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.
19 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
21 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:46:20 +0200
23 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
26 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
27 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
28 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
29 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
30 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
31 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
32 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
35 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
36 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
38 * Translation updates (complete)
39 - French by David Prévot.
40 - German by Chris Leick.
43 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
44 * Switch to xz compression for source.
45 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
46 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
47 by texlive-xetex directly.
49 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
51 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
57 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
58 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
59 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
60 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
61 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
62 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
63 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
64 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
65 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
66 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
67 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
68 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
69 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
70 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
71 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
72 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
73 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
74 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
75 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
78 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
79 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
80 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
81 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
84 * Translation updates (all completed)
85 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
86 - German by Chris Leick.
87 - French by David Prévot.
89 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
91 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
94 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
95 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
98 * Update my email address.
99 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
100 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
101 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
102 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
103 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
104 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
107 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
109 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
114 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
115 version tracking removed that requirement.
118 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
119 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
120 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
121 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
122 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
123 needed. Closes: #619990
124 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
125 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
128 * Initial German translation.
131 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
132 * Update French translation.
133 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
134 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
135 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
138 * Update Japanese translation.
140 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
142 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
146 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
149 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
150 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
151 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
152 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
153 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
154 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
155 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
156 patch. Closes: #540231
157 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
158 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
159 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
160 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
161 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
162 for the patch. Closes: #548823
163 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
164 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
165 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
166 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
167 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
168 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
169 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
170 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
171 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
172 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
173 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
174 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
175 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
176 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
178 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
179 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
180 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
182 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
183 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
184 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
185 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
186 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
188 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
190 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
191 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
192 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
193 patch. Closes: #573110
194 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
196 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
197 multi-lines substitution variables.
200 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
201 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
202 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
203 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
204 * Activate Japanese package.
205 * Handle addendum if it exists.
207 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
209 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
211 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
212 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
214 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
216 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
218 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
219 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
221 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
223 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
225 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
226 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
227 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
228 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
229 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
230 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
231 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
232 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
233 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
234 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
235 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
236 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
237 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
238 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
239 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
240 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
241 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
242 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
243 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
244 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
245 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
246 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
248 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
250 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
257 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
258 The most important changes are:
259 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
260 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
263 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
264 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
265 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
266 distinction. Closes: #464230.
267 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
268 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
269 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
270 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
271 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
272 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
274 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
275 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
277 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
278 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
280 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
281 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
283 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
285 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
286 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
288 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
289 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
290 Closes: #512620, #510783.
292 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
294 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
297 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
298 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
299 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
300 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
301 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
302 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
303 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
304 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
306 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
308 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
311 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
312 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
313 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
314 release codenames in <literal>
315 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
316 doesn't exist anymore.
317 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
318 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
319 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
320 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
321 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
322 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
323 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
324 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
325 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
326 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
327 team before upload. Closes: #459343
328 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
329 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
330 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
331 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
332 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
333 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
334 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
336 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
337 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
339 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
340 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
341 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
342 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
343 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
344 Thomas. Closes: #485837
346 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
347 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
349 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
351 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
355 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
356 - fix debian/copyright
357 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
358 - add pdf for French version.
359 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
360 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
361 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
362 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
363 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
364 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
365 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
366 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
367 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
369 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
370 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
372 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
374 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
375 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
376 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
377 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
378 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
379 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
381 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
384 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
385 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
386 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
387 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
388 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
389 * Update information concerning Alioth.
390 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
391 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
393 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
394 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
396 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
399 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
401 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
403 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
405 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
406 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
408 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
409 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
410 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
412 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
413 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
414 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
416 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
417 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
418 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
419 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
420 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
421 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
422 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
423 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
424 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
425 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
426 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
427 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
429 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
430 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
431 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
432 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
433 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
434 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
435 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
436 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
437 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
438 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
442 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
444 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
446 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
449 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
450 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
451 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
452 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
453 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
454 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
456 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
458 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
460 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
462 - non-us discontinued.
