1 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
6 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
7 no-longer working link.
10 * introduce epub support (Closes: #652044)
13 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing (closes: #685646).
14 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security (closes:
17 [ Translation updates ]
18 * French by David Prévot.
19 * Japanese by victory.
20 * German by Chris Leick.
22 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 17:26:27 -0400
24 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
30 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
31 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
32 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
33 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
34 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
35 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
36 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
37 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
39 [ Translation updates ]
40 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
41 * French by David Prévot.
42 * German by Chris Leick.
45 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
47 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
49 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
52 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
53 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
54 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
55 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
56 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
57 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
58 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
61 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
62 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
64 * Translation updates (complete)
65 - French by David Prévot.
66 - German by Chris Leick.
69 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
70 * Switch to xz compression for source.
71 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
72 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
73 by texlive-xetex directly.
75 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
77 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
83 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
84 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
85 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
86 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
87 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
88 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
89 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
90 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
91 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
92 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
93 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
94 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
95 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
96 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
97 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
98 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
99 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
100 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
101 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
104 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
105 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
106 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
107 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
110 * Translation updates (all completed)
111 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
112 - German by Chris Leick.
113 - French by David Prévot.
115 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
117 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
120 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
121 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
124 * Update my email address.
125 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
126 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
127 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
128 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
129 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
130 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
133 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
135 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
140 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
141 version tracking removed that requirement.
144 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
145 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
146 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
147 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
148 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
149 needed. Closes: #619990
150 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
151 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
154 * Initial German translation.
157 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
158 * Update French translation.
159 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
160 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
161 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
164 * Update Japanese translation.
166 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
168 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
172 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
175 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
176 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
177 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
178 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
179 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
180 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
181 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
182 patch. Closes: #540231
183 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
184 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
185 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
186 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
187 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
188 for the patch. Closes: #548823
189 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
190 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
191 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
192 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
193 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
194 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
195 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
196 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
197 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
198 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
199 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
200 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
201 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
202 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
204 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
205 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
206 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
208 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
209 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
210 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
211 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
212 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
214 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
216 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
217 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
218 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
219 patch. Closes: #573110
220 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
222 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
223 multi-lines substitution variables.
226 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
227 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
228 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
229 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
230 * Activate Japanese package.
231 * Handle addendum if it exists.
233 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
235 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
237 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
238 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
240 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
242 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
244 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
245 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
247 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
249 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
251 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
252 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
253 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
254 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
255 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
256 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
257 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
258 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
259 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
260 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
261 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
262 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
263 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
264 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
265 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
266 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
267 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
268 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
269 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
270 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
271 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
272 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
274 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
276 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
279 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
283 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
284 The most important changes are:
285 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
286 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
289 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
290 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
291 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
292 distinction. Closes: #464230.
293 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
294 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
295 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
296 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
297 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
298 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
300 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
301 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
303 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
304 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
306 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
307 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
309 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
311 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
312 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
314 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
315 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
316 Closes: #512620, #510783.
318 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
320 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
323 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
324 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
325 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
326 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
327 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
328 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
329 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
330 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
332 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
334 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
337 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
338 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
339 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
340 release codenames in <literal>
341 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
342 doesn't exist anymore.
343 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
344 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
345 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
346 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
347 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
348 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
349 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
350 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
351 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
352 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
353 team before upload. Closes: #459343
354 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
355 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
356 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
357 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
358 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
359 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
360 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
362 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
363 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
365 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
366 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
367 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
368 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
369 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
370 Thomas. Closes: #485837
372 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
373 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
375 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
377 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
381 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
382 - fix debian/copyright
383 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
384 - add pdf for French version.
385 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
386 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
387 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
388 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
389 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
390 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
391 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
392 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
393 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
395 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
396 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
398 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
400 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
401 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
402 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
403 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
404 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
405 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
407 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
410 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
411 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
412 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
413 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
414 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
415 * Update information concerning Alioth.
