1 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
4 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
5 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
6 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
7 - documented Alioth, somewhat
9 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
10 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
12 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
13 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
14 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
15 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
19 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
21 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
22 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
23 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
24 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
27 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
29 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
32 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
34 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
35 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
36 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
38 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
39 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
40 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
41 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
44 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
46 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
47 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
48 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
49 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
50 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
52 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
53 it clear these are special cases
54 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
56 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
58 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
60 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
63 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
64 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
66 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
68 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
70 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
73 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
75 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
76 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
77 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
79 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
80 - the synopsis formula changed to either
81 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
83 <package-name> is <synopsis>
85 <package-name> are <synopsis>
87 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
88 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
89 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
90 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
91 package; closes: #187143
93 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
95 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
98 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
99 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
101 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
103 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
104 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
105 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
106 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
107 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
108 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
109 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
110 right places in the document, closes: #172897
111 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
115 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
117 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
118 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
119 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
120 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
121 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
122 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
123 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
125 - editorial changes on material added in this version
126 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
127 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
128 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
129 closes: #139957, #108416
130 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
131 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
133 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
135 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
138 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
140 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
141 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
142 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
143 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
145 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
146 for best practices for documentation
147 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
148 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
149 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
150 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
152 - spell-checking pass
154 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
156 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
159 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
160 descriptions" moved under there
161 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
162 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
163 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
164 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
165 the document where these tools are discussed
166 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
167 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
168 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
169 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
170 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
171 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
173 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
174 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
175 that can be fixed by DDP folks
176 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
177 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
178 - simply PS and PDF building rules
180 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
182 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
185 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
186 section and adjusted links
187 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
189 - ChangeLog attribution updates
190 - fix typos, closes: #171781
191 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
192 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
193 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
194 for debian/rules", and write an intro
195 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
196 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
197 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
198 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
199 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
200 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
201 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
202 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
203 "Internationalization"
204 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
205 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
206 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
207 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
208 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
209 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
210 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
211 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
212 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
214 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
215 rather useless and broken
216 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
217 names and the first word
218 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
219 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
220 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
222 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
223 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
224 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
226 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
228 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
231 - DDP publishing update
233 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
234 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
235 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
236 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
238 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
240 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
243 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
244 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
245 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
247 - added myself as co-author
248 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
250 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
251 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
253 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
254 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
258 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
261 - Corrected several errors with —
262 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
263 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
264 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
265 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
266 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
267 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
268 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
270 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
271 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
272 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
273 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
274 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
275 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
276 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
277 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
278 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
280 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
281 descriptions". closes: #158609
282 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
283 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
284 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
285 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
286 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
288 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
289 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
290 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
291 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
292 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
293 - updated the mailing lists section
295 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
296 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
299 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
301 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
304 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
305 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
307 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
309 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
310 Ch "The Debian Archive"
312 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
314 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
315 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
316 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
317 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
318 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
320 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
321 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
322 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
323 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
324 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
325 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
326 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
328 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
329 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
332 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
333 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
334 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
335 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
336 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
337 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
338 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
339 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
340 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
341 work-around with <...>
342 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
343 - update copyright date
344 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
345 - spell check and grammar corrections
349 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
351 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
352 recompile"; closes: #102626
353 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
354 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
355 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
356 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
357 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
359 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
360 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
361 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
363 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
365 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
366 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
367 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
368 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
369 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
370 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
371 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
372 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
373 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
375 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
377 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
379 - updated the list of available architectures.
380 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
381 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
382 of the package and nothing more.
383 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
384 any pain to the ftpmasters.
385 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
386 the use of the delayed queue.
387 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
388 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
390 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
391 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
392 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
393 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
394 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
395 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
396 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
398 - new Sec "Documentation"
399 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
400 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
401 "Being kind to porter" too
402 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
403 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
404 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
405 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
406 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
408 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
409 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
412 - update French translation
414 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
416 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
419 - some grammar corrections
420 - update French translation
422 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
423 anymore; closes: #135559
424 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
426 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
428 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
429 that would be welcome)
430 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
431 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
432 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
433 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
434 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
435 - other minor wording changes
436 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
437 - Ch "Package uploads":
438 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
439 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
440 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
441 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
442 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
443 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
444 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
448 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
450 * from Martin Michlmayr
451 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
452 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
453 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
455 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
457 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
459 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
461 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
462 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
463 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
466 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
468 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
473 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
476 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
478 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
479 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
480 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
481 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
482 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
483 talking about uploading to distributions
484 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
485 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
486 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
488 - French translation updated
490 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
491 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
492 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
496 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
499 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
500 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
503 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
505 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
508 * fix a typo in a link
509 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
510 update documentation accordingly
512 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
513 forwarding bugs upstream
515 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
516 entities which should be used
517 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
518 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
520 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
522 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
524 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
525 * French version: completely up-to-date now
526 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
527 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
529 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
532 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
534 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
536 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
538 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
539 this translation needs updating
540 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
541 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
542 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
544 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
545 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
546 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
548 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
549 included yet, however
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
553 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
555 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
557 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
558 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
560 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
562 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
564 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
566 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
567 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
568 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
570 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
572 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
574 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
577 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
578 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
579 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
580 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
581 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
582 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
583 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
584 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
585 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
586 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
587 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
588 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
590 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
591 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
592 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
593 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
594 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
596 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
598 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
599 * update copyright notice for 2001
600 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
601 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
602 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
606 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
608 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
610 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
612 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
614 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
616 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
618 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
619 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
621 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
622 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
623 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
624 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
625 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
626 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
627 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
628 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
629 could be used if necessary
630 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
631 mention the rsync dupload method
632 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
634 * other small corrections
635 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
636 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
637 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
638 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
640 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
642 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
643 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
647 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
649 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
650 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
651 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
652 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
654 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
655 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
656 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
657 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
658 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
660 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
662 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
663 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
664 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
665 team (closes: Bug#52906)
666 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
667 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
668 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
670 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
671 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
672 - added a section about the LDAP database
673 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
674 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
676 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
677 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
679 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
681 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
683 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
684 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
685 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
687 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
688 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
689 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
690 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
691 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
692 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
693 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
694 description from developers-reference.sgml
696 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
698 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
700 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
701 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
703 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
705 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
706 releases are available at archive.debian.org
707 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
708 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
709 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
710 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
711 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
712 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
713 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
714 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
716 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
717 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
718 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
719 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
721 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
722 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
723 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
724 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
725 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
726 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
727 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
728 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
729 suggestion from James Troup
730 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
731 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
732 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
733 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
738 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
740 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
741 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
745 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
747 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
748 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
749 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
750 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
751 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
752 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
753 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
755 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
757 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
759 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
760 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
761 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
762 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
763 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
764 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
766 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
767 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
769 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
773 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
775 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
777 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
778 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
779 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
780 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
781 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
783 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
784 with intro; demoted server sections under that
785 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
786 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
788 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
789 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
790 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
791 a normal developer may have access.
