1 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
4 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
5 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
6 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
7 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
8 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
9 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
11 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
13 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
15 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
17 - non-us discontinued.
18 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
20 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
21 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
22 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
23 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
24 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
25 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
26 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
27 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
28 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
29 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
30 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
32 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:04:20 -0600
34 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
37 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
38 - madison is on merkel.
39 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
40 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
41 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
42 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
43 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
44 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
46 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
47 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
48 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
49 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
50 - sync NM rules with reality.
52 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
54 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
56 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
59 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
60 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
61 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
62 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
63 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
64 - spelling, grammer fixes.
65 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
66 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
67 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
68 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
69 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
70 - add myself to uploaders.
71 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
72 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
73 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
74 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
75 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
76 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
77 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
78 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
79 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
80 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
81 - rewrote the NMU section, and
82 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
83 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
84 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
85 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
86 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
87 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
88 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
89 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
91 - Security uploads get urgency=high
92 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
94 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
96 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
98 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
101 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
102 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
103 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
104 - documented Alioth, somewhat
106 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
107 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
109 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
110 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
111 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
112 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
116 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
118 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
119 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
120 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
121 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
126 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
129 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
131 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
132 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
133 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
135 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
136 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
137 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
138 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
141 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
143 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
144 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
145 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
146 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
147 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
149 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
150 it clear these are special cases
151 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
153 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
157 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
160 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
161 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
163 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
165 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
167 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
170 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
172 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
173 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
174 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
176 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
177 - the synopsis formula changed to either
178 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
180 <package-name> is <synopsis>
182 <package-name> are <synopsis>
184 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
185 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
186 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
187 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
188 package; closes: #187143
190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
192 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
195 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
196 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
198 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
200 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
201 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
202 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
203 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
204 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
205 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
206 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
207 right places in the document, closes: #172897
208 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
212 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
214 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
215 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
216 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
217 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
218 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
219 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
220 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
222 - editorial changes on material added in this version
223 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
224 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
225 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
226 closes: #139957, #108416
227 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
228 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
232 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
235 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
237 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
238 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
239 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
240 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
242 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
243 for best practices for documentation
244 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
245 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
246 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
247 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
249 - spell-checking pass
251 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
253 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
256 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
257 descriptions" moved under there
258 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
259 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
260 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
261 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
262 the document where these tools are discussed
263 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
264 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
265 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
266 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
267 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
268 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
270 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
271 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
272 that can be fixed by DDP folks
273 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
274 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
275 - simply PS and PDF building rules
277 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
279 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
282 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
283 section and adjusted links
284 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
286 - ChangeLog attribution updates
287 - fix typos, closes: #171781
288 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
289 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
290 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
291 for debian/rules", and write an intro
292 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
293 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
294 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
295 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
296 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
297 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
298 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
299 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
300 "Internationalization"
301 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
302 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
303 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
304 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
305 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
306 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
307 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
308 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
309 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
311 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
312 rather useless and broken
313 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
314 names and the first word
315 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
316 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
317 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
319 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
320 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
321 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
323 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
325 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
328 - DDP publishing update
330 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
331 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
332 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
333 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
337 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
340 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
341 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
342 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
344 - added myself as co-author
345 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
347 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
348 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
350 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
351 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
353 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
355 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
358 - Corrected several errors with —
359 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
360 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
361 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
362 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
363 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
364 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
365 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
367 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
368 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
369 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
370 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
371 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
372 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
373 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
374 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
375 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
377 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
378 descriptions". closes: #158609
379 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
380 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
381 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
382 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
383 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
385 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
386 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
387 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
388 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
389 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
390 - updated the mailing lists section
392 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
393 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
398 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
401 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
402 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
404 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
406 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
407 Ch "The Debian Archive"
409 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
411 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
412 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
413 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
414 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
415 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
417 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
418 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
419 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
420 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
421 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
422 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
423 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
425 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
426 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
429 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
430 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
431 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
432 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
433 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
434 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
435 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
436 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
437 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
438 work-around with <...>
439 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
440 - update copyright date
441 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
442 - spell check and grammar corrections
446 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
448 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
449 recompile"; closes: #102626
450 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
451 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
452 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
453 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
454 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
456 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
457 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
458 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
460 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
462 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
463 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
464 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
465 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
466 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
467 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
468 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
469 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
470 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
472 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
474 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
476 - updated the list of available architectures.
