1 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
4 - Security uploads get urgency=high
5 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
7 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:34:32 -0700
9 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
12 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
13 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
14 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
15 - documented Alioth, somewhat
17 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
18 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
20 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
21 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
22 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
23 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
27 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
29 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
30 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
31 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
32 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
35 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
37 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
40 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
42 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
43 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
44 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
46 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
47 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
48 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
49 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
52 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
54 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
55 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
56 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
57 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
58 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
60 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
61 it clear these are special cases
62 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
64 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
66 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
68 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
71 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
72 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
74 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
76 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
78 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
81 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
83 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
84 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
85 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
87 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
88 - the synopsis formula changed to either
89 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
91 <package-name> is <synopsis>
93 <package-name> are <synopsis>
95 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
96 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
97 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
98 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
99 package; closes: #187143
101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
103 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
106 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
107 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
109 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
111 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
112 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
113 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
114 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
115 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
116 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
117 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
118 right places in the document, closes: #172897
119 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
123 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
125 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
126 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
127 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
128 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
129 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
130 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
131 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
133 - editorial changes on material added in this version
134 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
135 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
136 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
137 closes: #139957, #108416
138 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
139 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
143 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
146 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
148 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
149 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
150 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
151 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
153 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
154 for best practices for documentation
155 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
156 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
157 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
158 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
160 - spell-checking pass
162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
164 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
167 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
168 descriptions" moved under there
169 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
170 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
171 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
172 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
173 the document where these tools are discussed
174 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
175 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
176 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
177 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
178 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
179 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
181 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
182 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
183 that can be fixed by DDP folks
184 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
185 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
186 - simply PS and PDF building rules
188 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
190 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
193 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
194 section and adjusted links
195 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
197 - ChangeLog attribution updates
198 - fix typos, closes: #171781
199 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
200 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
201 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
202 for debian/rules", and write an intro
203 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
204 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
205 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
206 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
207 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
208 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
209 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
210 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
211 "Internationalization"
212 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
213 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
214 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
215 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
216 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
217 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
218 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
219 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
220 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
222 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
223 rather useless and broken
224 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
225 names and the first word
226 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
227 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
228 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
230 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
231 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
232 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
234 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
236 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
239 - DDP publishing update
241 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
242 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
243 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
244 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
246 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
248 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
251 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
252 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
253 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
255 - added myself as co-author
256 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
258 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
259 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
261 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
262 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
264 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
266 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
269 - Corrected several errors with —
270 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
271 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
272 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
273 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
274 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
275 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
276 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
278 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
279 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
280 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
281 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
282 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
283 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
284 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
285 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
286 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
288 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
289 descriptions". closes: #158609
290 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
291 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
292 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
293 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
294 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
296 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
297 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
298 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
299 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
300 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
301 - updated the mailing lists section
303 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
304 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
307 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
309 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
312 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
313 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
315 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
317 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
318 Ch "The Debian Archive"
320 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
322 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
323 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
324 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
325 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
326 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
328 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
329 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
330 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
331 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
332 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
333 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
334 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
336 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
337 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
340 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
341 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
342 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
343 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
344 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
345 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
346 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
347 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
348 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
349 work-around with <...>
350 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
351 - update copyright date
352 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
353 - spell check and grammar corrections
357 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
359 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
360 recompile"; closes: #102626
361 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
362 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
363 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
364 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
365 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
367 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
368 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
369 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
371 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
373 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
374 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
375 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
376 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
377 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
378 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
379 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
380 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
381 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
383 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
385 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
387 - updated the list of available architectures.
388 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
389 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
390 of the package and nothing more.
391 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
392 any pain to the ftpmasters.
393 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
394 the use of the delayed queue.
395 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
396 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
398 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
399 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
400 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
401 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
402 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
403 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
404 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
406 - new Sec "Documentation"
407 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
408 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
409 "Being kind to porter" too
410 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
411 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
412 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
413 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
414 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
416 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
417 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
420 - update French translation
422 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
424 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
427 - some grammar corrections
428 - update French translation
430 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
431 anymore; closes: #135559
432 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
434 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
436 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
437 that would be welcome)
438 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
439 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
440 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
441 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
442 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
443 - other minor wording changes
444 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
445 - Ch "Package uploads":
446 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
447 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
448 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
449 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
450 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
451 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
452 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
454 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
456 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
458 * from Martin Michlmayr
459 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
460 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
461 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
463 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
465 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
467 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
469 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
470 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
471 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
474 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
476 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
479 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
481 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
484 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
486 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
487 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
488 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
489 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
490 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
491 talking about uploading to distributions
492 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
493 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
494 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
496 - French translation updated
498 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
499 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
500 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
502 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
504 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
507 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
508 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
511 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
513 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
516 * fix a typo in a link
517 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
518 update documentation accordingly
520 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
521 forwarding bugs upstream
523 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
524 entities which should be used
525 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
526 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
528 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
530 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
532 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
533 * French version: completely up-to-date now
534 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
535 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
537 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
540 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
542 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
544 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
546 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
547 this translation needs updating
548 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
549 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
550 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
552 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
553 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
554 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
556 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
557 included yet, however
559 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
561 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
563 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
565 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
566 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
568 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
570 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
572 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
574 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
575 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
576 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
578 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
580 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
582 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
585 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
586 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
587 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
588 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
589 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
590 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
591 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
592 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
593 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
594 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
595 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
596 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
598 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
599 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
600 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
601 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
602 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
604 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
606 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
607 * update copyright notice for 2001
608 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
609 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
610 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
612 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
614 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
616 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
