1 developers-reference (3.4.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
4 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
5 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
6 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
8 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:46:20 +0200
10 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
14 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
15 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
16 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
17 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
18 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
19 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
22 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
23 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
25 * Translation updates (complete)
26 - French by David Prévot.
27 - German by Chris Leick.
30 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
31 * Switch to xz compression for source.
32 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
33 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
34 by texlive-xetex directly.
36 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
38 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
43 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
44 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
45 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
46 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
47 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
48 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
49 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
50 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
51 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
52 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
53 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
54 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
55 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
56 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
57 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
58 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
59 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
60 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
61 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
62 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
65 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
66 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
67 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
68 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
71 * Translation updates (all completed)
72 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
73 - German by Chris Leick.
74 - French by David Prévot.
76 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
78 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
81 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
82 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
85 * Update my email address.
86 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
87 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
88 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
89 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
90 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
91 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
94 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
96 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
101 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
102 version tracking removed that requirement.
105 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
106 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
107 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
108 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
109 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
110 needed. Closes: #619990
111 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
112 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
115 * Initial German translation.
118 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
119 * Update French translation.
120 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
121 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
122 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
125 * Update Japanese translation.
127 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
129 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
132 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
133 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
136 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
137 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
138 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
139 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
140 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
141 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
142 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
143 patch. Closes: #540231
144 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
145 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
146 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
147 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
148 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
149 for the patch. Closes: #548823
150 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
151 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
152 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
153 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
154 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
155 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
156 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
157 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
158 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
159 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
160 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
161 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
162 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
163 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
165 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
166 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
167 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
169 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
170 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
171 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
172 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
173 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
175 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
177 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
178 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
179 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
180 patch. Closes: #573110
181 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
183 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
184 multi-lines substitution variables.
187 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
188 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
189 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
190 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
191 * Activate Japanese package.
192 * Handle addendum if it exists.
194 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
196 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
198 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
199 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
201 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
203 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
205 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
206 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
208 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
210 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
212 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
213 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
214 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
215 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
216 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
217 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
218 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
219 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
220 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
221 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
222 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
223 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
224 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
225 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
226 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
227 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
228 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
229 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
230 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
231 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
232 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
233 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
235 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
237 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
240 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
244 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
245 The most important changes are:
246 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
247 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
250 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
251 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
252 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
253 distinction. Closes: #464230.
254 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
255 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
256 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
257 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
258 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
259 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
261 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
262 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
264 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
265 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
267 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
268 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
270 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
272 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
273 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
275 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
276 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
277 Closes: #512620, #510783.
279 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
281 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
284 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
285 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
286 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
287 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
288 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
289 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
290 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
291 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
293 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
295 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
298 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
299 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
300 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
301 release codenames in <literal>
302 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
303 doesn't exist anymore.
304 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
305 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
306 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
307 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
308 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
309 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
310 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
311 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
312 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
313 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
314 team before upload. Closes: #459343
315 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
316 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
317 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
318 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
319 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
320 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
321 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
323 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
324 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
326 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
327 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
328 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
329 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
330 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
331 Thomas. Closes: #485837
333 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
334 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
336 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
338 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
342 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
343 - fix debian/copyright
344 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
345 - add pdf for French version.
346 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
347 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
348 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
349 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
350 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
351 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
352 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
353 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
354 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
356 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
357 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
359 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
361 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
362 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
363 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
364 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
365 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
366 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
368 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
371 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
372 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
373 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
374 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
375 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
376 * Update information concerning Alioth.
377 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
378 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
380 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
381 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
383 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
386 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
388 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
390 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
392 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
393 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
395 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
396 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
397 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
399 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
400 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
401 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
403 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
404 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
405 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
406 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
407 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
408 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
409 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
410 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
411 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
412 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
413 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
414 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
416 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
417 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
418 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
419 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
420 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
421 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
422 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
423 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
424 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
425 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
429 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
431 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
433 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
436 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
437 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
438 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
439 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
440 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
441 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
443 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
445 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
447 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
449 - non-us discontinued.
