1 developers-reference (3.4.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
5 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
6 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
7 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
8 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
9 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
10 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
11 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
12 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
14 [ Translation updates ]
15 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
16 * French by David Prévot.
17 * German by Chris Leick.
20 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
22 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:46:20 +0200
24 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
27 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
28 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
29 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
30 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
31 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
32 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
33 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
36 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
37 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
39 * Translation updates (complete)
40 - French by David Prévot.
41 - German by Chris Leick.
44 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
45 * Switch to xz compression for source.
46 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
47 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
48 by texlive-xetex directly.
50 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
52 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
58 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
59 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
60 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
61 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
62 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
63 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
64 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
65 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
66 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
67 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
68 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
69 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
70 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
71 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
72 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
73 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
74 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
75 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
76 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
79 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
80 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
81 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
82 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
85 * Translation updates (all completed)
86 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
87 - German by Chris Leick.
88 - French by David Prévot.
90 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
92 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
96 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
99 * Update my email address.
100 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
101 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
102 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
103 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
104 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
105 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
108 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
110 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
115 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
116 version tracking removed that requirement.
119 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
120 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
121 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
122 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
123 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
124 needed. Closes: #619990
125 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
126 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
129 * Initial German translation.
132 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
133 * Update French translation.
134 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
135 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
136 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
139 * Update Japanese translation.
141 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
143 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
146 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
147 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
150 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
151 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
152 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
153 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
154 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
155 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
156 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
157 patch. Closes: #540231
158 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
159 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
160 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
161 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
162 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
163 for the patch. Closes: #548823
164 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
165 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
166 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
167 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
168 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
169 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
170 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
171 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
172 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
173 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
174 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
175 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
176 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
177 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
179 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
180 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
181 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
183 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
184 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
185 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
186 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
187 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
189 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
191 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
192 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
193 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
194 patch. Closes: #573110
195 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
197 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
198 multi-lines substitution variables.
201 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
202 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
203 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
204 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
205 * Activate Japanese package.
206 * Handle addendum if it exists.
208 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
210 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
212 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
213 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
215 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
217 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
219 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
220 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
222 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
224 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
226 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
227 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
228 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
229 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
230 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
231 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
232 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
233 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
234 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
235 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
236 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
237 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
238 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
239 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
240 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
241 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
242 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
243 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
244 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
245 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
246 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
247 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
249 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
251 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
254 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
258 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
259 The most important changes are:
260 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
261 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
264 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
265 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
266 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
267 distinction. Closes: #464230.
268 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
269 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
270 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
271 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
272 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
273 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
275 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
276 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
278 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
279 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
281 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
282 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
284 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
286 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
287 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
289 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
290 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
291 Closes: #512620, #510783.
293 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
295 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
298 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
299 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
300 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
301 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
302 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
303 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
304 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
305 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
307 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
309 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
312 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
313 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
314 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
315 release codenames in <literal>
316 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
317 doesn't exist anymore.
318 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
319 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
320 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
321 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
322 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
323 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
324 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
325 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
326 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
327 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
328 team before upload. Closes: #459343
329 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
330 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
331 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
332 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
333 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
334 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
335 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
337 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
338 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
340 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
341 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
342 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
343 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
344 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
345 Thomas. Closes: #485837
347 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
348 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
350 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
352 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
356 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
357 - fix debian/copyright
358 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
359 - add pdf for French version.
360 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
361 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
362 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
363 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
364 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
365 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
366 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
367 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
368 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
370 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
371 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
373 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
375 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
376 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
377 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
378 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
379 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
380 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
382 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
385 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
386 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
387 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
388 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
389 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
390 * Update information concerning Alioth.
391 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
392 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
394 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
395 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
397 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
400 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
402 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
404 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
406 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
407 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
409 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
410 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
411 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
413 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
414 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
415 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
417 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
418 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
419 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
420 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
421 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
422 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
423 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
424 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
425 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
426 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
427 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
428 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
430 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
431 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
432 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
433 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
434 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
435 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
436 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
437 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
438 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
439 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
443 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
445 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
447 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
450 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
451 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
452 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
453 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
454 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
455 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
457 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
459 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
461 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
463 - non-us discontinued.