618 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
620 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
624 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
626 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
627 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
629 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
630 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
631 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
632 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
633 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
634 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
635 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
636 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
637 could be used if necessary
638 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
639 mention the rsync dupload method
640 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
642 * other small corrections
643 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
644 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
645 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
646 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
648 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
650 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
651 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
653 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
655 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
657 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
658 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
659 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
660 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
662 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
663 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
664 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
665 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
666 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
668 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
670 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
671 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
672 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
673 team (closes: Bug#52906)
674 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
675 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
676 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
678 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
679 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
680 - added a section about the LDAP database
681 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
682 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
684 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
685 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
689 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
691 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
692 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
693 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
695 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
696 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
697 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
698 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
699 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
700 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
701 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
702 description from developers-reference.sgml
704 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
706 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
708 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
709 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
711 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
713 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
714 releases are available at archive.debian.org
715 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
716 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
717 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
718 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
719 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
720 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
721 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
722 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
724 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
725 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
726 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
727 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
729 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
730 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
731 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
732 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
733 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
734 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
735 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
736 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
737 suggestion from James Troup
738 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
739 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
740 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
741 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
744 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
746 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
748 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
749 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
751 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
753 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
755 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
756 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
757 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
758 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
759 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
760 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
761 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
765 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
767 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
768 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
769 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
770 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
771 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
772 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
774 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
775 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
777 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
779 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
781 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
783 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
785 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
786 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
787 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
788 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
789 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
791 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
792 with intro; demoted server sections under that
793 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
794 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
796 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
797 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
798 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
799 a normal developer may have access.
801 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
803 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
805 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
806 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
807 step all over each other
809 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
811 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
813 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
814 address for PGP key updates
816 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
818 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
820 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
821 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
822 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
823 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
824 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
828 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
830 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
831 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
832 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
833 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
834 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
835 <keyring-maint> instead)
836 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
837 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
839 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
841 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
842 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
843 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
845 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
847 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
849 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
850 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
851 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
852 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
853 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
854 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
856 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
857 tighten up the language a bit
858 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
859 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
860 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
861 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
863 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
864 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
865 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
866 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
867 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
868 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
870 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
871 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
872 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
873 about how to depart Debian gracefully
874 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
875 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
876 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
877 number of available packages
878 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
879 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
881 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
883 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
885 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
888 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
890 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
892 * not officially released
893 * more spelling corrections
894 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
896 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
898 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
900 * not officially released
901 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
902 * some PGP-centricity removed
903 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
904 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
905 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
906 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
907 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
908 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
910 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
912 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
914 * not officially released
915 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
916 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
917 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
918 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
919 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
920 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
921 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
922 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
923 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
924 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
925 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
926 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
927 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
928 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
930 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
931 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
933 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
935 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
936 take a couple of weeks
937 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
938 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
939 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
940 excited about it and can't wait
941 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
942 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
944 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
945 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
947 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
948 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
949 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
951 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
953 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
955 * move to 3-level version number:
956 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
957 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
958 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
959 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
960 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
963 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
964 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
965 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
967 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
969 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
970 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
971 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
972 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
973 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
974 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
976 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
978 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
979 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
980 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
981 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
982 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
983 - "The CVS server": new section added
984 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
986 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
987 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
988 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
989 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
990 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
992 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
993 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
994 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
995 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
996 a canonical location?)
997 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
998 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
999 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1000 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1002 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1004 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1005 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1006 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1007 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1009 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1011 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1013 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1014 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1015 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1016 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1017 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1018 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1019 and should not be included in this Reference.
1020 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1021 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1022 maintainer tools only!
1023 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1024 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1025 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1026 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1027 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1028 * Little corrections here and there.
1029 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1030 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1033 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1035 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1038 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1039 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1041 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1042 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1043 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1044 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1045 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1046 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1047 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1048 do prior to uploading
1049 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1050 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1052 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1053 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1054 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1055 duties with respect to bugs
1056 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1057 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1058 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1060 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1061 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1062 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1063 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1064 explicit what is used to build this package
1066 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1068 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1072 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1073 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1074 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1075 * utilize the new URL tag
1076 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1079 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1081 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1083 * non-maintainer release
1084 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1085 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1086 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1087 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1088 text, it can't hurt you.)
1089 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1090 reflect this packages version number
1091 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1093 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1095 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1099 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1101 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1103 * New version numbering scheme:
1105 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1106 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1107 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1110 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1111 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1112 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1113 differ between the manuals.
1115 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1116 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1117 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1118 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1120 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1121 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1123 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1125 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1127 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1131 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1132 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1134 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1135 (as requested by James Troup)
1137 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1139 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1141 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1143 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1145 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1147 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1149 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1151 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1152 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1153 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1154 the non-maintainer release
1156 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1157 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1158 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1161 - Lots of typos fixed
1163 * Compressed SGML source code
1165 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1166 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1168 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1170 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1172 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1175 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1176 - Announcing package uploads
1177 * New section about Debian Mentors
1178 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1179 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1180 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1181 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1183 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1185 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1188 of our FTP server and the development process
1189 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1190 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1191 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1193 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1194 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1195 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1196 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1197 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1198 contacting the maintainer
1199 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1200 a new manual released soon)
1201 * Some minor changes
1202 * Include SGML source in package
1203 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1204 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1206 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1208 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1212 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200