477 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
478 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
479 of the package and nothing more.
480 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
481 any pain to the ftpmasters.
482 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
483 the use of the delayed queue.
484 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
485 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
487 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
488 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
489 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
490 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
491 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
492 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
493 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
495 - new Sec "Documentation"
496 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
497 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
498 "Being kind to porter" too
499 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
500 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
501 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
502 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
503 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
505 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
506 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
509 - update French translation
511 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
513 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
516 - some grammar corrections
517 - update French translation
519 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
520 anymore; closes: #135559
521 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
523 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
525 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
526 that would be welcome)
527 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
528 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
529 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
530 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
531 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
532 - other minor wording changes
533 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
534 - Ch "Package uploads":
535 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
536 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
537 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
538 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
539 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
540 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
541 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
543 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
545 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
547 * from Martin Michlmayr
548 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
549 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
550 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
552 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
554 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
556 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
558 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
559 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
560 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
563 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
565 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
568 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
570 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
573 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
575 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
576 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
577 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
578 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
579 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
580 talking about uploading to distributions
581 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
582 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
583 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
585 - French translation updated
587 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
588 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
589 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
591 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
593 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
596 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
597 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
602 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
605 * fix a typo in a link
606 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
607 update documentation accordingly
609 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
610 forwarding bugs upstream
612 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
613 entities which should be used
614 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
615 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
617 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
619 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
621 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
622 * French version: completely up-to-date now
623 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
624 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
626 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
629 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
631 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
633 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
635 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
636 this translation needs updating
637 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
638 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
639 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
641 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
642 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
643 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
645 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
646 included yet, however
648 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
650 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
652 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
654 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
655 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
657 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
659 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
661 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
663 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
664 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
665 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
667 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
669 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
671 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
674 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
675 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
676 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
677 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
678 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
679 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
680 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
681 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
682 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
683 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
684 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
685 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
687 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
688 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
689 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
690 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
691 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
693 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
695 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
696 * update copyright notice for 2001
697 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
698 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
699 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
701 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
703 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
705 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
707 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
709 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
711 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
713 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
715 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
716 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
718 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
719 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
720 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
721 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
722 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
723 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
724 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
725 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
726 could be used if necessary
727 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
728 mention the rsync dupload method
729 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
731 * other small corrections
732 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
733 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
734 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
735 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
737 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
739 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
740 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
742 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
744 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
746 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
747 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
748 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
749 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
751 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
752 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
753 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
754 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
755 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
757 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
759 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
760 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
761 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
762 team (closes: Bug#52906)
763 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
764 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
765 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
767 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
768 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
769 - added a section about the LDAP database
770 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
771 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
773 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
774 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
778 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
780 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
781 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
782 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
784 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
785 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
786 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
787 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
788 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
789 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
790 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
791 description from developers-reference.sgml
793 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
795 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
797 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
798 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
800 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
802 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
803 releases are available at archive.debian.org
804 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
805 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
806 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
807 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
808 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
809 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
810 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
811 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
813 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
814 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
815 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
816 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
818 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
819 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
820 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
821 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
822 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
823 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
824 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
825 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
826 suggestion from James Troup
827 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
828 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
829 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
830 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
833 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
835 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
837 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
838 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
840 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
842 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
844 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
845 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
846 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
847 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
848 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
849 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
850 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
852 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
854 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
856 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
857 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
858 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
859 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
860 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
861 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
863 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
864 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
866 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
868 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
870 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
872 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
874 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
875 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
876 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
877 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
878 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
880 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
881 with intro; demoted server sections under that
882 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
883 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
885 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
886 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
887 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
888 a normal developer may have access.
