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
126 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
127 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
130 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
131 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
133 * Translation updates (complete)
134 - French by David Prévot.
135 - German by Chris Leick.
138 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
139 * Switch to xz compression for source.
140 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
141 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
142 by texlive-xetex directly.
144 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
146 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
151 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
152 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
153 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
154 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
155 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
156 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
157 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
158 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
159 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
160 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
161 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
162 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
163 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
164 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
165 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
166 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
167 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
168 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
169 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
170 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
173 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
174 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
175 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
176 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
179 * Translation updates (all completed)
180 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
181 - German by Chris Leick.
182 - French by David Prévot.
184 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
186 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
189 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
190 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
193 * Update my email address.
194 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
195 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
196 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
197 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
198 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
199 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
202 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
204 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
209 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
210 version tracking removed that requirement.
213 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
214 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
215 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
216 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
217 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
218 needed. Closes: #619990
219 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
220 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
223 * Initial German translation.
226 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
227 * Update French translation.
228 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
229 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
230 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
233 * Update Japanese translation.
235 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
237 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
240 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
241 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
244 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
245 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
246 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
247 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
248 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
249 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
250 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
251 patch. Closes: #540231
252 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
253 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
254 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
255 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
256 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
257 for the patch. Closes: #548823
258 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
259 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
260 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
261 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
262 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
263 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
264 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
265 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
266 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
267 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
268 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
269 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
270 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
271 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
273 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
274 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
275 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
277 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
278 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
279 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
280 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
281 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
283 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
285 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
286 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
287 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
288 patch. Closes: #573110
289 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
291 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
292 multi-lines substitution variables.
295 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
296 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
297 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
298 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
299 * Activate Japanese package.
300 * Handle addendum if it exists.
302 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
304 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
306 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
307 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
309 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
311 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
313 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
314 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
316 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
318 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
320 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
321 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
322 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
323 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
324 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
325 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
326 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
327 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
328 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
329 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
330 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
331 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
332 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
333 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
334 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
335 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
336 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
337 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
338 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
339 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
340 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
341 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
343 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
345 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
348 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
352 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
353 The most important changes are:
354 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
355 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
358 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
359 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
360 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
361 distinction. Closes: #464230.
362 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
363 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
364 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
365 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
366 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
367 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
369 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
370 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
372 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
373 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
375 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
376 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
378 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
380 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
381 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
383 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
384 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
385 Closes: #512620, #510783.
387 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
389 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
392 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
393 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
394 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
395 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
396 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
397 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
398 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
399 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
401 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
403 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
406 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
407 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
408 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
409 release codenames in <literal>
410 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
411 doesn't exist anymore.
412 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
413 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
414 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
415 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
416 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
417 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
418 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
419 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
420 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
421 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
422 team before upload. Closes: #459343
423 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
424 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
425 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
426 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
427 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
428 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
429 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
431 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
432 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
434 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
435 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
436 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
437 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
438 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
439 Thomas. Closes: #485837
441 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
442 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
444 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
446 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
450 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
451 - fix debian/copyright
452 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
453 - add pdf for French version.
454 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
455 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
456 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
457 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
458 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
459 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
460 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
461 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
462 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
464 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
465 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
467 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
469 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
470 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
471 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
472 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
473 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
474 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
476 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
479 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
480 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
481 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
482 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
483 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
484 * Update information concerning Alioth.
485 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
486 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
488 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
489 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
491 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
494 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
496 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
498 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
500 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
501 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
503 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
504 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
505 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
507 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
508 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
509 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
511 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
512 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
513 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
514 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
515 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
516 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
517 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
518 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
519 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
520 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
521 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
522 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
524 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
525 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
526 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
527 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
528 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
529 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
530 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
531 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
532 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
533 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
537 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
539 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
541 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
544 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
545 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
546 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
547 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
548 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
549 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
551 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
553 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
555 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
557 - non-us discontinued.
