1 developers-reference (3.3.4) WORKING VERSION; 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)
8 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:22:22 -0400
10 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
13 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
15 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
16 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
17 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
19 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
20 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
21 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
22 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
25 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
27 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
28 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
29 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
30 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
31 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
33 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
34 it clear these are special cases
35 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
37 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
39 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
41 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
44 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
45 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
47 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
49 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
51 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
54 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
56 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
57 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
58 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
60 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
61 - the synopsis formula changed to either
62 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
64 <package-name> is <synopsis>
66 <package-name> are <synopsis>
68 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
69 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
70 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
71 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
72 package; closes: #187143
74 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
76 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
79 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
80 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
82 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
84 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
85 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
86 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
87 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
88 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
89 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
90 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
91 right places in the document, closes: #172897
92 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
96 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
98 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
99 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
100 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
101 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
102 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
103 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
104 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
106 - editorial changes on material added in this version
107 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
108 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
109 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
110 closes: #139957, #108416
111 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
112 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
114 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
116 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
119 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
121 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
122 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
123 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
124 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
126 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
127 for best practices for documentation
128 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
129 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
130 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
131 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
133 - spell-checking pass
135 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
137 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
140 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
141 descriptions" moved under there
142 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
143 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
144 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
145 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
146 the document where these tools are discussed
147 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
148 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
149 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
150 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
151 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
152 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
154 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
155 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
156 that can be fixed by DDP folks
157 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
158 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
159 - simply PS and PDF building rules
161 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
163 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
166 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
167 section and adjusted links
168 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
170 - ChangeLog attribution updates
171 - fix typos, closes: #171781
172 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
173 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
174 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
175 for debian/rules", and write an intro
176 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
177 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
178 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
179 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
180 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
181 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
182 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
183 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
184 "Internationalization"
185 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
186 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
187 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
188 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
189 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
190 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
191 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
192 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
193 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
195 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
196 rather useless and broken
197 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
198 names and the first word
199 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
200 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
201 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
203 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
204 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
205 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
207 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
209 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
212 - DDP publishing update
214 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
215 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
216 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
217 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
219 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
221 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
224 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
225 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
226 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
228 - added myself as co-author
229 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
231 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
232 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
234 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
235 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
237 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
239 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
242 - Corrected several errors with —
243 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
244 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
245 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
246 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
247 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
248 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
249 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
251 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
252 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
253 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
254 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
255 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
256 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
257 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
258 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
259 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
261 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
262 descriptions". closes: #158609
263 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
264 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
265 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
266 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
267 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
269 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
270 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
271 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
272 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
273 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
274 - updated the mailing lists section
276 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
277 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
280 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
282 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
285 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
286 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
288 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
290 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
291 Ch "The Debian Archive"
293 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
295 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
296 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
297 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
298 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
299 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
301 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
302 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
303 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
304 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
305 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
306 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
307 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
309 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
310 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
313 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
314 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
315 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
316 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
317 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
318 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
319 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
320 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
321 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
322 work-around with <...>
323 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
324 - update copyright date
325 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
326 - spell check and grammar corrections
330 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
332 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
333 recompile"; closes: #102626
334 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
335 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
336 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
337 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
338 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
340 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
341 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
342 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
344 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
346 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
347 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
348 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
349 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
350 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
351 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
352 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
353 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
354 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
356 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
358 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
360 - updated the list of available architectures.
361 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
362 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
363 of the package and nothing more.
364 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
365 any pain to the ftpmasters.
366 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
367 the use of the delayed queue.
368 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
369 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
371 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
372 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
373 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
374 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
375 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
376 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
377 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
379 - new Sec "Documentation"
380 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
381 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
382 "Being kind to porter" too
383 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
384 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
385 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
386 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
387 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
389 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
390 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
393 - update French translation
395 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
397 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
400 - some grammar corrections
401 - update French translation
403 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
404 anymore; closes: #135559
405 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
407 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
409 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
410 that would be welcome)
411 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
412 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
413 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
414 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
415 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
416 - other minor wording changes
417 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
418 - Ch "Package uploads":
419 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
420 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
421 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
422 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
423 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
424 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
425 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
429 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
431 * from Martin Michlmayr
432 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
433 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
434 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
436 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
438 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
440 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
442 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
443 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
444 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
447 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
449 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
454 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
457 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
459 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
460 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
461 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
462 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
463 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
464 talking about uploading to distributions
465 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
466 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
467 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
469 - French translation updated
471 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
472 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
473 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
475 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
477 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
480 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
481 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
484 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
486 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
489 * fix a typo in a link
490 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
491 update documentation accordingly
493 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
494 forwarding bugs upstream
496 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
497 entities which should be used
498 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
499 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
501 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
503 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
505 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
506 * French version: completely up-to-date now
507 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
508 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
510 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
513 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
515 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
517 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
519 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
520 this translation needs updating
521 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
522 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
523 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
525 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
526 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
527 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
529 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
530 included yet, however
532 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
534 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
536 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
538 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
539 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
541 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
543 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
545 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
547 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
548 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
549 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
551 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
555 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
558 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
559 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
560 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
561 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
562 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
563 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
564 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
565 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
566 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
567 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
568 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
569 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
571 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
572 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
573 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
574 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
575 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
577 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
579 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
580 * update copyright notice for 2001
581 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
582 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
583 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
585 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
587 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
589 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
591 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
593 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
595 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
597 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
599 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
600 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
602 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
603 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
604 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
605 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
606 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
607 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
608 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
609 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
610 could be used if necessary
611 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
612 mention the rsync dupload method
613 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
615 * other small corrections
616 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
617 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
618 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
619 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
621 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
623 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
624 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
628 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
630 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
631 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
632 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
633 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
635 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
636 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
637 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
638 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
639 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
641 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
643 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
644 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
645 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
646 team (closes: Bug#52906)
647 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
648 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
649 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
651 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
652 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
653 - added a section about the LDAP database
654 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
655 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
657 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
658 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
662 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
664 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
665 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
666 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
668 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
669 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
670 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
671 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
672 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
673 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
674 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
675 description from developers-reference.sgml
677 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
679 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
681 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
682 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
684 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
686 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
687 releases are available at archive.debian.org
688 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
689 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
690 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
691 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
692 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
693 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
694 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
695 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
697 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
698 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
699 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
700 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
702 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
703 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
704 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
705 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
706 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
707 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
708 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
709 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
710 suggestion from James Troup
711 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
712 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
713 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
714 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
717 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
719 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
721 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
722 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
724 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
726 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
728 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
729 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
730 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
731 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
732 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
733 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
734 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
738 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
740 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
741 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
742 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
743 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
744 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
745 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
747 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
748 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
750 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
752 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
754 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
756 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
758 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
759 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
760 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
761 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
762 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
764 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
765 with intro; demoted server sections under that
766 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
767 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
769 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
770 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
771 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
772 a normal developer may have access.