793 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
795 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
797 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
798 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
799 step all over each other
801 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
803 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
805 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
806 address for PGP key updates
808 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
810 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
812 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
813 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
814 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
815 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
816 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
818 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
820 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
822 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
823 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
824 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
825 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
826 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
827 <keyring-maint> instead)
828 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
829 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
831 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
833 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
834 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
835 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
837 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
839 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
841 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
842 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
843 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
844 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
845 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
846 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
848 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
849 tighten up the language a bit
850 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
851 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
852 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
853 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
855 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
856 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
857 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
858 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
859 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
860 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
862 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
863 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
864 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
865 about how to depart Debian gracefully
866 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
867 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
868 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
869 number of available packages
870 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
871 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
873 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
875 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
877 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
880 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
882 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
884 * not officially released
885 * more spelling corrections
886 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
888 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
890 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
892 * not officially released
893 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
894 * some PGP-centricity removed
895 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
896 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
897 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
898 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
899 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
900 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
902 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
904 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
906 * not officially released
907 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
908 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
909 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
910 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
911 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
912 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
913 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
914 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
915 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
916 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
917 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
918 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
919 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
920 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
922 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
923 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
925 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
927 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
928 take a couple of weeks
929 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
930 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
931 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
932 excited about it and can't wait
933 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
934 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
936 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
937 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
939 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
940 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
941 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
943 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
945 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
947 * move to 3-level version number:
948 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
949 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
950 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
951 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
952 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
955 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
956 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
957 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
959 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
961 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
962 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
963 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
964 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
965 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
966 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
968 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
970 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
971 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
972 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
973 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
974 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
975 - "The CVS server": new section added
976 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
978 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
979 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
980 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
981 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
982 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
984 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
985 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
986 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
987 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
988 a canonical location?)
989 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
990 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
991 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
992 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
994 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
996 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
997 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
998 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
999 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1001 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1003 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1005 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1006 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1007 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1008 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1009 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1010 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1011 and should not be included in this Reference.
1012 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1013 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1014 maintainer tools only!
1015 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1016 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1017 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1018 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1019 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1020 * Little corrections here and there.
1021 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1022 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1025 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1027 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1030 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1031 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1033 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1034 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1035 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1036 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1037 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1038 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1039 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1040 do prior to uploading
1041 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1042 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1044 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1045 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1046 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1047 duties with respect to bugs
1048 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1049 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1050 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1052 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1053 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1054 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1055 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1056 explicit what is used to build this package
1058 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1060 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1064 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1065 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1066 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1067 * utilize the new URL tag
1068 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1071 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1073 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1075 * non-maintainer release
1076 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1077 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1078 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1079 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1080 text, it can't hurt you.)
1081 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1082 reflect this packages version number
1083 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1085 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1087 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1091 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1093 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1095 * New version numbering scheme:
1097 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1098 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1099 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1102 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1103 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1104 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1105 differ between the manuals.
1107 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1108 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1109 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1110 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1112 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1113 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1115 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1117 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1119 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1121 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1123 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1124 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1126 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1127 (as requested by James Troup)
1129 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1131 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1133 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1135 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1139 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1141 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1143 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1144 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1145 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1146 the non-maintainer release
1148 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1149 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1150 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1153 - Lots of typos fixed
1155 * Compressed SGML source code
1157 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1158 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1160 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1162 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1164 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1167 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1168 - Announcing package uploads
1169 * New section about Debian Mentors
1170 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1171 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1172 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1173 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1175 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1177 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1180 of our FTP server and the development process
1181 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1182 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1183 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1185 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1186 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1187 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1188 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1189 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1190 contacting the maintainer
1191 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1192 a new manual released soon)
1193 * Some minor changes
1194 * Include SGML source in package
1195 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1196 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1198 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1200 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1204 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200