558 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
560 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
561 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
562 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
563 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
564 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
565 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
566 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
567 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
568 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
569 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
570 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
571 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
572 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
573 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
574 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
575 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
576 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
577 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
579 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
580 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
582 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
585 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
587 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
589 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
592 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
593 - madison is on merkel.
594 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
595 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
596 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
597 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
598 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
599 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
601 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
602 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
603 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
604 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
605 - sync NM rules with reality.
607 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
609 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
611 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
614 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
615 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
616 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
617 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
618 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
619 - spelling, grammer fixes.
620 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
621 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
622 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
623 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
624 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
625 - add myself to uploaders.
626 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
627 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
628 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
629 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
630 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
631 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
632 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
633 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
634 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
635 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
636 - rewrote the NMU section, and
637 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
638 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
639 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
640 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
641 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
642 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
643 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
644 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
646 - Security uploads get urgency=high
647 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
649 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
651 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
653 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
656 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
657 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
658 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
659 - documented Alioth, somewhat
661 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
662 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
664 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
665 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
666 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
667 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
671 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
673 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
674 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
675 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
676 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
679 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
681 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
684 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
686 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
687 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
688 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
690 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
691 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
692 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
693 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
696 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
698 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
699 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
700 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
701 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
702 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
704 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
705 it clear these are special cases
706 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
708 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
710 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
712 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
715 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
716 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
718 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
720 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
722 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
725 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
727 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
728 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
729 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
731 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
732 - the synopsis formula changed to either
733 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
735 <package-name> is <synopsis>
737 <package-name> are <synopsis>
739 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
740 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
741 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
742 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
743 package; closes: #187143
745 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
747 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
750 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
751 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
753 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
755 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
756 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
757 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
758 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
759 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
760 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
761 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
762 right places in the document, closes: #172897
763 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
767 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
769 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
770 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
771 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
772 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
773 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
774 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
775 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
777 - editorial changes on material added in this version
778 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
779 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
780 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
781 closes: #139957, #108416
782 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
783 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
785 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
787 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
790 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
792 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
793 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
794 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
795 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
797 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
798 for best practices for documentation
799 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
800 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
801 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
802 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
804 - spell-checking pass
806 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
808 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
811 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
812 descriptions" moved under there
813 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
814 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
815 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
816 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
817 the document where these tools are discussed
818 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
819 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
820 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
821 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
822 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
823 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
825 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
826 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
827 that can be fixed by DDP folks
828 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
829 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
830 - simply PS and PDF building rules
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
834 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
837 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
838 section and adjusted links
839 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
841 - ChangeLog attribution updates
842 - fix typos, closes: #171781
843 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
844 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
845 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
846 for debian/rules", and write an intro
847 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
848 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
849 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
850 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
851 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
852 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
853 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
854 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
855 "Internationalization"
856 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
857 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
858 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
859 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
860 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
861 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
862 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
863 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
864 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
866 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
867 rather useless and broken
868 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
869 names and the first word
870 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
871 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
872 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
874 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
875 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
876 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
880 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
883 - DDP publishing update
885 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
886 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
887 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
888 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
890 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
892 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
895 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
896 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
897 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
899 - added myself as co-author
900 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
902 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
903 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
905 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
906 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
908 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
910 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
913 - Corrected several errors with —
914 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
915 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
916 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
917 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
918 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
919 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
920 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
922 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
923 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
924 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
925 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
926 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
927 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
928 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
929 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
930 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
932 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
933 descriptions". closes: #158609
934 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
935 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
936 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
937 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
938 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
940 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
941 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
942 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
943 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
944 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
945 - updated the mailing lists section
947 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
948 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
951 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
953 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
956 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
957 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
959 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
961 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
962 Ch "The Debian Archive"
964 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
966 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
967 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
968 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
969 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
970 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
972 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
973 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
974 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
975 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
976 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
977 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
978 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
980 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
981 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
984 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
985 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
986 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
987 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
988 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
989 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
990 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
991 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
992 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
993 work-around with <...>
994 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
995 - update copyright date
996 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
997 - spell check and grammar corrections
1001 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
1003 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
1004 recompile"; closes: #102626
1005 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
1006 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
1007 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
1008 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
1009 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
1011 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
1012 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
1013 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
1015 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
1017 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
1018 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
1019 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
1020 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1021 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
1022 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
1023 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1024 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
1025 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
1027 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1029 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1031 - updated the list of available architectures.
