1 developers-reference (3.4.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
6 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
7 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
8 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
9 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
10 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
11 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
14 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
15 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
17 -- Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:54:05 +0900
19 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
24 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
25 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
26 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
27 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
28 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
29 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
30 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
31 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
32 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
33 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
34 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
35 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
36 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
37 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
38 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
39 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
40 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
41 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
42 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
43 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
46 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
47 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
48 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
49 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
52 * Translation updates (all completed)
53 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
54 - German by Chris Leick.
55 - French by David Prévot.
57 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
59 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
62 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
63 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
66 * Update my email address.
67 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
68 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
69 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
70 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
71 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
72 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
75 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
77 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
83 version tracking removed that requirement.
86 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
87 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
88 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
89 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
90 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
91 needed. Closes: #619990
92 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
93 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
96 * Initial German translation.
99 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
100 * Update French translation.
101 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
102 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
103 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
106 * Update Japanese translation.
108 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
110 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
114 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
117 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
118 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
119 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
120 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
121 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
122 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
123 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
124 patch. Closes: #540231
125 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
126 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
127 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
128 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
129 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
130 for the patch. Closes: #548823
131 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
132 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
133 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
134 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
135 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
136 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
137 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
138 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
139 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
140 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
141 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
142 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
143 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
144 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
146 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
147 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
148 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
150 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
151 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
152 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
153 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
154 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
156 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
158 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
159 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
160 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
161 patch. Closes: #573110
162 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
164 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
165 multi-lines substitution variables.
168 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
169 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
170 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
171 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
172 * Activate Japanese package.
173 * Handle addendum if it exists.
175 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
177 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
180 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
182 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
184 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
186 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
187 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
189 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
191 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
193 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
194 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
195 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
196 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
197 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
198 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
199 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
200 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
201 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
202 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
203 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
204 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
205 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
206 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
207 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
208 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
209 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
210 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
211 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
212 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
213 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
214 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
216 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
218 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
221 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
225 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
226 The most important changes are:
227 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
228 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
231 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
232 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
233 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
234 distinction. Closes: #464230.
235 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
236 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
237 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
238 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
239 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
240 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
242 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
243 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
245 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
246 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
248 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
249 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
251 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
253 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
254 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
256 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
257 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
258 Closes: #512620, #510783.
260 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
262 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
265 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
266 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
267 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
268 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
269 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
270 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
271 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
272 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
274 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
276 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
279 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
280 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
281 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
282 release codenames in <literal>
283 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
284 doesn't exist anymore.
285 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
286 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
287 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
288 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
289 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
290 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
291 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
292 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
293 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
294 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
295 team before upload. Closes: #459343
296 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
297 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
298 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
299 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
300 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
301 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
302 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
304 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
305 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
307 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
308 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
309 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
310 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
311 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
312 Thomas. Closes: #485837
314 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
315 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
317 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
319 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
323 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
324 - fix debian/copyright
325 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
326 - add pdf for French version.
327 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
328 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
329 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
330 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
331 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
332 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
333 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
334 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
335 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
337 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
338 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
340 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
342 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
343 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
344 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
345 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
346 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
347 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
349 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
352 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
353 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
354 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
355 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
356 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
357 * Update information concerning Alioth.
358 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
359 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
361 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
362 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
364 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
367 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
369 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
371 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
373 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
374 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
376 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
377 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
378 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
380 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
381 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
382 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
384 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
385 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
386 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
387 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
388 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
389 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
390 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
391 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
392 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
393 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
394 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
395 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
397 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
398 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
399 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
400 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
401 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
402 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
403 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
404 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
405 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
406 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
410 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
412 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
414 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
417 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
418 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
419 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
420 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
421 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
422 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
424 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
426 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
428 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
430 - non-us discontinued.
431 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
433 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
434 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
435 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
436 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
437 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
438 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
439 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
440 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
441 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
442 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
443 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
444 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
445 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
446 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
447 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
448 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
449 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
450 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
452 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
453 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
455 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
458 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
460 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
462 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
465 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
466 - madison is on merkel.
467 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
468 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
469 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
470 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
471 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
472 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
474 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
475 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
476 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
477 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
478 - sync NM rules with reality.
480 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
482 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
484 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
487 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
488 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
489 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
490 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
491 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
492 - spelling, grammer fixes.
493 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
494 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
495 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
496 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
497 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
498 - add myself to uploaders.