774 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
776 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
778 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
779 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
780 step all over each other
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
784 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
786 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
787 address for PGP key updates
789 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
791 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
793 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
794 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
795 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
796 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
797 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
799 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
801 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
803 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
804 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
805 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
806 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
807 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
808 <keyring-maint> instead)
809 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
810 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
812 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
814 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
815 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
816 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
818 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
820 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
822 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
823 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
824 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
825 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
826 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
827 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
829 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
830 tighten up the language a bit
831 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
832 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
833 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
834 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
836 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
837 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
838 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
839 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
840 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
841 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
843 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
844 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
845 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
846 about how to depart Debian gracefully
847 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
848 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
849 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
850 number of available packages
851 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
852 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
854 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
856 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
858 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
861 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
863 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
865 * not officially released
866 * more spelling corrections
867 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
869 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
871 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
873 * not officially released
874 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
875 * some PGP-centricity removed
876 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
877 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
878 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
879 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
880 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
881 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
885 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
887 * not officially released
888 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
889 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
890 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
891 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
892 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
893 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
894 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
895 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
896 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
897 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
898 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
899 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
900 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
901 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
903 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
904 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
906 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
908 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
909 take a couple of weeks
910 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
911 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
912 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
913 excited about it and can't wait
914 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
915 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
917 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
918 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
920 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
921 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
922 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
924 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
926 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
928 * move to 3-level version number:
929 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
930 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
931 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
932 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
933 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
936 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
937 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
938 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
940 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
942 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
943 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
944 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
945 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
946 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
947 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
949 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
951 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
952 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
953 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
954 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
955 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
956 - "The CVS server": new section added
957 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
959 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
960 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
961 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
962 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
963 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
965 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
966 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
967 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
968 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
969 a canonical location?)
970 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
971 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
972 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
973 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
975 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
977 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
978 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
979 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
980 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
982 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
984 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
986 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
987 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
988 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
989 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
990 them. (closes Bug#26948)
991 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
992 and should not be included in this Reference.
993 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
994 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
995 maintainer tools only!
996 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
997 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
998 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
999 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1000 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1001 * Little corrections here and there.
1002 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1003 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1006 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1008 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1011 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1012 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1014 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1015 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1016 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1017 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1018 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1019 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1020 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1021 do prior to uploading
1022 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1023 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1025 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1026 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1027 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1028 duties with respect to bugs
1029 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1030 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1031 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1033 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1034 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1035 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1036 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1037 explicit what is used to build this package
1039 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1041 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1045 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1046 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1047 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1048 * utilize the new URL tag
1049 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1052 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1054 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1056 * non-maintainer release
1057 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1058 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1059 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1060 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1061 text, it can't hurt you.)
1062 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1063 reflect this packages version number
1064 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1066 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1068 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1072 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1074 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1076 * New version numbering scheme:
1078 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1079 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1080 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1083 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1084 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1085 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1086 differ between the manuals.
1088 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1089 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1090 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1091 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1093 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1094 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1096 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1098 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1100 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1104 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1105 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1107 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1108 (as requested by James Troup)
1110 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1112 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1114 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1116 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1118 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1120 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1122 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1124 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1125 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1126 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1127 the non-maintainer release
1129 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1130 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1131 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1134 - Lots of typos fixed
1136 * Compressed SGML source code
1138 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1139 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1141 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1143 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1145 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1148 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1149 - Announcing package uploads
1150 * New section about Debian Mentors
1151 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1152 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1153 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1154 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1156 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1158 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1161 of our FTP server and the development process
1162 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1163 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1164 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1166 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1167 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1168 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1169 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1170 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1171 contacting the maintainer
1172 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1173 a new manual released soon)
1174 * Some minor changes
1175 * Include SGML source in package
1176 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1177 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1179 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1181 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1185 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200