1 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
4 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
5 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
6 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
7 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
8 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
9 - spelling, grammer fixes.
10 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
11 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
12 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
13 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
14 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
15 - add myself to uploaders.
16 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
17 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
18 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
19 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
20 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
21 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
22 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
23 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
24 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
25 - updated information about testing distribution.
27 - Security uploads get urgency=high
28 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
30 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 5 Sep 2004 14:02:11 -0600
32 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
35 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
36 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
37 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
38 - documented Alioth, somewhat
40 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
41 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
43 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
44 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
45 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
46 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
50 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
52 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
53 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
54 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
55 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
58 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
60 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
63 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
65 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
66 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
67 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
69 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
70 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
71 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
72 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
75 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
77 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
78 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
79 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
80 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
81 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
83 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
84 it clear these are special cases
85 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
87 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
89 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
91 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
94 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
95 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
97 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
99 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
101 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
104 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
106 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
107 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
108 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
110 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
111 - the synopsis formula changed to either
112 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
114 <package-name> is <synopsis>
116 <package-name> are <synopsis>
118 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
119 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
120 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
121 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
122 package; closes: #187143
124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
126 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
129 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
130 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
132 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
134 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
135 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
136 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
137 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
138 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
139 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
140 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
141 right places in the document, closes: #172897
142 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
146 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
148 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
149 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
150 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
151 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
152 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
153 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
154 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
156 - editorial changes on material added in this version
157 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
158 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
159 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
160 closes: #139957, #108416
161 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
162 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
164 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
166 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
169 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
171 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
172 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
173 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
174 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
176 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
177 for best practices for documentation
178 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
179 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
180 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
181 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
183 - spell-checking pass
185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
187 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
190 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
191 descriptions" moved under there
192 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
193 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
194 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
195 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
196 the document where these tools are discussed
197 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
198 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
199 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
200 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
201 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
202 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
204 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
205 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
206 that can be fixed by DDP folks
207 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
208 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
209 - simply PS and PDF building rules
211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
213 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
216 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
217 section and adjusted links
218 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
220 - ChangeLog attribution updates
221 - fix typos, closes: #171781
222 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
223 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
224 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
225 for debian/rules", and write an intro
226 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
227 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
228 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
229 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
230 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
231 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
232 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
233 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
234 "Internationalization"
235 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
236 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
237 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
238 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
239 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
240 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
241 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
242 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
243 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
245 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
246 rather useless and broken
247 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
248 names and the first word
249 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
250 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
251 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
253 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
254 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
255 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
259 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
262 - DDP publishing update
264 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
265 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
266 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
267 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
271 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
274 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
275 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
276 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
278 - added myself as co-author
279 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
281 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
282 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
284 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
285 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
287 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
289 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
292 - Corrected several errors with —
293 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
294 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
295 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
296 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
297 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
298 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
299 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
301 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
302 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
303 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
304 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
305 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
306 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
307 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
308 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
309 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
311 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
312 descriptions". closes: #158609
313 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
314 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
315 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
316 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
317 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
319 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
320 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
321 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
322 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
323 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
324 - updated the mailing lists section
326 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
327 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
330 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
332 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
335 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
336 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
338 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
340 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
341 Ch "The Debian Archive"
343 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
345 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
346 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
347 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
348 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
349 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
351 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
352 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
353 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
354 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
355 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
356 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
357 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
359 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
360 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
363 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
364 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
365 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
366 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
367 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
368 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
369 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
370 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
371 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
372 work-around with <...>
373 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
374 - update copyright date
375 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
376 - spell check and grammar corrections
380 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
382 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
383 recompile"; closes: #102626
384 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
385 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
386 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
387 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
388 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
390 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
391 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
392 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
394 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
396 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
397 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
398 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
399 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
400 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
401 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
402 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
403 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
404 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
406 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
408 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
410 - updated the list of available architectures.
411 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
412 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
413 of the package and nothing more.
414 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
415 any pain to the ftpmasters.
416 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
417 the use of the delayed queue.