416 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
417 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
419 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
420 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
422 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
425 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
427 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
429 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
431 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
432 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
434 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
435 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
436 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
438 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
439 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
440 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
442 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
443 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
444 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
445 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
446 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
447 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
448 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
449 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
450 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
451 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
452 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
453 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
455 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
456 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
457 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
458 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
459 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
460 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
461 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
462 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
463 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
464 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
468 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
470 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
472 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
475 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
476 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
477 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
478 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
479 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
480 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
482 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
484 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
486 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
488 - non-us discontinued.
489 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
491 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
492 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
493 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
494 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
495 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
496 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
497 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
498 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
499 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
500 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
501 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
502 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
503 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
504 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
505 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
506 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
507 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
508 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
510 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
511 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
513 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
516 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
518 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
520 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
523 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
524 - madison is on merkel.
525 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
526 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
527 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
528 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
529 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
530 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
532 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
533 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
534 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
535 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
536 - sync NM rules with reality.
538 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
540 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
542 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
545 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
546 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
547 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
548 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
549 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
550 - spelling, grammer fixes.
551 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
552 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
553 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
554 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
555 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
556 - add myself to uploaders.
557 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
558 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
559 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
560 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
561 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
562 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
563 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
564 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
565 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
566 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
567 - rewrote the NMU section, and
568 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
569 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
570 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
571 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
572 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
573 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
574 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
575 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
577 - Security uploads get urgency=high
578 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
580 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
582 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
584 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
587 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
588 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
589 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
590 - documented Alioth, somewhat
592 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
593 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
595 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
596 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
597 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
598 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
602 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
604 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
605 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
606 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
607 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
610 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
612 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
615 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
617 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
618 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
619 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
621 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
622 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
623 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
624 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
627 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
629 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
630 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
631 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
632 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
633 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
635 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
636 it clear these are special cases
637 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
639 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
643 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
646 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
647 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
649 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
653 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
656 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
658 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
659 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
660 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
662 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
663 - the synopsis formula changed to either
664 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
666 <package-name> is <synopsis>
668 <package-name> are <synopsis>
670 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
671 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
672 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
673 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
674 package; closes: #187143
676 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
678 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
681 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
682 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
684 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
686 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
687 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
688 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
689 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
690 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
691 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
692 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
693 right places in the document, closes: #172897
694 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
698 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
700 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
701 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
702 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
703 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
704 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
705 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
706 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
708 - editorial changes on material added in this version
709 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
710 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
711 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
712 closes: #139957, #108416
713 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
714 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
716 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
718 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
721 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
723 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
724 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
725 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
726 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
728 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
729 for best practices for documentation
730 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
731 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
732 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
733 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
735 - spell-checking pass
737 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
739 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
742 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
743 descriptions" moved under there
744 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
745 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
746 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
747 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
748 the document where these tools are discussed
749 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
750 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
751 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
752 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
753 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
754 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
756 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
757 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
758 that can be fixed by DDP folks
759 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
760 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
761 - simply PS and PDF building rules
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
765 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
768 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
769 section and adjusted links
770 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
772 - ChangeLog attribution updates
773 - fix typos, closes: #171781
774 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
775 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
776 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
777 for debian/rules", and write an intro
778 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
779 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
780 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
781 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
782 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
783 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
784 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
785 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
786 "Internationalization"
787 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
788 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
789 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
790 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
791 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
792 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
793 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
794 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
795 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
797 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
798 rather useless and broken
799 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
800 names and the first word
801 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
802 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
803 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
805 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
806 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
807 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
809 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
811 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
814 - DDP publishing update
816 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
817 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
818 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
819 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
821 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
823 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
826 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
827 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
828 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
830 - added myself as co-author
831 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
833 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
834 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
836 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
837 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
841 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
844 - Corrected several errors with —
845 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
846 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
847 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
848 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
849 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
850 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
851 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
853 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
854 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
855 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
856 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
857 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
858 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
859 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
860 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
861 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
863 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
864 descriptions". closes: #158609
865 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
866 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
867 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
868 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
869 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
871 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
872 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
873 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
874 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
875 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
876 - updated the mailing lists section
878 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
879 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
882 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
884 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
887 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
888 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
890 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
892 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
893 Ch "The Debian Archive"
895 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
897 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
898 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
899 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
900 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
901 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
903 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
904 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
905 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
906 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
907 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
908 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
909 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
911 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
912 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
915 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
916 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
917 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
918 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
919 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
920 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
921 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
922 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
923 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
924 work-around with <...>
925 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
926 - update copyright date
927 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
928 - spell check and grammar corrections
932 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
934 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
935 recompile"; closes: #102626
936 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
937 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
938 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
939 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
940 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
942 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
943 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
944 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
946 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
948 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
949 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
950 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
951 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
952 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
953 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
954 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
955 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
956 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
958 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
960 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
962 - updated the list of available architectures.