450 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
452 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
453 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
454 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
455 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
456 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
457 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
458 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
459 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
460 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
461 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
462 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
463 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
464 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
465 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
466 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
467 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
468 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
469 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
471 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
472 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
474 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
477 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
479 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
481 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
484 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
485 - madison is on merkel.
486 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
487 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
488 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
489 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
490 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
491 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
493 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
494 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
495 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
496 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
497 - sync NM rules with reality.
499 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
501 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
503 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
506 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
507 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
508 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
509 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
510 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
511 - spelling, grammer fixes.
512 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
513 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
514 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
515 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
516 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
517 - add myself to uploaders.
518 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
519 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
520 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
521 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
522 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
523 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
524 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
525 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
526 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
527 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
528 - rewrote the NMU section, and
529 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
530 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
531 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
532 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
533 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
534 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
535 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
536 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
538 - Security uploads get urgency=high
539 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
541 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
543 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
545 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
548 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
549 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
550 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
551 - documented Alioth, somewhat
553 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
554 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
556 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
557 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
558 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
559 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
563 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
565 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
566 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
567 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
568 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
571 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
573 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
576 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
578 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
579 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
580 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
582 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
583 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
584 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
585 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
588 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
590 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
591 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
592 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
593 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
594 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
596 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
597 it clear these are special cases
598 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
600 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
602 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
604 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
607 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
608 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
610 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
612 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
614 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
617 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
619 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
620 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
621 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
623 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
624 - the synopsis formula changed to either
625 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
627 <package-name> is <synopsis>
629 <package-name> are <synopsis>
631 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
632 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
633 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
634 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
635 package; closes: #187143
637 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
639 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
642 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
643 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
645 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
647 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
648 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
649 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
650 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
651 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
652 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
653 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
654 right places in the document, closes: #172897
655 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
659 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
661 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
662 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
663 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
664 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
665 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
666 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
667 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
669 - editorial changes on material added in this version
670 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
671 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
672 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
673 closes: #139957, #108416
674 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
675 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
677 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
679 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
682 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
684 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
685 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
686 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
687 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
689 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
690 for best practices for documentation
691 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
692 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
693 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
694 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
696 - spell-checking pass
698 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
700 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
703 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
704 descriptions" moved under there
705 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
706 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
707 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
708 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
709 the document where these tools are discussed
710 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
711 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
712 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
713 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
714 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
715 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
717 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
718 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
719 that can be fixed by DDP folks
720 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
721 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
722 - simply PS and PDF building rules
724 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
726 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
729 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
730 section and adjusted links
731 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
733 - ChangeLog attribution updates
734 - fix typos, closes: #171781
735 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
736 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
737 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
738 for debian/rules", and write an intro
739 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
740 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
741 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
742 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
743 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
744 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
745 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
746 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
747 "Internationalization"
748 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
749 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
750 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
751 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
752 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
753 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
754 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
755 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
756 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
758 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
759 rather useless and broken
760 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
761 names and the first word
762 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
763 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
764 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
766 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
767 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
768 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
770 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
772 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
775 - DDP publishing update
777 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
778 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
779 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
780 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
784 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
787 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
788 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
789 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
791 - added myself as co-author
792 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
794 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
795 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
797 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
798 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
800 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
802 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
805 - Corrected several errors with —
806 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
807 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
808 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
809 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
810 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
811 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
812 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
814 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
815 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
816 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
817 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
818 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
819 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
820 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
821 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
822 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
824 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
825 descriptions". closes: #158609
826 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
827 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
828 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
829 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
830 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
832 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
833 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
834 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
835 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
836 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
837 - updated the mailing lists section
839 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
840 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
843 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
845 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
848 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
849 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
851 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
853 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
854 Ch "The Debian Archive"
856 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
858 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
859 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
860 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
861 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
862 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
864 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
865 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
866 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
867 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
868 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
869 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
870 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
872 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
873 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
876 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
877 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
878 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
879 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
880 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
881 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
882 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
883 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
884 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
885 work-around with <...>
886 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
887 - update copyright date
888 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
889 - spell check and grammar corrections
893 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
895 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
896 recompile"; closes: #102626
897 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
898 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
899 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
900 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
901 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
903 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
904 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
905 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
907 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
909 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
910 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
911 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
912 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
913 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
914 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
915 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
916 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
917 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
919 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
921 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
923 - updated the list of available architectures.
