1 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
4 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
8 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
11 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
12 - madison is on merkel.
14 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Wed, 8 Dec 2004 03:03:01 -0700
16 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
19 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
20 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
21 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
22 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
23 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
24 - spelling, grammer fixes.
25 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
26 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
27 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
28 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
29 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
30 - add myself to uploaders.
31 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
32 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
33 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
34 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
35 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
36 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
37 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
38 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
39 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
40 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
41 - rewrote the NMU section, and
42 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
43 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
44 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
45 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
46 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
47 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
48 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
49 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
51 - Security uploads get urgency=high
52 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
54 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
56 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
58 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
61 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
62 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
63 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
64 - documented Alioth, somewhat
66 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
67 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
69 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
70 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
71 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
72 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
76 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
78 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
79 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
80 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
81 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
84 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
86 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
89 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
91 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
92 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
93 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
95 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
96 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
97 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
98 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
101 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
103 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
104 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
105 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
106 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
107 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
109 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
110 it clear these are special cases
111 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
113 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
115 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
117 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
120 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
121 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
123 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
125 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
127 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
130 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
132 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
133 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
134 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
136 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
137 - the synopsis formula changed to either
138 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
140 <package-name> is <synopsis>
142 <package-name> are <synopsis>
144 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
145 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
146 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
147 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
148 package; closes: #187143
150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
152 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
155 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
156 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
158 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
160 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
161 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
162 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
163 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
164 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
165 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
166 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
167 right places in the document, closes: #172897
168 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
172 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
174 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
175 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
176 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
177 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
178 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
179 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
180 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
182 - editorial changes on material added in this version
183 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
184 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
185 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
186 closes: #139957, #108416
187 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
188 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
192 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
195 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
197 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
198 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
199 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
200 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
202 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
203 for best practices for documentation
204 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
205 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
206 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
207 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
209 - spell-checking pass
211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
213 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
216 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
217 descriptions" moved under there
218 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
219 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
220 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
221 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
222 the document where these tools are discussed
223 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
224 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
225 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
226 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
227 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
228 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
230 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
231 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
232 that can be fixed by DDP folks
233 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
234 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
235 - simply PS and PDF building rules
237 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
239 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
242 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
243 section and adjusted links
244 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
246 - ChangeLog attribution updates
247 - fix typos, closes: #171781
248 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
249 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
250 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
251 for debian/rules", and write an intro
252 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
253 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
254 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
255 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
256 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
257 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
258 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
259 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
260 "Internationalization"
261 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
262 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
263 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
264 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
265 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
266 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
267 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
268 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
269 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
271 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
272 rather useless and broken
273 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
274 names and the first word
275 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
276 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
277 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
279 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
280 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
281 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
283 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
285 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
288 - DDP publishing update
290 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
291 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
292 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
293 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
295 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
297 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
300 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
301 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
302 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
304 - added myself as co-author
305 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
307 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
308 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
310 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
311 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
315 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
318 - Corrected several errors with —
319 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
320 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
321 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
322 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
323 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
324 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
325 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
327 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
328 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
329 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
330 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
331 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
332 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
333 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
334 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
335 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
337 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
338 descriptions". closes: #158609
339 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
340 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
341 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
342 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
343 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
345 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
346 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
347 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
348 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
349 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
350 - updated the mailing lists section
352 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
353 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
356 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
358 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
361 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
362 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
364 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
366 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
367 Ch "The Debian Archive"
369 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
371 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
372 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
373 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
374 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
375 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
377 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
378 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
379 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
380 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
381 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
382 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
383 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
385 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
386 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
389 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
390 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
391 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
392 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
393 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
394 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
395 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
396 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
397 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
398 work-around with <...>
399 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
400 - update copyright date
401 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
402 - spell check and grammar corrections
406 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
408 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
409 recompile"; closes: #102626
410 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
411 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
412 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
413 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
414 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
416 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
417 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
418 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
420 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
422 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
423 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
424 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
425 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
426 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
427 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
428 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
429 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
430 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
432 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
434 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
436 - updated the list of available architectures.
437 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
438 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
439 of the package and nothing more.
440 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
441 any pain to the ftpmasters.
442 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
443 the use of the delayed queue.