890 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
892 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
894 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
895 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
896 step all over each other
898 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
900 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
902 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
903 address for PGP key updates
905 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
907 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
909 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
910 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
911 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
912 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
913 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
917 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
919 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
920 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
921 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
922 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
923 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
924 <keyring-maint> instead)
925 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
926 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
928 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
930 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
931 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
932 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
934 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
936 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
938 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
939 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
940 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
941 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
942 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
943 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
945 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
946 tighten up the language a bit
947 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
948 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
949 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
950 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
952 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
953 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
954 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
955 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
956 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
957 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
959 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
960 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
961 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
962 about how to depart Debian gracefully
963 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
964 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
965 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
966 number of available packages
967 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
968 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
972 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
974 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
977 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
979 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
981 * not officially released
982 * more spelling corrections
983 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
985 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
987 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
989 * not officially released
990 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
991 * some PGP-centricity removed
992 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
993 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
994 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
995 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
996 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
997 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
999 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1001 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1003 * not officially released
1004 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1005 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1006 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1007 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1008 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1009 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1010 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1011 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1012 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1013 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1014 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1015 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1016 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1017 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1019 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1020 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1022 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1024 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1025 take a couple of weeks
1026 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1027 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1028 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1029 excited about it and can't wait
1030 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1031 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1033 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1034 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1036 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1037 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1038 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1040 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1042 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1044 * move to 3-level version number:
1045 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1046 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1047 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1048 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1049 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1052 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1053 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1054 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1056 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1058 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1059 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1060 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1061 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1062 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1063 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1065 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1067 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1068 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1069 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1070 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1071 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1072 - "The CVS server": new section added
1073 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1075 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1076 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1077 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1078 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1079 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1080 with respect to GPG.
1081 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1082 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1083 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1084 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1085 a canonical location?)
1086 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1087 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1088 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1089 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1091 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1093 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1094 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1095 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1096 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1098 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1100 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1103 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1104 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1105 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1106 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1107 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1108 and should not be included in this Reference.
1109 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1110 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1111 maintainer tools only!
1112 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1113 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1114 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1115 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1116 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1117 * Little corrections here and there.
1118 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1119 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1122 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1124 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1127 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1128 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1130 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1131 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1132 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1133 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1134 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1135 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1136 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1137 do prior to uploading
1138 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1139 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1141 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1142 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1143 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1144 duties with respect to bugs
1145 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1146 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1147 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1149 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1150 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1151 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1152 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1153 explicit what is used to build this package
1155 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1157 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1161 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1162 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1163 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1164 * utilize the new URL tag
1165 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1168 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1170 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1172 * non-maintainer release
1173 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1174 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1175 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1176 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1177 text, it can't hurt you.)
1178 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1179 reflect this packages version number
1180 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1182 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1184 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1188 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1190 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1192 * New version numbering scheme:
1194 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1195 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1196 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1199 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1200 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1201 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1202 differ between the manuals.
1204 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1205 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1206 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1207 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1209 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1210 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1212 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1214 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1216 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1220 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1221 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1223 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1224 (as requested by James Troup)
1226 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1228 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1230 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1232 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1236 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1238 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1240 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1241 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1242 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1243 the non-maintainer release
1245 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1246 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1247 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1250 - Lots of typos fixed
1252 * Compressed SGML source code
1254 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1255 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1257 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1259 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1261 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1263 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1264 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1265 - Announcing package uploads
1266 * New section about Debian Mentors
1267 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1268 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1269 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1270 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1272 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1274 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1276 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1277 of our FTP server and the development process
1278 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1279 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1280 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1282 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1283 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1284 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1285 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1286 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1287 contacting the maintainer
1288 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1289 a new manual released soon)
1290 * Some minor changes
1291 * Include SGML source in package
1292 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1293 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1295 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1297 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1301 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200