1 developers-reference (3.3.4) WORKING VERSION; urgency=low
4 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
5 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
6 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
7 - documented Alioth, somewhat
9 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
10 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
12 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
13 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
14 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
16 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:22:22 -0400
19 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
22 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
24 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
25 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
26 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
28 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
29 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
30 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
31 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
34 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
36 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
37 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
38 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
39 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
40 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
42 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
43 it clear these are special cases
44 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
46 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
48 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
50 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
53 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
54 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
56 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
58 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
60 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
63 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
65 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
66 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
67 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
69 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
70 - the synopsis formula changed to either
71 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
73 <package-name> is <synopsis>
75 <package-name> are <synopsis>
77 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
78 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
79 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
80 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
81 package; closes: #187143
83 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
85 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
88 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
89 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
91 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
93 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
94 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
95 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
96 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
97 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
98 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
99 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
100 right places in the document, closes: #172897
101 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
105 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
107 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
108 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
109 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
110 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
111 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
112 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
113 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
115 - editorial changes on material added in this version
116 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
117 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
118 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
119 closes: #139957, #108416
120 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
121 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
123 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
125 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
128 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
130 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
131 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
132 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
133 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
135 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
136 for best practices for documentation
137 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
138 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
139 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
140 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
142 - spell-checking pass
144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
146 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
149 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
150 descriptions" moved under there
151 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
152 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
153 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
154 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
155 the document where these tools are discussed
156 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
157 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
158 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
159 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
160 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
161 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
163 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
164 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
165 that can be fixed by DDP folks
166 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
167 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
168 - simply PS and PDF building rules
170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
172 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
175 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
176 section and adjusted links
177 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
179 - ChangeLog attribution updates
180 - fix typos, closes: #171781
181 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
182 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
183 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
184 for debian/rules", and write an intro
185 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
186 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
187 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
188 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
189 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
190 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
191 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
192 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
193 "Internationalization"
194 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
195 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
196 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
197 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
198 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
199 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
200 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
201 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
202 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
204 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
205 rather useless and broken
206 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
207 names and the first word
208 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
209 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
210 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
212 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
213 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
214 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
216 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
218 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
221 - DDP publishing update
223 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
224 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
225 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
226 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
228 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
230 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
233 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
234 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
235 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
237 - added myself as co-author
238 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
240 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
241 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
243 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
244 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
246 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
248 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
251 - Corrected several errors with —
252 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
253 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
254 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
255 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
256 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
257 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
258 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
260 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
261 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
262 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
263 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
264 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
265 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
266 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
267 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
268 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
270 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
271 descriptions". closes: #158609
272 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
273 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
274 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
275 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
276 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
278 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
279 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
280 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
281 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
282 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
283 - updated the mailing lists section
285 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
286 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
289 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
291 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
294 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
295 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
297 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
299 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
300 Ch "The Debian Archive"
302 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
304 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
305 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
306 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
307 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
308 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
310 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
311 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
312 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
313 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
314 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
315 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
316 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
318 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
319 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
322 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
323 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
324 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
325 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
326 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
327 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
328 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
329 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
330 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
331 work-around with <...>
332 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
333 - update copyright date
334 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
335 - spell check and grammar corrections
339 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
341 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
342 recompile"; closes: #102626
343 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
344 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
345 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
346 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
347 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
349 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
350 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
351 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
353 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
355 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
356 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
357 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
358 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
359 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
360 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
361 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
362 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
363 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
365 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
367 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
369 - updated the list of available architectures.
370 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
371 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
372 of the package and nothing more.
373 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
374 any pain to the ftpmasters.
375 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
376 the use of the delayed queue.
377 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
378 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
380 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
381 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
382 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
383 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
384 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
385 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
386 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
388 - new Sec "Documentation"
389 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
390 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
391 "Being kind to porter" too
392 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
393 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
394 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
395 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
396 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
398 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
399 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
402 - update French translation
404 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
406 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
409 - some grammar corrections
410 - update French translation
412 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
413 anymore; closes: #135559
414 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
416 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
418 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
419 that would be welcome)
420 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
421 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
422 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
423 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
424 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
425 - other minor wording changes
426 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
427 - Ch "Package uploads":
428 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
429 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
430 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
431 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
432 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
433 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
434 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
436 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
438 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
440 * from Martin Michlmayr
441 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
442 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
443 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
445 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
447 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
449 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
451 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
452 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
453 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
456 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
458 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
461 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
463 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
466 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
468 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
469 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
470 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
471 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
472 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
473 talking about uploading to distributions
474 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
475 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
476 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
478 - French translation updated
480 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
481 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
482 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
484 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
486 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
489 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
490 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
493 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
495 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
498 * fix a typo in a link
499 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
500 update documentation accordingly
502 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
503 forwarding bugs upstream
505 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
506 entities which should be used
507 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
508 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
512 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
514 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
515 * French version: completely up-to-date now
516 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
517 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
519 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
522 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
524 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
526 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
528 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
529 this translation needs updating
530 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
531 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
532 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
534 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
535 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
536 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
538 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
539 included yet, however
541 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
543 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
545 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
547 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
548 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
550 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
552 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
554 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
556 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
557 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
558 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
560 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
562 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
564 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
567 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
568 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
569 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
570 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
571 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
572 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
573 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
574 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
575 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
576 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
577 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
578 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
580 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
581 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
582 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
583 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
584 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
586 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
588 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
589 * update copyright notice for 2001
590 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
591 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
592 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
594 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
596 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
598 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
600 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
602 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
606 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
609 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