444 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
445 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
447 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
448 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
449 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
450 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
451 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
452 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
453 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
455 - new Sec "Documentation"
456 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
457 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
458 "Being kind to porter" too
459 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
460 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
461 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
462 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
463 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
465 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
466 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
469 - update French translation
471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
473 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
476 - some grammar corrections
477 - update French translation
479 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
480 anymore; closes: #135559
481 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
483 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
485 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
486 that would be welcome)
487 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
488 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
489 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
490 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
491 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
492 - other minor wording changes
493 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
494 - Ch "Package uploads":
495 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
496 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
497 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
498 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
499 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
500 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
501 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
503 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
505 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
507 * from Martin Michlmayr
508 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
509 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
510 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
512 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
514 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
516 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
518 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
519 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
520 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
523 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
525 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
528 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
530 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
533 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
535 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
536 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
537 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
538 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
539 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
540 talking about uploading to distributions
541 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
542 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
543 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
545 - French translation updated
547 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
548 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
549 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
553 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
556 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
557 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
560 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
562 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
565 * fix a typo in a link
566 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
567 update documentation accordingly
569 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
570 forwarding bugs upstream
572 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
573 entities which should be used
574 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
575 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
577 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
579 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
581 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
582 * French version: completely up-to-date now
583 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
584 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
586 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
589 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
591 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
593 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
595 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
596 this translation needs updating
597 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
598 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
599 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
601 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
602 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
603 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
605 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
606 included yet, however
608 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
610 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
612 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
614 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
615 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
617 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
619 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
621 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
623 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
624 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
625 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
627 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
629 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
631 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
634 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
635 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
636 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
637 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
638 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
639 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
640 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
641 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
642 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
643 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
644 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
645 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
647 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
648 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
649 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
650 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
651 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
653 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
655 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
656 * update copyright notice for 2001
657 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
658 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
659 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
661 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
663 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
665 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
667 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
669 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
671 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
673 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
675 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
676 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
678 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
679 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
680 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
681 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
682 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
683 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
684 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
685 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
686 could be used if necessary
687 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
688 mention the rsync dupload method
689 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
691 * other small corrections
692 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
693 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
694 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
695 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
697 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
699 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
700 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
702 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
704 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
706 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
707 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
708 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
709 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
711 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
712 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
713 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
714 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
715 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
717 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
719 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
720 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
721 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
722 team (closes: Bug#52906)
723 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
724 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
725 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
727 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
728 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
729 - added a section about the LDAP database
730 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
731 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
733 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
734 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
738 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
740 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
741 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
742 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
744 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
745 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
746 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
747 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
748 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
749 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
750 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
751 description from developers-reference.sgml
753 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
755 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
757 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
758 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
760 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
762 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
763 releases are available at archive.debian.org
764 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
765 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
766 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
767 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
768 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
769 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
770 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
771 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
773 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
774 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
775 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
776 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
778 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
779 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
780 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
781 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
782 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
783 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
784 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
785 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
786 suggestion from James Troup
787 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
788 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
789 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
790 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
793 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
795 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
797 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
798 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
800 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
802 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
804 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
805 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
806 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
807 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
808 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
809 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
810 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
812 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
814 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
816 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
817 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
818 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
819 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
820 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
821 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
823 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
824 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
826 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
830 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
832 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
834 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
835 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
836 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
837 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
838 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
840 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
841 with intro; demoted server sections under that
842 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
843 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
845 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
846 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
847 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
848 a normal developer may have access.
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
852 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
854 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
855 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
856 step all over each other
858 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
860 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
862 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
863 address for PGP key updates
865 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
867 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
869 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
870 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
871 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
872 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
873 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
875 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
877 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
879 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
880 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
881 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
882 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
883 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
884 <keyring-maint> instead)
885 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
886 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
888 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
890 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
891 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
892 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
894 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
896 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
898 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
899 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
900 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
901 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
902 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
903 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
905 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
906 tighten up the language a bit
907 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
908 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
909 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
910 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
912 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
913 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
914 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
915 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
916 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
917 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
919 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
920 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
921 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
922 about how to depart Debian gracefully
923 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
924 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
925 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
926 number of available packages
927 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
928 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
932 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
934 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
937 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
939 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
941 * not officially released
942 * more spelling corrections
943 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
945 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
947 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
949 * not officially released
950 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
951 * some PGP-centricity removed
952 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
953 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
954 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
955 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
956 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
957 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
961 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
963 * not officially released
964 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
965 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
966 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
967 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
968 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
969 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
970 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
971 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
972 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
973 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
974 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
975 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
976 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
977 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
979 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
980 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
982 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
984 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
985 take a couple of weeks
986 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
987 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
988 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
989 excited about it and can't wait
990 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
991 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
993 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
994 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
996 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
997 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
998 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1002 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1004 * move to 3-level version number:
1005 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1006 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1007 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1008 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1009 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1012 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1013 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1014 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1016 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1018 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1019 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1020 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1021 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1022 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1023 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1025 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1027 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1028 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1029 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1030 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1031 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1032 - "The CVS server": new section added
1033 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1035 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1036 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1037 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1038 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1039 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1040 with respect to GPG.
1041 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1042 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1043 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1044 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1045 a canonical location?)
1046 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1047 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1048 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1049 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1051 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1053 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1054 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1055 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1056 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1058 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1060 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1063 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1064 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1065 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1066 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1067 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1068 and should not be included in this Reference.
1069 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1070 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1071 maintainer tools only!
1072 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1073 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1074 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1075 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1076 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1077 * Little corrections here and there.
1078 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1079 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1082 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1084 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1087 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1088 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1090 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1091 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1092 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1093 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1094 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1095 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1096 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1097 do prior to uploading
1098 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1099 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1101 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1102 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1103 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1104 duties with respect to bugs
1105 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1106 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1107 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1109 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1110 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1111 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1112 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1113 explicit what is used to build this package
1115 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1117 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1121 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1122 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1123 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1124 * utilize the new URL tag
1125 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1128 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1130 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1132 * non-maintainer release
1133 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1134 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1135 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1136 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1137 text, it can't hurt you.)
1138 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1139 reflect this packages version number
1140 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1142 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1144 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1148 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1150 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1152 * New version numbering scheme:
1154 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1155 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1156 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1159 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1160 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1161 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1162 differ between the manuals.
1164 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1165 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1166 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1167 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1169 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1170 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1172 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1174 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1176 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1180 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1181 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1183 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1184 (as requested by James Troup)
1186 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1188 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1190 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1192 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1196 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1198 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1200 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1201 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1202 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1203 the non-maintainer release
1205 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1206 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1207 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1210 - Lots of typos fixed
1212 * Compressed SGML source code
1214 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1215 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1217 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1219 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1221 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1224 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1225 - Announcing package uploads
1226 * New section about Debian Mentors
1227 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1228 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1229 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1230 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1232 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1234 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1237 of our FTP server and the development process
1238 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1239 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1240 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1242 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1243 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1244 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1245 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1246 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1247 contacting the maintainer
1248 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1249 a new manual released soon)
1250 * Some minor changes
1251 * Include SGML source in package
1252 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1253 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1255 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1257 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1261 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200