499 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
500 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
501 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
502 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
503 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
504 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
505 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
506 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
507 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
508 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
509 - rewrote the NMU section, and
510 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
511 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
512 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
513 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
514 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
515 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
516 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
517 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
519 - Security uploads get urgency=high
520 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
522 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
524 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
526 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
529 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
530 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
531 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
532 - documented Alioth, somewhat
534 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
535 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
537 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
538 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
539 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
540 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
544 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
546 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
547 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
548 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
549 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
552 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
554 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
557 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
559 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
560 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
561 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
563 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
564 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
565 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
566 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
569 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
571 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
572 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
573 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
574 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
575 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
577 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
578 it clear these are special cases
579 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
581 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
583 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
585 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
588 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
589 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
591 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
595 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
598 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
600 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
601 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
602 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
604 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
605 - the synopsis formula changed to either
606 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
608 <package-name> is <synopsis>
610 <package-name> are <synopsis>
612 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
613 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
614 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
615 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
616 package; closes: #187143
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
620 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
623 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
624 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
626 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
628 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
629 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
630 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
631 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
632 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
633 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
634 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
635 right places in the document, closes: #172897
636 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
640 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
642 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
643 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
644 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
645 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
646 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
647 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
648 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
650 - editorial changes on material added in this version
651 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
652 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
653 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
654 closes: #139957, #108416
655 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
656 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
658 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
660 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
663 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
665 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
666 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
667 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
668 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
670 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
671 for best practices for documentation
672 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
673 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
674 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
675 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
677 - spell-checking pass
679 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
681 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
684 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
685 descriptions" moved under there
686 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
687 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
688 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
689 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
690 the document where these tools are discussed
691 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
692 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
693 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
694 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
695 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
696 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
698 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
699 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
700 that can be fixed by DDP folks
701 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
702 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
703 - simply PS and PDF building rules
705 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
707 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
710 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
711 section and adjusted links
712 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
714 - ChangeLog attribution updates
715 - fix typos, closes: #171781
716 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
717 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
718 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
719 for debian/rules", and write an intro
720 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
721 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
722 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
723 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
724 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
725 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
726 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
727 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
728 "Internationalization"
729 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
730 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
731 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
732 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
733 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
734 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
735 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
736 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
737 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
739 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
740 rather useless and broken
741 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
742 names and the first word
743 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
744 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
745 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
747 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
748 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
749 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
751 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
753 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
756 - DDP publishing update
758 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
759 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
760 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
761 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
765 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
768 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
769 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
770 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
772 - added myself as co-author
773 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
775 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
776 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
778 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
779 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
781 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
783 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
786 - Corrected several errors with —
787 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
788 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
789 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
790 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
791 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
792 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
793 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
795 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
796 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
797 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
798 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
799 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
800 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
801 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
802 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
803 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
805 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
806 descriptions". closes: #158609
807 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
808 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
809 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
810 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
811 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
813 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
814 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
815 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
816 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
817 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
818 - updated the mailing lists section
820 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
821 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
824 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
826 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
829 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
830 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
832 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
834 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
835 Ch "The Debian Archive"
837 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
839 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
840 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
841 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
842 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
843 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
845 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
846 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
847 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
848 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
849 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
850 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
851 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
853 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
854 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
857 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
858 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
859 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
860 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
861 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
862 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
863 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
864 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
865 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
866 work-around with <...>
867 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
868 - update copyright date
869 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
870 - spell check and grammar corrections
874 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
876 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
877 recompile"; closes: #102626
878 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
879 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
880 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
881 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
882 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
884 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
885 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
886 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
888 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
890 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
891 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
892 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
893 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
894 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
895 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
896 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
897 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
898 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
900 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
902 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
904 - updated the list of available architectures.
905 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
906 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
907 of the package and nothing more.
908 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
909 any pain to the ftpmasters.
910 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
911 the use of the delayed queue.
912 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
913 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
915 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
916 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
917 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
918 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
919 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
920 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
921 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
923 - new Sec "Documentation"
924 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
925 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
926 "Being kind to porter" too
927 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
928 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
929 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
930 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
931 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
933 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
934 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
937 - update French translation
939 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
941 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
944 - some grammar corrections
945 - update French translation
947 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
948 anymore; closes: #135559
949 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
951 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
953 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
954 that would be welcome)
955 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
956 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
957 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
958 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
959 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
960 - other minor wording changes
961 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
962 - Ch "Package uploads":
963 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
964 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
965 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
966 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
967 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
968 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
969 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
971 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
973 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
975 * from Martin Michlmayr
976 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
977 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
978 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
980 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
982 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
984 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
986 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
987 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
988 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
991 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
993 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
996 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
998 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1001 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1003 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1004 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1005 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1006 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1007 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1008 talking about uploading to distributions
1009 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1010 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1011 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1013 - French translation updated
1015 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1016 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1017 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1019 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1021 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1024 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1025 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1030 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * fix a typo in a link
1034 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1035 update documentation accordingly
1037 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1038 forwarding bugs upstream
1040 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1041 entities which should be used
1042 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1043 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1047 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1050 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1051 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1052 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1054 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1057 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1059 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1063 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1064 this translation needs updating
1065 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1066 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1067 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1069 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1070 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1071 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1073 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1074 included yet, however
1076 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1078 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1080 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1082 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1083 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1085 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1087 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1089 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1092 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1093 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1095 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1097 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1099 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1102 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1103 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1104 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1105 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1106 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1107 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1108 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1109 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1110 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1111 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1112 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1113 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1115 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1116 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1117 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1118 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1119 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1121 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1123 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1124 * update copyright notice for 2001
1125 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1126 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1127 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1131 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1135 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1137 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1139 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1141 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1144 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1146 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1147 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1148 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1149 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1150 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1151 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1152 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1153 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1154 could be used if necessary
1155 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1156 mention the rsync dupload method
1157 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1159 * other small corrections
1160 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1161 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1162 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1163 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1165 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1167 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1168 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1172 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1174 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1175 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1176 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1177 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1179 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1180 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1181 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1182 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1183 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1185 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1187 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1188 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1189 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1190 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1191 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1192 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1193 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1195 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1196 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1197 - added a section about the LDAP database
1198 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1199 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1201 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1202 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1206 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1209 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1210 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1212 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1213 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1214 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1215 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1216 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1217 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1218 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1219 description from developers-reference.sgml
1221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1223 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1226 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1228 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1230 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1231 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1232 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1233 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1234 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1235 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1236 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1237 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1238 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1239 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1241 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1242 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1243 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1244 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1246 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1247 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1248 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1249 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1250 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1251 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1252 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1253 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1254 suggestion from James Troup
1255 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1256 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1257 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1258 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1261 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1263 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1265 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1266 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1270 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1273 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1274 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1275 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1276 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1277 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1278 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1280 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1282 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1285 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1286 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1287 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1288 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1289 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1291 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1292 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1294 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1296 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1298 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1300 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1302 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1303 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1304 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1305 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1306 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1308 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1309 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1310 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1311 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1313 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1314 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1315 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1316 a normal developer may have access.
