1 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
4 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
5 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
6 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
7 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
8 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
9 - spelling, grammer fixes.
10 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
11 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
12 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
13 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
14 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
15 - add myself to uploaders.
16 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
17 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
18 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
19 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
20 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
21 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
22 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
24 - Security uploads get urgency=high
25 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
27 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 5 Sep 2004 14:02:11 -0600
29 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
32 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
33 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
34 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
35 - documented Alioth, somewhat
37 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
38 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
40 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
41 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
42 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
43 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
47 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
49 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
50 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
51 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
52 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
55 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
57 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
60 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
62 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
63 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
64 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
66 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
67 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
68 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
69 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
72 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
74 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
75 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
76 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
77 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
78 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
80 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
81 it clear these are special cases
82 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
84 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
86 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
88 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
91 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
92 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
94 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
96 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
98 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
101 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
103 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
104 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
105 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
107 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
108 - the synopsis formula changed to either
109 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
111 <package-name> is <synopsis>
113 <package-name> are <synopsis>
115 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
116 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
117 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
118 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
119 package; closes: #187143
121 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
123 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
126 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
127 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
129 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
131 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
132 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
133 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
134 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
135 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
136 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
137 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
138 right places in the document, closes: #172897
139 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
143 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
145 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
146 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
147 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
148 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
149 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
150 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
151 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
153 - editorial changes on material added in this version
154 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
155 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
156 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
157 closes: #139957, #108416
158 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
159 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
161 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
163 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
166 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
168 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
169 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
170 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
171 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
173 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
174 for best practices for documentation
175 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
176 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
177 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
178 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
180 - spell-checking pass
182 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
184 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
187 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
188 descriptions" moved under there
189 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
190 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
191 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
192 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
193 the document where these tools are discussed
194 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
195 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
196 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
197 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
198 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
199 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
201 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
202 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
203 that can be fixed by DDP folks
204 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
205 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
206 - simply PS and PDF building rules
208 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
210 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
213 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
214 section and adjusted links
215 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
217 - ChangeLog attribution updates
218 - fix typos, closes: #171781
219 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
220 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
221 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
222 for debian/rules", and write an intro
223 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
224 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
225 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
226 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
227 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
228 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
229 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
230 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
231 "Internationalization"
232 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
233 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
234 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
235 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
236 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
237 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
238 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
239 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
240 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
242 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
243 rather useless and broken
244 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
245 names and the first word
246 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
247 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
248 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
250 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
251 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
252 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
254 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
256 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
259 - DDP publishing update
261 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
262 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
263 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
264 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
266 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
268 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
271 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
272 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
273 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
275 - added myself as co-author
276 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
278 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
279 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
281 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
282 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
284 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
286 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
289 - Corrected several errors with —
290 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
291 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
292 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
293 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
294 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
295 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
296 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
298 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
299 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
300 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
301 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
302 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
303 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
304 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
305 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
306 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
308 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
309 descriptions". closes: #158609
310 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
311 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
312 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
313 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
314 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
316 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
317 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
318 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
319 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
320 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
321 - updated the mailing lists section
323 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
324 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
327 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
329 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
332 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
333 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
335 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
337 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
338 Ch "The Debian Archive"
340 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
342 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
343 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
344 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
345 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
346 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
348 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
349 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
350 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
351 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
352 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
353 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
354 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
356 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
357 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
360 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
361 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
362 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
363 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
364 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
365 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
366 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
367 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
368 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
369 work-around with <...>
370 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
371 - update copyright date
372 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
373 - spell check and grammar corrections
377 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
379 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
380 recompile"; closes: #102626
381 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
382 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
383 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
384 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
385 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
387 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
388 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
389 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
391 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
393 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
394 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
395 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
396 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
397 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
398 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
399 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
400 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
401 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
403 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
405 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
407 - updated the list of available architectures.
408 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
409 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
410 of the package and nothing more.
411 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
412 any pain to the ftpmasters.
413 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
414 the use of the delayed queue.