924 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
925 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
926 of the package and nothing more.
927 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
928 any pain to the ftpmasters.
929 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
930 the use of the delayed queue.
931 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
932 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
934 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
935 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
936 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
937 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
938 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
939 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
940 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
942 - new Sec "Documentation"
943 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
944 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
945 "Being kind to porter" too
946 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
947 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
948 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
949 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
950 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
952 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
953 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
956 - update French translation
958 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
960 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
963 - some grammar corrections
964 - update French translation
966 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
967 anymore; closes: #135559
968 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
970 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
972 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
973 that would be welcome)
974 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
975 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
976 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
977 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
978 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
979 - other minor wording changes
980 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
981 - Ch "Package uploads":
982 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
983 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
984 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
985 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
986 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
987 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
988 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
990 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
992 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
994 * from Martin Michlmayr
995 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
996 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
997 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
999 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1001 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1003 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1005 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1006 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1007 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1008 - minor build tweaks
1010 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1011 * from Chris Tillman
1012 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1015 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1017 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1020 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1022 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1023 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1024 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1025 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1026 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1027 talking about uploading to distributions
1028 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1029 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1030 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1032 - French translation updated
1034 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1035 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1036 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1038 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1040 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1043 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1044 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1047 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1049 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * fix a typo in a link
1053 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1054 update documentation accordingly
1056 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1057 forwarding bugs upstream
1059 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1060 entities which should be used
1061 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1062 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1064 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1066 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1069 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1070 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1071 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1073 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1076 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1078 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1080 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1082 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1083 this translation needs updating
1084 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1085 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1086 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1088 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1089 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1090 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1092 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1093 included yet, however
1095 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1097 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1099 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1101 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1102 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1104 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1108 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1111 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1112 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1114 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1118 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1121 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1122 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1123 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1124 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1125 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1126 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1127 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1128 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1129 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1130 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1131 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1132 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1134 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1135 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1136 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1137 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1138 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1140 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1142 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1143 * update copyright notice for 2001
1144 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1145 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1146 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1150 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1154 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1156 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1158 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1160 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1163 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1165 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1166 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1167 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1168 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1169 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1170 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1171 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1172 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1173 could be used if necessary
1174 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1175 mention the rsync dupload method
1176 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1178 * other small corrections
1179 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1180 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1181 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1182 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1184 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1186 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1187 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1191 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1193 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1194 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1195 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1196 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1198 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1199 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1200 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1201 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1202 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1204 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1206 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1207 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1208 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1209 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1210 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1211 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1212 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1214 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1215 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1216 - added a section about the LDAP database
1217 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1218 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1220 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1221 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1223 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1225 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1228 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1229 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1231 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1232 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1233 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1234 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1235 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1236 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1237 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1238 description from developers-reference.sgml
1240 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1242 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1244 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1245 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1247 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1249 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1250 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1251 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1252 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1253 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1254 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1255 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1256 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1257 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1258 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1260 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1261 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1262 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1263 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1265 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1266 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1267 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1268 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1269 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1270 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1271 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1272 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1273 suggestion from James Troup
1274 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1275 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1276 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1277 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1280 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1282 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1285 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1287 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1289 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1291 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1292 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1293 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1294 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1295 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1296 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1297 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1299 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1301 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1303 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1304 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1305 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1306 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1307 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1308 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1310 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1311 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1313 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1315 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1317 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1321 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1322 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1323 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1324 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1325 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1327 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1328 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1329 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1330 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1332 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1333 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1334 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1335 a normal developer may have access.