463 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
465 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
466 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
467 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
468 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
469 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
470 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
471 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
472 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
473 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
474 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
475 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
476 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
477 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
478 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
479 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
480 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
481 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
482 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
484 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
485 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
487 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
490 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
492 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
494 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
497 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
498 - madison is on merkel.
499 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
500 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
501 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
502 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
503 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
504 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
506 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
507 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
508 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
509 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
510 - sync NM rules with reality.
512 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
514 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
516 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
519 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
520 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
521 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
522 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
523 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
524 - spelling, grammer fixes.
525 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
526 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
527 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
528 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
529 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
530 - add myself to uploaders.
531 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
532 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
533 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
534 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
535 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
536 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
537 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
538 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
539 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
540 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
541 - rewrote the NMU section, and
542 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
543 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
544 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
545 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
546 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
547 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
548 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
549 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
551 - Security uploads get urgency=high
552 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
554 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
556 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
558 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
561 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
562 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
563 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
564 - documented Alioth, somewhat
566 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
567 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
569 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
570 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
571 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
572 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
576 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
578 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
579 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
580 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
581 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
584 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
586 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
589 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
591 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
592 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
593 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
595 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
596 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
597 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
598 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
601 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
603 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
604 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
605 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
606 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
607 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
609 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
610 it clear these are special cases
611 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
613 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
615 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
617 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
620 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
621 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
623 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
625 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
627 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
630 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
632 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
633 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
634 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
636 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
637 - the synopsis formula changed to either
638 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
640 <package-name> is <synopsis>
642 <package-name> are <synopsis>
644 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
645 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
646 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
647 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
648 package; closes: #187143
650 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
652 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
655 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
656 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
658 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
660 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
661 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
662 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
663 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
664 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
665 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
666 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
667 right places in the document, closes: #172897
668 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
672 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
674 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
675 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
676 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
677 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
678 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
679 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
680 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
682 - editorial changes on material added in this version
683 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
684 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
685 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
686 closes: #139957, #108416
687 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
688 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
690 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
692 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
695 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
697 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
698 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
699 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
700 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
702 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
703 for best practices for documentation
704 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
705 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
706 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
707 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
709 - spell-checking pass
711 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
713 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
716 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
717 descriptions" moved under there
718 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
719 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
720 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
721 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
722 the document where these tools are discussed
723 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
724 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
725 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
726 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
727 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
728 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
730 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
731 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
732 that can be fixed by DDP folks
733 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
734 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
735 - simply PS and PDF building rules
737 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
739 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
742 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
743 section and adjusted links
744 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
746 - ChangeLog attribution updates
747 - fix typos, closes: #171781
748 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
749 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
750 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
751 for debian/rules", and write an intro
752 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
753 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
754 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
755 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
756 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
757 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
758 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
759 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
760 "Internationalization"
761 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
762 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
763 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
764 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
765 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
766 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
767 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
768 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
769 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
771 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
772 rather useless and broken
773 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
774 names and the first word
775 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
776 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
777 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
779 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
780 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
781 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
783 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
785 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
788 - DDP publishing update
790 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
791 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
792 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
793 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
795 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
797 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
800 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
801 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
802 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
804 - added myself as co-author
805 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
807 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
808 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
810 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
811 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
813 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
815 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
818 - Corrected several errors with —
819 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
820 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
821 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
822 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
823 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
824 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
825 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
827 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
828 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
829 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
830 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
831 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
832 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
833 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
834 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
835 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
837 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
838 descriptions". closes: #158609
839 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
840 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
841 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
842 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
843 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
845 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
846 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
847 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
848 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
849 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
850 - updated the mailing lists section
852 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
853 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
856 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
858 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
861 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
862 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
864 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
866 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
867 Ch "The Debian Archive"
869 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
871 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
872 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
873 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
874 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
875 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
877 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
878 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
879 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
880 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
881 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
882 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
883 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
885 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
886 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
889 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
890 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
891 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
892 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
893 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
894 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
895 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
896 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
897 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
898 work-around with <...>
899 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
900 - update copyright date
901 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
902 - spell check and grammar corrections
906 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
908 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
909 recompile"; closes: #102626
910 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
911 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
912 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
913 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
914 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
916 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
917 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
918 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
920 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
922 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
923 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
924 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
925 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
926 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
927 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
928 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
929 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
930 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
932 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
934 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
936 - updated the list of available architectures.