464 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
466 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
467 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
468 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
469 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
470 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
471 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
472 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
473 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
474 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
475 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
476 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
477 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
478 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
479 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
480 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
481 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
482 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
483 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
485 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
486 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
488 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
491 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
493 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
495 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
498 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
499 - madison is on merkel.
500 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
501 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
502 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
503 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
504 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
505 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
507 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
508 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
509 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
510 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
511 - sync NM rules with reality.
513 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
515 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
517 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
520 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
521 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
522 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
523 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
524 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
525 - spelling, grammer fixes.
526 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
527 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
528 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
529 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
530 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
531 - add myself to uploaders.
532 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
533 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
534 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
535 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
536 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
537 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
538 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
539 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
540 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
541 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
542 - rewrote the NMU section, and
543 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
544 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
545 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
546 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
547 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
548 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
549 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
550 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
552 - Security uploads get urgency=high
553 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
555 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
557 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
559 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
562 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
563 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
564 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
565 - documented Alioth, somewhat
567 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
568 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
570 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
571 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
572 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
573 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
577 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
579 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
580 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
581 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
582 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
585 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
587 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
590 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
592 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
593 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
594 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
596 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
597 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
598 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
599 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
602 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
604 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
605 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
606 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
607 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
608 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
610 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
611 it clear these are special cases
612 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
614 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
618 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
621 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
622 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
624 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
628 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
631 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
633 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
634 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
635 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
637 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
638 - the synopsis formula changed to either
639 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
641 <package-name> is <synopsis>
643 <package-name> are <synopsis>
645 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
646 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
647 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
648 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
649 package; closes: #187143
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
653 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
656 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
657 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
659 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
661 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
662 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
663 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
664 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
665 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
666 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
667 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
668 right places in the document, closes: #172897
669 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
673 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
675 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
676 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
677 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
678 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
679 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
680 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
681 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
683 - editorial changes on material added in this version
684 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
685 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
686 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
687 closes: #139957, #108416
688 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
689 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
691 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
693 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
696 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
698 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
699 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
700 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
701 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
703 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
704 for best practices for documentation
705 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
706 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
707 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
708 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
710 - spell-checking pass
712 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
714 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
717 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
718 descriptions" moved under there
719 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
720 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
721 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
722 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
723 the document where these tools are discussed
724 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
725 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
726 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
727 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
728 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
729 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
731 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
732 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
733 that can be fixed by DDP folks
734 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
735 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
736 - simply PS and PDF building rules
738 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
740 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
743 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
744 section and adjusted links
745 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
747 - ChangeLog attribution updates
748 - fix typos, closes: #171781
749 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
750 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
751 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
752 for debian/rules", and write an intro
753 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
754 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
755 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
756 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
757 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
758 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
759 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
760 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
761 "Internationalization"
762 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
763 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
764 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
765 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
766 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
767 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
768 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
769 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
770 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
772 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
773 rather useless and broken
774 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
775 names and the first word
776 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
777 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
778 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
780 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
781 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
782 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
784 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
786 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
789 - DDP publishing update
791 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
792 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
793 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
794 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
798 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
801 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
802 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
803 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
805 - added myself as co-author
806 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
808 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
809 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
811 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
812 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
816 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
819 - Corrected several errors with —
820 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
821 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
822 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
823 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
824 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
825 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
826 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
828 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
829 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
830 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
831 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
832 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
833 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
834 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
835 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
836 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
838 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
839 descriptions". closes: #158609
840 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
841 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
842 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
843 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
844 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
846 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
847 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
848 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
849 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
850 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
851 - updated the mailing lists section
853 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
854 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
857 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
859 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
862 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
863 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
865 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
867 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
868 Ch "The Debian Archive"
870 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
872 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
873 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
874 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
875 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
876 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
878 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
879 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
880 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
881 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
882 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
883 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
884 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
886 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
887 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
890 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
891 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
892 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
893 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
894 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
895 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
896 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
897 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
898 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
899 work-around with <...>
900 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
901 - update copyright date
902 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
903 - spell check and grammar corrections
907 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
909 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
910 recompile"; closes: #102626
911 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
912 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
913 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
914 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
915 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
917 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
918 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
919 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
921 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
923 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
924 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
925 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
926 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
927 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
928 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
929 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
930 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
931 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
933 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
935 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
937 - updated the list of available architectures.