415 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
416 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
418 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
419 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
420 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
421 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
422 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
423 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
424 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
426 - new Sec "Documentation"
427 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
428 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
429 "Being kind to porter" too
430 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
431 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
432 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
433 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
434 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
436 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
437 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
440 - update French translation
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
444 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
447 - some grammar corrections
448 - update French translation
450 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
451 anymore; closes: #135559
452 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
454 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
456 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
457 that would be welcome)
458 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
459 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
460 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
461 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
462 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
463 - other minor wording changes
464 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
465 - Ch "Package uploads":
466 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
467 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
468 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
469 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
470 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
471 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
472 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
474 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
476 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
478 * from Martin Michlmayr
479 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
480 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
481 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
483 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
485 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
487 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
489 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
490 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
491 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
494 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
496 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
499 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
501 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
504 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
506 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
507 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
508 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
509 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
510 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
511 talking about uploading to distributions
512 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
513 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
514 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
516 - French translation updated
518 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
519 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
520 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
522 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
524 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
527 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
528 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
533 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
536 * fix a typo in a link
537 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
538 update documentation accordingly
540 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
541 forwarding bugs upstream
543 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
544 entities which should be used
545 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
546 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
548 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
550 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
552 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
553 * French version: completely up-to-date now
554 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
555 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
557 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
560 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
562 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
564 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
566 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
567 this translation needs updating
568 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
569 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
570 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
572 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
573 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
574 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
576 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
577 included yet, however
579 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
581 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
583 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
585 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
586 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
588 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
590 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
592 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
594 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
595 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
596 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
598 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
602 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
605 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
606 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
607 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
608 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
609 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
610 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
611 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
612 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
613 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
614 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
615 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
616 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
618 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
619 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
620 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
621 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
622 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
624 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
626 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
627 * update copyright notice for 2001
628 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
629 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
630 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
632 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
634 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
636 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
638 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
640 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
644 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
646 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
647 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
649 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
650 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
651 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
652 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
653 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
654 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
655 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
656 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
657 could be used if necessary
658 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
659 mention the rsync dupload method
660 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
662 * other small corrections
663 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
664 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
665 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
666 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
668 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
670 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
671 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
673 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
675 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
677 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
678 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
679 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
680 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
682 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
683 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
684 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
685 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
686 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
688 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
690 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
691 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
692 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
693 team (closes: Bug#52906)
694 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
695 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
696 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
698 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
699 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
700 - added a section about the LDAP database
701 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
702 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
704 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
705 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
709 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
711 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
712 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
713 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
715 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
716 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
717 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
718 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
719 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
720 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
721 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
722 description from developers-reference.sgml
724 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
726 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
728 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
729 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
731 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
733 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
734 releases are available at archive.debian.org
735 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
736 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
737 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
738 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
739 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
740 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
741 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
742 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
744 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
745 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
746 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
747 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
749 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
750 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
751 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
752 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
753 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
754 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
755 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
756 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
757 suggestion from James Troup
758 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
759 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
760 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
761 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
764 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
766 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
768 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
769 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
773 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
775 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
776 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
777 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
778 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
779 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
780 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
781 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
783 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
785 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
787 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
788 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
789 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
790 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
791 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
792 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
794 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
795 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
797 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
799 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
801 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
803 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
805 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
806 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
807 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
808 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
809 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
811 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
812 with intro; demoted server sections under that
813 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
814 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
816 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
817 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
818 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
819 a normal developer may have access.
821 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
823 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
825 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
826 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
827 step all over each other
829 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
831 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
833 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
834 address for PGP key updates
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
838 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
840 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
841 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
842 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
843 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
844 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
846 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
848 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
850 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
851 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
852 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
853 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
854 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
855 <keyring-maint> instead)
856 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
857 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
859 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
861 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
862 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
863 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
865 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
867 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
869 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
870 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
871 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
872 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
873 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
874 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
876 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
877 tighten up the language a bit
878 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
879 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
880 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
881 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
883 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
884 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
885 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
886 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
887 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
888 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
890 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
891 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
892 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
893 about how to depart Debian gracefully
894 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
895 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
896 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
897 number of available packages
898 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
899 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
901 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
903 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
905 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
908 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
910 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
912 * not officially released
913 * more spelling corrections
914 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
918 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
920 * not officially released
921 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
922 * some PGP-centricity removed
923 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
924 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
925 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
926 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
927 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
928 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
932 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
934 * not officially released
935 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
936 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
937 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
938 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
939 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
940 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
941 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
942 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
943 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
944 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
945 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
946 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
947 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
948 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
950 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
951 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
953 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
955 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
956 take a couple of weeks
957 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
958 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
959 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
960 excited about it and can't wait
961 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
962 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
964 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
965 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
967 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
968 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
969 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
971 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
973 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
975 * move to 3-level version number:
976 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
977 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
978 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
979 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
980 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
983 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
984 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
985 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
987 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
989 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
990 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
991 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
992 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
993 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
994 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
996 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
998 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
999 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1000 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1001 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1002 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1003 - "The CVS server": new section added
1004 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1006 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1007 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1008 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1009 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1010 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1011 with respect to GPG.
1012 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1013 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1014 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1015 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1016 a canonical location?)
1017 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1018 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1019 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1020 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1022 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1024 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1025 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1026 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1027 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1029 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1031 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1034 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1035 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1036 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1037 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1038 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1039 and should not be included in this Reference.
1040 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1041 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1042 maintainer tools only!
1043 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1044 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1045 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1046 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1047 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1048 * Little corrections here and there.
1049 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1050 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1053 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1055 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1058 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1059 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1061 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1062 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1063 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1064 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1065 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1066 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1067 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1068 do prior to uploading
1069 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1070 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1072 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1073 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1074 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1075 duties with respect to bugs
1076 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1077 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1078 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1080 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1081 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1082 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1083 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1084 explicit what is used to build this package
1086 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1088 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1092 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1093 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1094 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1095 * utilize the new URL tag
1096 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1099 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1101 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1103 * non-maintainer release
1104 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1105 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1106 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1107 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1108 text, it can't hurt you.)
1109 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1110 reflect this packages version number
1111 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1113 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1115 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1119 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1121 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1123 * New version numbering scheme:
1125 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1126 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1127 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1130 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1131 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1132 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1133 differ between the manuals.
1135 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1136 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1137 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1138 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1140 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1141 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1143 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1145 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1147 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1151 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1152 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1154 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1155 (as requested by James Troup)
1157 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1159 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1161 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1163 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1167 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1169 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1171 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1172 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1173 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1174 the non-maintainer release
1176 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1177 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1178 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1181 - Lots of typos fixed
1183 * Compressed SGML source code
1185 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1186 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1188 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1190 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1192 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1195 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1196 - Announcing package uploads
1197 * New section about Debian Mentors
1198 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1199 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1200 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1201 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1203 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1205 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1208 of our FTP server and the development process
1209 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1210 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1211 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1213 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1214 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1215 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1216 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1217 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1218 contacting the maintainer
1219 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1220 a new manual released soon)
1221 * Some minor changes
1222 * Include SGML source in package
1223 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1224 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1226 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1228 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1232 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200