937 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
938 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
939 of the package and nothing more.
940 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
941 any pain to the ftpmasters.
942 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
943 the use of the delayed queue.
944 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
945 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
947 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
948 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
949 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
950 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
951 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
952 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
953 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
955 - new Sec "Documentation"
956 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
957 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
958 "Being kind to porter" too
959 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
960 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
961 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
962 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
963 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
965 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
966 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
969 - update French translation
971 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
973 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
976 - some grammar corrections
977 - update French translation
979 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
980 anymore; closes: #135559
981 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
983 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
985 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
986 that would be welcome)
987 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
988 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
989 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
990 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
991 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
992 - other minor wording changes
993 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
994 - Ch "Package uploads":
995 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
996 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
997 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
998 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
999 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1000 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1001 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1003 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1005 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * from Martin Michlmayr
1008 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1009 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1010 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1012 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1014 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1016 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1018 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1019 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1020 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1021 - minor build tweaks
1023 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1024 * from Chris Tillman
1025 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1030 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1033 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1035 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1036 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1037 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1038 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1039 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1040 talking about uploading to distributions
1041 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1042 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1043 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1045 - French translation updated
1047 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1048 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1049 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1051 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1053 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1056 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1057 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1060 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1062 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1065 * fix a typo in a link
1066 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1067 update documentation accordingly
1069 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1070 forwarding bugs upstream
1072 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1073 entities which should be used
1074 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1075 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1077 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1079 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1082 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1083 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1084 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1086 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1089 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1091 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1095 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1096 this translation needs updating
1097 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1098 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1099 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1101 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1102 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1103 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1105 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1106 included yet, however
1108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1110 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1114 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1115 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1117 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1119 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1121 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1124 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1125 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1127 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1131 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1134 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1135 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1136 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1137 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1138 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1139 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1140 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1141 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1142 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1143 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1144 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1145 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1147 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1148 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1149 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1150 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1151 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1153 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1155 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1156 * update copyright notice for 2001
1157 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1158 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1159 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1161 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1163 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1167 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1169 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1171 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1173 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1176 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1178 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1179 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1180 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1181 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1182 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1183 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1184 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1185 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1186 could be used if necessary
1187 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1188 mention the rsync dupload method
1189 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1191 * other small corrections
1192 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1193 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1194 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1195 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1197 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1199 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1200 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1202 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1204 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1206 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1207 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1208 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1209 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1211 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1212 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1213 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1214 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1215 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1217 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1219 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1220 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1221 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1222 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1223 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1224 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1225 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1227 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1228 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1229 - added a section about the LDAP database
1230 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1231 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1233 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1234 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1236 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1238 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1241 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1242 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1244 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1245 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1246 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1247 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1248 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1249 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1250 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1251 description from developers-reference.sgml
1253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1255 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1258 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1260 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1262 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1263 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1264 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1265 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1266 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1267 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1268 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1269 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1270 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1271 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1273 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1274 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1275 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1276 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1278 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1279 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1280 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1281 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1282 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1283 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1284 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1285 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1286 suggestion from James Troup
1287 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1288 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1289 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1290 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1293 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1295 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1297 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1298 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1302 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1304 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1305 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1306 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1307 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1308 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1309 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1310 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1314 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1316 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1317 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1318 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1319 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1320 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1321 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1323 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1324 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1326 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1328 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1330 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1334 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1335 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1336 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1337 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1338 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1340 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1341 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1342 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1343 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1345 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1346 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1347 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1348 a normal developer may have access.