938 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
939 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
940 of the package and nothing more.
941 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
942 any pain to the ftpmasters.
943 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
944 the use of the delayed queue.
945 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
946 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
948 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
949 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
950 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
951 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
952 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
953 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
954 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
956 - new Sec "Documentation"
957 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
958 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
959 "Being kind to porter" too
960 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
961 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
962 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
963 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
964 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
966 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
967 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
970 - update French translation
972 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
974 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
977 - some grammar corrections
978 - update French translation
980 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
981 anymore; closes: #135559
982 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
984 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
986 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
987 that would be welcome)
988 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
989 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
990 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
991 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
992 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
993 - other minor wording changes
994 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
995 - Ch "Package uploads":
996 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
997 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
998 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
999 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1000 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1001 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1002 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1004 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1006 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * from Martin Michlmayr
1009 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1010 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1011 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1013 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1015 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1017 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1019 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1020 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1021 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1022 - minor build tweaks
1024 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1025 * from Chris Tillman
1026 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1029 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1031 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1034 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1036 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1037 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1038 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1039 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1040 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1041 talking about uploading to distributions
1042 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1043 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1044 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1046 - French translation updated
1048 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1049 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1050 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1052 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1054 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1057 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1058 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1061 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1063 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * fix a typo in a link
1067 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1068 update documentation accordingly
1070 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1071 forwarding bugs upstream
1073 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1074 entities which should be used
1075 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1076 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1078 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1080 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1083 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1084 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1085 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1087 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1090 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1092 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1094 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1096 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1097 this translation needs updating
1098 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1099 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1100 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1102 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1103 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1104 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1106 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1107 included yet, however
1109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1111 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1115 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1116 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1118 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1122 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1125 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1126 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1128 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1130 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1132 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1135 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1136 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1137 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1138 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1139 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1140 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1141 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1142 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1143 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1144 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1145 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1146 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1148 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1149 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1150 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1151 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1152 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1154 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1156 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1157 * update copyright notice for 2001
1158 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1159 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1160 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1164 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1168 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1170 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1174 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1177 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1179 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1180 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1181 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1182 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1183 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1184 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1185 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1186 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1187 could be used if necessary
1188 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1189 mention the rsync dupload method
1190 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1192 * other small corrections
1193 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1194 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1195 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1196 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1198 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1200 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1201 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1205 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1207 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1208 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1209 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1210 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1212 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1213 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1214 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1215 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1216 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1218 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1220 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1221 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1222 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1223 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1224 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1225 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1226 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1228 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1229 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1230 - added a section about the LDAP database
1231 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1232 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1234 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1235 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1237 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1239 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1242 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1243 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1245 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1246 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1247 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1248 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1249 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1250 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1251 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1252 description from developers-reference.sgml
1254 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1256 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1259 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1261 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1263 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1264 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1265 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1266 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1267 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1268 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1269 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1270 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1271 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1272 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1274 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1275 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1276 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1277 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1279 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1280 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1281 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1282 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1283 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1284 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1285 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1286 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1287 suggestion from James Troup
1288 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1289 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1290 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1291 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1294 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1296 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1298 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1299 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1303 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1306 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1307 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1308 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1309 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1310 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1311 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1315 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1318 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1319 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1320 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1321 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1322 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1324 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1325 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1327 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1331 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1335 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1336 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1337 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1338 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1339 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1341 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1342 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1343 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1344 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1346 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1347 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1348 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1349 a normal developer may have access.