963 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
964 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
965 of the package and nothing more.
966 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
967 any pain to the ftpmasters.
968 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
969 the use of the delayed queue.
970 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
971 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
973 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
974 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
975 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
976 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
977 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
978 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
979 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
981 - new Sec "Documentation"
982 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
983 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
984 "Being kind to porter" too
985 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
986 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
987 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
988 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
989 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
991 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
992 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
995 - update French translation
997 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
999 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1002 - some grammar corrections
1003 - update French translation
1005 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1006 anymore; closes: #135559
1007 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1009 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1011 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1012 that would be welcome)
1013 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1014 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1015 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1016 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1017 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1018 - other minor wording changes
1019 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1020 - Ch "Package uploads":
1021 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1022 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1023 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1024 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1025 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1026 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1027 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1029 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1031 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * from Martin Michlmayr
1034 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1035 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1036 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1038 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1040 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1042 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1044 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1045 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1046 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1047 - minor build tweaks
1049 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1050 * from Chris Tillman
1051 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1054 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1056 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1059 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1061 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1062 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1063 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1064 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1065 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1066 talking about uploading to distributions
1067 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1068 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1069 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1071 - French translation updated
1073 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1074 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1075 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1077 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1079 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1082 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1083 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1086 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1088 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * fix a typo in a link
1092 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1093 update documentation accordingly
1095 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1096 forwarding bugs upstream
1098 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1099 entities which should be used
1100 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1101 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1103 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1105 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1108 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1109 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1110 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1112 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1115 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1117 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1121 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1122 this translation needs updating
1123 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1124 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1125 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1127 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1128 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1129 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1131 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1132 included yet, however
1134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1136 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1140 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1141 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1143 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1147 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1150 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1151 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1153 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1157 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1160 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1161 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1162 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1163 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1164 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1165 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1166 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1167 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1168 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1169 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1170 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1171 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1173 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1174 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1175 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1176 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1177 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1179 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1181 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1182 * update copyright notice for 2001
1183 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1184 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1185 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1189 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1193 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1195 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1197 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1199 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1202 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1204 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1205 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1206 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1207 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1208 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1209 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1210 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1211 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1212 could be used if necessary
1213 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1214 mention the rsync dupload method
1215 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1217 * other small corrections
1218 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1219 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1220 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1221 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1223 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1225 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1226 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1228 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1230 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1232 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1233 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1234 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1235 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1237 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1238 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1239 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1240 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1241 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1243 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1245 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1246 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1247 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1248 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1249 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1250 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1251 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1253 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1254 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1255 - added a section about the LDAP database
1256 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1257 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1259 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1260 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1262 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1264 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1266 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1267 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1268 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1270 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1271 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1272 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1273 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1274 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1275 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1276 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1277 description from developers-reference.sgml
1279 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1281 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1283 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1284 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1286 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1288 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1289 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1290 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1291 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1292 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1293 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1294 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1295 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1296 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1297 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1299 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1300 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1301 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1302 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1304 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1305 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1306 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1307 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1308 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1309 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1310 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1311 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1312 suggestion from James Troup
1313 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1314 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1315 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1316 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1319 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1321 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1324 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1328 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1330 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1331 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1332 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1333 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1334 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1335 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1336 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1338 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1340 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1342 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1343 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1344 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1345 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1346 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1347 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1349 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1350 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1352 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1354 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1356 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1358 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1360 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1361 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1362 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1363 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1364 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1366 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1367 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1368 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1369 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1371 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1372 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1373 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1374 a normal developer may have access.