1350 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1352 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1355 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1356 step all over each other
1358 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1360 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1363 address for PGP key updates
1365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1367 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1370 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1371 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1372 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1373 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1375 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1377 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1380 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1381 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1382 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1383 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1384 <keyring-maint> instead)
1385 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1386 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1388 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1390 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1391 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1392 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1396 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1398 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1399 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1400 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1401 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1402 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1403 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1405 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1406 tighten up the language a bit
1407 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1408 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1409 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1410 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1412 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1413 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1414 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1415 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1416 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1417 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1419 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1420 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1421 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1422 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1423 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1424 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1425 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1426 number of available packages
1427 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1428 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1430 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1432 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1437 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1439 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1441 * not officially released
1442 * more spelling corrections
1443 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1445 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1447 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * not officially released
1450 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1451 * some PGP-centricity removed
1452 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1453 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1454 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1455 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1456 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1457 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1459 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1461 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1463 * not officially released
1464 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1465 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1466 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1467 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1468 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1469 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1470 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1471 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1472 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1473 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1474 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1475 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1476 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1477 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1479 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1480 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1482 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1484 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1485 take a couple of weeks
1486 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1487 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1488 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1489 excited about it and can't wait
1490 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1491 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1493 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1494 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1496 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1497 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1498 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1500 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1502 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1504 * move to 3-level version number:
1505 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1506 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1507 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1508 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1509 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1512 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1513 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1514 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1516 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1518 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1519 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1520 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1521 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1522 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1523 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1525 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1527 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1528 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1529 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1530 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1531 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1532 - "The CVS server": new section added
1533 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1535 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1536 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1537 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1538 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1539 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1540 with respect to GPG.
1541 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1542 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1543 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1544 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1545 a canonical location?)
1546 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1547 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1548 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1549 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1551 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1553 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1554 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1555 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1556 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1558 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1560 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1562 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1563 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1564 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1565 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1566 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1567 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1568 and should not be included in this Reference.
1569 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1570 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1571 maintainer tools only!
1572 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1573 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1574 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1575 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1576 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1577 * Little corrections here and there.
1578 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1579 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1582 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1584 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1586 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1587 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1588 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1590 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1591 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1592 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1593 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1594 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1595 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1596 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1597 do prior to uploading
1598 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1599 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1601 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1602 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1603 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1604 duties with respect to bugs
1605 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1606 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1607 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1609 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1610 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1611 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1612 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1613 explicit what is used to build this package
1615 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1617 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1620 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1621 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1622 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1623 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1624 * utilize the new URL tag
1625 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1628 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1630 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1632 * non-maintainer release
1633 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1634 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1635 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1636 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1637 text, it can't hurt you.)
1638 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1639 reflect this packages version number
1640 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1642 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1644 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1648 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1650 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1652 * New version numbering scheme:
1654 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1655 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1656 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1659 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1660 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1661 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1662 differ between the manuals.
1664 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1665 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1666 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1667 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1669 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1670 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1672 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1674 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1676 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1678 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1680 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1681 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1683 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1684 (as requested by James Troup)
1686 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1688 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1690 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1692 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1694 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1696 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1698 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1700 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1701 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1702 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1703 the non-maintainer release
1705 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1706 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1707 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1710 - Lots of typos fixed
1712 * Compressed SGML source code
1714 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1715 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1717 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1719 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1721 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1723 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1724 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1725 - Announcing package uploads
1726 * New section about Debian Mentors
1727 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1728 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1729 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1730 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1732 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1734 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1736 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1737 of our FTP server and the development process
1738 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1739 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1740 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1742 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1743 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1744 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1745 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1746 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1747 contacting the maintainer
1748 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1749 a new manual released soon)
1750 * Some minor changes
1751 * Include SGML source in package
1752 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1753 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1755 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1757 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1761 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200