1318 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1320 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1323 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1324 step all over each other
1326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1328 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1330 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1331 address for PGP key updates
1333 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1335 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1337 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1338 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1339 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1340 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1341 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1343 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1345 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1347 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1348 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1349 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1350 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1351 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1352 <keyring-maint> instead)
1353 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1354 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1356 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1358 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1359 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1360 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1364 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1366 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1367 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1368 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1369 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1370 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1371 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1373 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1374 tighten up the language a bit
1375 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1376 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1377 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1378 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1380 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1381 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1382 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1383 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1384 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1385 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1387 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1388 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1389 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1390 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1391 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1392 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1393 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1394 number of available packages
1395 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1396 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1398 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1400 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1402 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1407 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * not officially released
1410 * more spelling corrections
1411 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1415 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1417 * not officially released
1418 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1419 * some PGP-centricity removed
1420 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1421 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1422 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1423 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1424 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1425 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1429 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1431 * not officially released
1432 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1433 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1434 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1435 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1436 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1437 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1438 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1439 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1440 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1441 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1442 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1443 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1444 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1445 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1447 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1448 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1450 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1452 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1453 take a couple of weeks
1454 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1455 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1456 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1457 excited about it and can't wait
1458 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1459 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1461 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1462 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1464 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1465 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1466 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1470 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1472 * move to 3-level version number:
1473 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1474 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1475 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1476 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1477 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1480 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1481 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1482 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1484 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1486 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1487 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1488 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1489 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1490 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1491 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1493 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1495 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1496 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1497 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1498 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1499 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1500 - "The CVS server": new section added
1501 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1503 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1504 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1505 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1506 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1507 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1508 with respect to GPG.
1509 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1510 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1511 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1512 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1513 a canonical location?)
1514 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1515 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1516 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1517 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1519 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1521 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1522 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1523 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1524 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1526 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1528 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1531 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1532 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1533 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1534 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1535 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1536 and should not be included in this Reference.
1537 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1538 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1539 maintainer tools only!
1540 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1541 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1542 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1543 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1544 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1545 * Little corrections here and there.
1546 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1547 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1550 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1552 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1554 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1555 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1556 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1558 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1559 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1560 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1561 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1562 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1563 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1564 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1565 do prior to uploading
1566 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1567 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1569 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1570 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1571 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1572 duties with respect to bugs
1573 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1574 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1575 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1577 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1578 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1579 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1580 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1581 explicit what is used to build this package
1583 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1585 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1589 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1590 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1591 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1592 * utilize the new URL tag
1593 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1596 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1598 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1600 * non-maintainer release
1601 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1602 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1603 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1604 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1605 text, it can't hurt you.)
1606 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1607 reflect this packages version number
1608 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1610 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1612 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1616 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1618 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1620 * New version numbering scheme:
1622 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1623 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1624 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1627 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1628 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1629 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1630 differ between the manuals.
1632 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1633 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1634 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1635 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1637 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1638 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1640 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1642 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1644 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1646 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1648 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1649 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1651 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1652 (as requested by James Troup)
1654 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1656 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1658 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1660 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1662 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1664 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1666 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1668 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1669 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1670 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1671 the non-maintainer release
1673 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1674 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1675 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1678 - Lots of typos fixed
1680 * Compressed SGML source code
1682 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1683 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1685 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1687 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1689 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1691 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1692 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1693 - Announcing package uploads
1694 * New section about Debian Mentors
1695 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1696 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1697 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1698 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1700 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1702 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1704 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1705 of our FTP server and the development process
1706 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1707 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1708 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1710 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1711 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1712 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1713 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1714 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1715 contacting the maintainer
1716 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1717 a new manual released soon)
1718 * Some minor changes
1719 * Include SGML source in package
1720 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1721 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1723 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1725 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1729 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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