1032 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1033 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1034 of the package and nothing more.
1035 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1036 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1037 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1038 the use of the delayed queue.
1039 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1040 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1042 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1043 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1044 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1045 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1046 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1047 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1048 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1050 - new Sec "Documentation"
1051 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1052 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1053 "Being kind to porter" too
1054 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1055 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1056 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1057 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1058 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1060 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1061 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1064 - update French translation
1066 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1068 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1071 - some grammar corrections
1072 - update French translation
1074 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1075 anymore; closes: #135559
1076 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1078 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1080 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1081 that would be welcome)
1082 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1083 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1084 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1085 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1086 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1087 - other minor wording changes
1088 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1089 - Ch "Package uploads":
1090 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1091 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1092 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1093 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1094 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1095 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1096 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1098 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1100 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * from Martin Michlmayr
1103 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1104 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1105 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1107 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1109 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1111 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1113 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1114 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1115 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1116 - minor build tweaks
1118 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1119 * from Chris Tillman
1120 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1123 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1125 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1128 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1130 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1131 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1132 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1133 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1134 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1135 talking about uploading to distributions
1136 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1137 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1138 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1140 - French translation updated
1142 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1143 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1144 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1148 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1151 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1152 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1157 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * fix a typo in a link
1161 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1162 update documentation accordingly
1164 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1165 forwarding bugs upstream
1167 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1168 entities which should be used
1169 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1170 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1174 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1177 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1178 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1179 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1181 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1184 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1186 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1190 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1191 this translation needs updating
1192 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1193 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1194 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1196 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1197 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1198 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1200 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1201 included yet, however
1203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1205 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1209 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1210 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1212 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1216 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1219 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1220 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1222 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1224 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1226 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1229 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1230 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1231 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1232 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1233 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1234 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1235 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1236 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1237 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1238 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1239 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1240 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1242 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1243 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1244 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1245 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1246 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1248 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1250 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1251 * update copyright notice for 2001
1252 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1253 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1254 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1258 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1262 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1264 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1266 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1268 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1271 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1273 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1274 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1275 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1276 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1277 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1278 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1279 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1280 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1281 could be used if necessary
1282 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1283 mention the rsync dupload method
1284 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1286 * other small corrections
1287 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1288 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1289 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1290 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1292 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1294 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1295 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1299 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1301 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1302 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1303 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1304 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1306 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1307 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1308 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1309 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1310 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1312 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1314 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1315 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1316 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1317 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1318 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1319 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1320 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1322 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1323 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1324 - added a section about the LDAP database
1325 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1326 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1328 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1329 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1331 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1333 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1336 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1337 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1339 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1340 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1341 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1342 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1343 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1344 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1345 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1346 description from developers-reference.sgml
1348 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1350 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1352 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1353 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1355 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1357 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1358 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1359 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1360 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1361 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1362 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1363 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1364 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1365 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1366 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1368 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1369 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1370 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1371 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1373 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1374 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1375 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1376 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1377 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1378 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1379 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1380 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1381 suggestion from James Troup
1382 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1383 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1384 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1385 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1390 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1392 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1393 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1395 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1397 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1399 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1400 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1401 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1402 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1403 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1404 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1405 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1407 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1409 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1411 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1412 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1413 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1414 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1415 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1416 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1418 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1419 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1421 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1423 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1425 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1429 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1430 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1431 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1432 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1433 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1435 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1436 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1437 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1438 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1440 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1441 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1442 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1443 a normal developer may have access.