1351 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1353 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1355 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1356 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1357 step all over each other
1359 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1361 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1363 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1364 address for PGP key updates
1366 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1368 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1371 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1372 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1373 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1374 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1376 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1378 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1380 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1381 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1382 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1383 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1384 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1385 <keyring-maint> instead)
1386 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1387 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1389 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1391 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1392 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1393 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1395 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1397 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1399 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1400 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1401 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1402 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1403 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1404 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1406 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1407 tighten up the language a bit
1408 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1409 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1410 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1411 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1413 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1414 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1415 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1416 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1417 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1418 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1420 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1421 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1422 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1423 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1424 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1425 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1426 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1427 number of available packages
1428 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1429 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1433 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1438 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1440 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1442 * not officially released
1443 * more spelling corrections
1444 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1448 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1450 * not officially released
1451 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1452 * some PGP-centricity removed
1453 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1454 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1455 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1456 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1457 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1458 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1460 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1462 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1464 * not officially released
1465 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1466 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1467 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1468 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1469 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1470 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1471 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1472 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1473 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1474 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1475 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1476 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1477 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1478 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1480 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1481 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1483 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1485 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1486 take a couple of weeks
1487 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1488 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1489 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1490 excited about it and can't wait
1491 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1492 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1494 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1495 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1497 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1498 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1499 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1501 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1503 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1505 * move to 3-level version number:
1506 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1507 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1508 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1509 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1510 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1513 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1514 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1515 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1517 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1519 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1520 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1521 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1522 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1523 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1524 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1526 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1528 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1529 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1530 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1531 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1532 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1533 - "The CVS server": new section added
1534 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1536 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1537 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1538 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1539 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1540 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1541 with respect to GPG.
1542 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1543 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1544 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1545 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1546 a canonical location?)
1547 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1548 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1549 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1550 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1552 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1554 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1555 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1556 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1557 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1559 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1561 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1563 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1564 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1565 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1566 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1567 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1568 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1569 and should not be included in this Reference.
1570 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1571 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1572 maintainer tools only!
1573 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1574 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1575 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1576 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1577 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1578 * Little corrections here and there.
1579 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1580 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1583 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1585 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1587 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1588 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1589 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1591 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1592 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1593 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1594 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1595 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1596 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1597 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1598 do prior to uploading
1599 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1600 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1602 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1603 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1604 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1605 duties with respect to bugs
1606 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1607 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1608 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1610 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1611 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1612 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1613 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1614 explicit what is used to build this package
1616 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1618 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1621 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1622 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1623 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1624 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1625 * utilize the new URL tag
1626 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1629 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1631 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1633 * non-maintainer release
1634 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1635 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1636 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1637 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1638 text, it can't hurt you.)
1639 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1640 reflect this packages version number
1641 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1643 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1645 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1649 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1651 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1653 * New version numbering scheme:
1655 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1656 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1657 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1660 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1661 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1662 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1663 differ between the manuals.
1665 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1666 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1667 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1668 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1670 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1671 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1673 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1675 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1677 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1679 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1681 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1682 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1684 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1685 (as requested by James Troup)
1687 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1689 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1691 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1693 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1695 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1697 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1699 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1701 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1702 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1703 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1704 the non-maintainer release
1706 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1707 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1708 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1711 - Lots of typos fixed
1713 * Compressed SGML source code
1715 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1716 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1718 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1720 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1722 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1724 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1725 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1726 - Announcing package uploads
1727 * New section about Debian Mentors
1728 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1729 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1730 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1731 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1733 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1735 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1737 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1738 of our FTP server and the development process
1739 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1740 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1741 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1743 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1744 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1745 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1746 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1747 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1748 contacting the maintainer
1749 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1750 a new manual released soon)
1751 * Some minor changes
1752 * Include SGML source in package
1753 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1754 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1756 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1758 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1762 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
~ianmdlvl / developers-reference.git / blob