1376 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1378 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1380 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1381 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1382 step all over each other
1384 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1386 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1388 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1389 address for PGP key updates
1391 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1393 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1395 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1396 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1397 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1398 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1399 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1401 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1403 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1405 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1406 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1407 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1408 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1409 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1410 <keyring-maint> instead)
1411 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1412 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1414 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1416 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1417 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1418 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1420 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1422 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1424 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1425 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1426 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1427 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1428 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1429 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1431 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1432 tighten up the language a bit
1433 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1434 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1435 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1436 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1438 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1439 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1440 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1441 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1442 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1443 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1445 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1446 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1447 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1448 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1449 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1450 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1451 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1452 number of available packages
1453 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1454 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1458 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1460 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1463 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1465 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1467 * not officially released
1468 * more spelling corrections
1469 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1473 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1475 * not officially released
1476 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1477 * some PGP-centricity removed
1478 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1479 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1480 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1481 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1482 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1483 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1485 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1487 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1489 * not officially released
1490 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1491 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1492 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1493 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1494 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1495 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1496 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1497 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1498 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1499 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1500 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1501 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1502 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1503 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1505 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1506 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1508 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1510 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1511 take a couple of weeks
1512 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1513 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1514 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1515 excited about it and can't wait
1516 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1517 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1519 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1520 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1522 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1523 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1524 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1528 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1530 * move to 3-level version number:
1531 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1532 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1533 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1534 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1535 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1538 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1539 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1540 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1542 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1544 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1545 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1546 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1547 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1548 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1549 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1551 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1553 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1554 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1555 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1556 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1557 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1558 - "The CVS server": new section added
1559 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1561 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1562 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1563 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1564 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1565 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1566 with respect to GPG.
1567 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1568 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1569 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1570 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1571 a canonical location?)
1572 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1573 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1574 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1575 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1577 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1579 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1580 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1581 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1582 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1584 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1586 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1589 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1590 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1591 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1592 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1593 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1594 and should not be included in this Reference.
1595 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1596 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1597 maintainer tools only!
1598 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1599 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1600 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1601 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1602 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1603 * Little corrections here and there.
1604 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1605 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1608 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1610 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1612 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1613 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1614 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1616 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1617 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1618 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1619 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1620 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1621 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1622 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1623 do prior to uploading
1624 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1625 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1627 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1628 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1629 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1630 duties with respect to bugs
1631 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1632 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1633 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1635 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1636 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1637 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1638 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1639 explicit what is used to build this package
1641 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1643 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1646 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1647 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1648 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1649 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1650 * utilize the new URL tag
1651 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1654 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1656 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1658 * non-maintainer release
1659 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1660 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1661 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1662 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1663 text, it can't hurt you.)
1664 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1665 reflect this packages version number
1666 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1668 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1670 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1674 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1676 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1678 * New version numbering scheme:
1680 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1681 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1682 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1685 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1686 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1687 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1688 differ between the manuals.
1690 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1691 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1692 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1693 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1695 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1696 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1698 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1700 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1702 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1704 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1706 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1707 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1709 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1710 (as requested by James Troup)
1712 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1714 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1716 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1718 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1720 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1722 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1724 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1726 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1727 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1728 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1729 the non-maintainer release
1731 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1732 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1733 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1736 - Lots of typos fixed
1738 * Compressed SGML source code
1740 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1741 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1743 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1745 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1747 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1749 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1750 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1751 - Announcing package uploads
1752 * New section about Debian Mentors
1753 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1754 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1755 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1756 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1758 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1760 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1762 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1763 of our FTP server and the development process
1764 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1765 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1766 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1768 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1769 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1770 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1771 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1772 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1773 contacting the maintainer
1774 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1775 a new manual released soon)
1776 * Some minor changes
1777 * Include SGML source in package
1778 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1779 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1781 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1783 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1787 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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