611 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
612 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
613 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
614 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
615 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
616 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
617 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
618 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
619 could be used if necessary
620 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
621 mention the rsync dupload method
622 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
624 * other small corrections
625 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
626 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
627 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
628 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
630 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
632 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
633 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
635 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
637 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
639 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
640 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
641 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
642 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
644 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
645 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
646 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
647 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
648 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
650 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
652 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
653 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
654 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
655 team (closes: Bug#52906)
656 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
657 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
658 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
660 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
661 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
662 - added a section about the LDAP database
663 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
664 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
666 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
667 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
669 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
671 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
673 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
674 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
675 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
677 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
678 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
679 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
680 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
681 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
682 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
683 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
684 description from developers-reference.sgml
686 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
688 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
690 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
691 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
693 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
695 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
696 releases are available at archive.debian.org
697 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
698 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
699 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
700 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
701 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
702 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
703 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
704 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
706 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
707 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
708 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
709 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
711 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
712 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
713 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
714 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
715 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
716 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
717 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
718 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
719 suggestion from James Troup
720 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
721 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
722 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
723 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
726 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
728 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
730 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
731 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
733 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
735 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
737 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
738 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
739 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
740 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
741 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
742 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
743 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
745 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
747 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
749 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
750 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
751 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
752 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
753 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
754 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
756 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
757 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
759 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
761 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
763 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
765 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
767 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
768 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
769 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
770 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
771 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
773 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
774 with intro; demoted server sections under that
775 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
776 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
778 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
779 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
780 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
781 a normal developer may have access.
783 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
785 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
787 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
788 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
789 step all over each other
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
793 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
795 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
796 address for PGP key updates
798 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
800 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
802 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
803 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
804 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
805 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
806 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
808 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
810 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
812 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
813 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
814 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
815 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
816 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
817 <keyring-maint> instead)
818 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
819 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
821 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
823 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
824 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
825 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
827 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
829 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
831 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
832 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
833 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
834 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
835 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
836 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
838 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
839 tighten up the language a bit
840 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
841 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
842 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
843 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
845 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
846 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
847 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
848 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
849 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
850 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
852 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
853 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
854 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
855 about how to depart Debian gracefully
856 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
857 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
858 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
859 number of available packages
860 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
861 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
863 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
865 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
867 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
870 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
872 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
874 * not officially released
875 * more spelling corrections
876 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
880 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
882 * not officially released
883 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
884 * some PGP-centricity removed
885 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
886 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
887 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
888 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
889 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
890 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
892 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
894 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
896 * not officially released
897 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
898 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
899 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
900 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
901 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
902 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
903 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
904 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
905 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
906 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
907 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
908 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
909 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
910 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
912 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
913 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
915 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
917 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
918 take a couple of weeks
919 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
920 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
921 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
922 excited about it and can't wait
923 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
924 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
926 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
927 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
929 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
930 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
931 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
935 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
937 * move to 3-level version number:
938 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
939 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
940 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
941 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
942 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
945 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
946 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
947 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
949 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
951 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
952 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
953 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
954 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
955 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
956 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
958 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
960 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
961 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
962 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
963 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
964 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
965 - "The CVS server": new section added
966 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
968 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
969 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
970 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
971 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
972 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
974 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
975 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
976 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
977 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
978 a canonical location?)
979 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
980 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
981 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
982 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
984 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
986 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
987 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
988 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
989 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
991 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
993 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
995 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
996 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
997 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
998 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
999 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1000 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1001 and should not be included in this Reference.
1002 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1003 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1004 maintainer tools only!
1005 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1006 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1007 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1008 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1009 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1010 * Little corrections here and there.
1011 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1012 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1015 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1017 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1020 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1021 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1023 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1024 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1025 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1026 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1027 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1028 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1029 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1030 do prior to uploading
1031 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1032 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1034 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1035 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1036 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1037 duties with respect to bugs
1038 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1039 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1040 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1042 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1043 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1044 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1045 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1046 explicit what is used to build this package
1048 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1050 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1054 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1055 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1056 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1057 * utilize the new URL tag
1058 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1061 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1063 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1065 * non-maintainer release
1066 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1067 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1068 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1069 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1070 text, it can't hurt you.)
1071 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1072 reflect this packages version number
1073 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1075 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1077 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1081 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1083 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1085 * New version numbering scheme:
1087 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1088 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1089 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1092 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1093 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1094 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1095 differ between the manuals.
1097 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1098 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1099 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1100 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1102 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1103 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1105 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1107 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1109 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1113 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1114 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1116 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1117 (as requested by James Troup)
1119 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1121 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1123 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1125 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1129 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1131 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1133 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1134 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1135 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1136 the non-maintainer release
1138 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1139 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1140 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1143 - Lots of typos fixed
1145 * Compressed SGML source code
1147 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1148 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1150 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1152 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1154 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1157 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1158 - Announcing package uploads
1159 * New section about Debian Mentors
1160 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1161 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1162 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1163 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1165 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1167 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1170 of our FTP server and the development process
1171 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1172 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1173 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1175 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1176 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1177 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1178 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1179 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1180 contacting the maintainer
1181 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1182 a new manual released soon)
1183 * Some minor changes
1184 * Include SGML source in package
1185 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1186 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1188 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1190 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1194 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200