1337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1339 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1342 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1343 step all over each other
1345 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1347 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1349 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1350 address for PGP key updates
1352 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1354 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1357 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1358 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1359 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1360 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1364 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1366 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1367 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1368 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1369 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1370 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1371 <keyring-maint> instead)
1372 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1373 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1375 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1377 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1378 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1379 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1381 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1383 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1385 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1386 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1387 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1388 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1389 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1390 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1392 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1393 tighten up the language a bit
1394 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1395 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1396 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1397 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1399 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1400 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1401 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1402 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1403 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1404 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1406 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1407 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1408 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1409 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1410 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1411 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1412 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1413 number of available packages
1414 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1415 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1417 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1419 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1421 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1424 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1426 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1428 * not officially released
1429 * more spelling corrections
1430 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1434 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1436 * not officially released
1437 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1438 * some PGP-centricity removed
1439 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1440 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1441 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1442 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1443 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1444 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1448 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1450 * not officially released
1451 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1452 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1453 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1454 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1455 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1456 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1457 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1458 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1459 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1460 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1461 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1462 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1463 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1464 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1466 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1467 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1469 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1471 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1472 take a couple of weeks
1473 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1474 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1475 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1476 excited about it and can't wait
1477 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1478 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1480 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1481 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1483 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1484 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1485 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1487 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1489 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1491 * move to 3-level version number:
1492 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1493 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1494 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1495 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1496 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1499 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1500 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1501 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1503 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1505 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1506 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1507 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1508 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1509 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1510 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1512 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1514 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1515 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1516 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1517 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1518 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1519 - "The CVS server": new section added
1520 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1522 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1523 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1524 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1525 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1526 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1527 with respect to GPG.
1528 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1529 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1530 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1531 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1532 a canonical location?)
1533 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1534 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1535 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1536 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1538 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1540 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1541 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1542 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1543 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1545 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1547 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1549 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1550 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1551 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1552 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1553 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1554 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1555 and should not be included in this Reference.
1556 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1557 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1558 maintainer tools only!
1559 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1560 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1561 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1562 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1563 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1564 * Little corrections here and there.
1565 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1566 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1569 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1571 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1573 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1574 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1575 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1577 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1578 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1579 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1580 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1581 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1582 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1583 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1584 do prior to uploading
1585 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1586 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1588 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1589 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1590 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1591 duties with respect to bugs
1592 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1593 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1594 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1596 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1597 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1598 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1599 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1600 explicit what is used to build this package
1602 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1604 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1607 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1608 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1609 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1610 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1611 * utilize the new URL tag
1612 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1615 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1617 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1619 * non-maintainer release
1620 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1621 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1622 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1623 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1624 text, it can't hurt you.)
1625 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1626 reflect this packages version number
1627 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1629 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1631 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1635 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1637 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1639 * New version numbering scheme:
1641 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1642 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1643 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1646 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1647 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1648 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1649 differ between the manuals.
1651 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1652 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1653 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1654 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1656 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1657 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1659 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1661 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1663 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1665 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1667 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1668 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1670 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1671 (as requested by James Troup)
1673 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1675 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1677 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1679 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1681 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1683 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1685 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1687 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1688 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1689 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1690 the non-maintainer release
1692 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1693 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1694 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1697 - Lots of typos fixed
1699 * Compressed SGML source code
1701 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1702 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1704 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1706 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1708 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1710 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1711 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1712 - Announcing package uploads
1713 * New section about Debian Mentors
1714 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1715 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1716 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1717 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1719 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1721 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1723 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1724 of our FTP server and the development process
1725 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1726 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1727 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1729 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1730 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1731 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1732 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1733 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1734 contacting the maintainer
1735 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1736 a new manual released soon)
1737 * Some minor changes
1738 * Include SGML source in package
1739 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1740 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1742 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1744 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1748 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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