1445 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1447 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1450 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1451 step all over each other
1453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1455 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1457 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1458 address for PGP key updates
1460 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1462 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1464 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1465 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1466 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1467 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1468 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1470 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1472 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1474 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1475 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1476 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1477 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1478 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1479 <keyring-maint> instead)
1480 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1481 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1483 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1485 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1486 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1487 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1489 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1491 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1493 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1494 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1495 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1496 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1497 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1498 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1500 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1501 tighten up the language a bit
1502 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1503 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1504 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1505 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1507 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1508 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1509 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1510 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1511 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1512 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1514 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1515 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1516 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1517 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1518 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1519 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1520 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1521 number of available packages
1522 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1523 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1525 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1527 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1529 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1532 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1534 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1536 * not officially released
1537 * more spelling corrections
1538 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1540 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1542 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1544 * not officially released
1545 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1546 * some PGP-centricity removed
1547 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1548 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1549 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1550 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1551 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1552 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1554 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1556 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1558 * not officially released
1559 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1560 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1561 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1562 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1563 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1564 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1565 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1566 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1567 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1568 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1569 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1570 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1571 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1572 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1574 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1575 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1577 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1579 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1580 take a couple of weeks
1581 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1582 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1583 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1584 excited about it and can't wait
1585 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1586 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1588 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1589 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1591 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1592 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1593 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1595 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1597 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1599 * move to 3-level version number:
1600 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1601 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1602 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1603 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1604 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1607 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1608 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1609 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1611 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1613 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1614 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1615 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1616 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1617 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1618 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1620 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1622 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1623 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1624 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1625 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1626 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1627 - "The CVS server": new section added
1628 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1630 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1631 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1632 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1633 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1634 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1635 with respect to GPG.
1636 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1637 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1638 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1639 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1640 a canonical location?)
1641 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1642 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1643 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1644 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1646 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1648 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1649 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1650 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1651 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1653 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1655 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1657 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1658 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1659 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1660 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1661 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1662 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1663 and should not be included in this Reference.
1664 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1665 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1666 maintainer tools only!
1667 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1668 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1669 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1670 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1671 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1672 * Little corrections here and there.
1673 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1674 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1677 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1679 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1681 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1682 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1683 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1685 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1686 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1687 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1688 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1689 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1690 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1691 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1692 do prior to uploading
1693 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1694 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1696 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1697 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1698 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1699 duties with respect to bugs
1700 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1701 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1702 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1704 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1705 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1706 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1707 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1708 explicit what is used to build this package
1710 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1712 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1715 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1716 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1717 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1718 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1719 * utilize the new URL tag
1720 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1723 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1725 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1727 * non-maintainer release
1728 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1729 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1730 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1731 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1732 text, it can't hurt you.)
1733 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1734 reflect this packages version number
1735 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1737 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1739 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1743 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1745 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1747 * New version numbering scheme:
1749 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1750 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1751 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1754 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1755 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1756 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1757 differ between the manuals.
1759 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1760 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1761 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1762 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1764 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1765 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1767 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1769 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1771 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1773 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1775 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1776 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1778 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1779 (as requested by James Troup)
1781 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1783 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1785 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1787 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1789 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1791 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1793 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1795 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1796 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1797 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1798 the non-maintainer release
1800 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1801 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1802 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1805 - Lots of typos fixed
1807 * Compressed SGML source code
1809 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1810 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1812 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1814 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1816 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1818 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1819 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1820 - Announcing package uploads
1821 * New section about Debian Mentors
1822 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1823 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1824 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1825 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1827 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1829 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1831 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1832 of our FTP server and the development process
1833 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1834 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1835 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1837 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1838 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1839 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1840 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1841 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1842 contacting the maintainer
1843 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1844 a new manual released soon)
1845 * Some minor changes
1846 * Include SGML source in package
1847 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1848 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1850 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1852 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1856 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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