418 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
419 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
421 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
422 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
423 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
424 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
425 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
426 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
427 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
429 - new Sec "Documentation"
430 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
431 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
432 "Being kind to porter" too
433 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
434 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
435 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
436 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
437 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
439 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
440 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
443 - update French translation
445 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
447 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
450 - some grammar corrections
451 - update French translation
453 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
454 anymore; closes: #135559
455 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
457 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
459 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
460 that would be welcome)
461 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
462 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
463 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
464 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
465 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
466 - other minor wording changes
467 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
468 - Ch "Package uploads":
469 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
470 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
471 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
472 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
473 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
474 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
475 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
477 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
479 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
481 * from Martin Michlmayr
482 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
483 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
484 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
486 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
488 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
490 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
492 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
493 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
494 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
497 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
499 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
502 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
504 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
507 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
509 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
510 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
511 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
512 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
513 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
514 talking about uploading to distributions
515 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
516 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
517 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
519 - French translation updated
521 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
522 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
523 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
525 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
527 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
530 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
531 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
534 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
536 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
539 * fix a typo in a link
540 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
541 update documentation accordingly
543 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
544 forwarding bugs upstream
546 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
547 entities which should be used
548 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
549 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
553 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
555 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
556 * French version: completely up-to-date now
557 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
558 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
560 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
563 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
565 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
567 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
569 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
570 this translation needs updating
571 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
572 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
573 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
575 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
576 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
577 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
579 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
580 included yet, however
582 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
584 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
586 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
588 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
589 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
591 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
595 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
597 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
598 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
599 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
601 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
605 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
608 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
609 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
610 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
611 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
612 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
613 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
614 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
615 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
616 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
617 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
618 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
619 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
621 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
622 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
623 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
624 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
625 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
627 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
629 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
630 * update copyright notice for 2001
631 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
632 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
633 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
635 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
637 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
639 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
641 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
643 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
647 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
649 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
650 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
652 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
653 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
654 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
655 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
656 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
657 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
658 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
659 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
660 could be used if necessary
661 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
662 mention the rsync dupload method
663 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
665 * other small corrections
666 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
667 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
668 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
669 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
671 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
673 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
674 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
676 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
678 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
680 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
681 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
682 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
683 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
685 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
686 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
687 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
688 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
689 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
691 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
693 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
694 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
695 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
696 team (closes: Bug#52906)
697 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
698 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
699 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
701 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
702 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
703 - added a section about the LDAP database
704 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
705 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
707 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
708 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
710 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
712 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
714 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
715 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
716 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
718 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
719 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
720 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
721 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
722 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
723 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
724 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
725 description from developers-reference.sgml
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
729 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
731 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
732 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
734 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
736 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
737 releases are available at archive.debian.org
738 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
739 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
740 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
741 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
742 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
743 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
744 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
745 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
747 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
748 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
749 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
750 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
752 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
753 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
754 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
755 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
756 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
757 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
758 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
759 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
760 suggestion from James Troup
761 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
762 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
763 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
764 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
767 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
769 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
771 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
772 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
774 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
776 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
778 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
779 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
780 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
781 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
782 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
783 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
784 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
786 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
788 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
790 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
791 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
792 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
793 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
794 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
795 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
797 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
798 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
800 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
802 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
804 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
806 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
808 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
809 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
810 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
811 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
812 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
814 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
815 with intro; demoted server sections under that
816 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
817 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
819 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
820 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
821 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
822 a normal developer may have access.
824 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
826 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
828 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
829 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
830 step all over each other
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
834 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
836 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
837 address for PGP key updates
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
841 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
843 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
844 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
845 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
846 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
847 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
849 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
851 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
853 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
854 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
855 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
856 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
857 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
858 <keyring-maint> instead)
859 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
860 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
862 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
864 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
865 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
866 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
868 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
870 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
872 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
873 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
874 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
875 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
876 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
877 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
879 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
880 tighten up the language a bit
881 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
882 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
883 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
884 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
886 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
887 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
888 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
889 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
890 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
891 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
893 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
894 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
895 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
896 about how to depart Debian gracefully
897 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
898 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
899 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
900 number of available packages
901 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
902 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
904 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
906 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
908 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
911 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
913 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
915 * not officially released
916 * more spelling corrections
917 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
919 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
921 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
923 * not officially released
924 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
925 * some PGP-centricity removed
926 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
927 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
928 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
929 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
930 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
931 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
935 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
937 * not officially released
938 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
939 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
940 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
941 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
942 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
943 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
944 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
945 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
946 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
947 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
948 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
949 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
950 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
951 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
953 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
954 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
956 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
958 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
959 take a couple of weeks
960 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
961 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
962 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
963 excited about it and can't wait
964 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
965 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
967 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
968 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
970 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
971 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
972 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
974 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
976 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
978 * move to 3-level version number:
979 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
980 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
981 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
982 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
983 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
986 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
987 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
988 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
990 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
992 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
993 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
994 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
995 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
996 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
997 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
999 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1001 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1002 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1003 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1004 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1005 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1006 - "The CVS server": new section added
1007 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1009 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1010 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1011 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1012 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1013 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1014 with respect to GPG.
1015 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1016 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1017 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1018 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1019 a canonical location?)
1020 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1021 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1022 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1023 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1025 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1027 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1028 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1029 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1030 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1032 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1034 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1036 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1037 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1038 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1039 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1040 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1041 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1042 and should not be included in this Reference.
1043 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1044 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1045 maintainer tools only!
1046 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1047 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1048 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1049 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1050 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1051 * Little corrections here and there.
1052 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1053 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1056 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1058 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1061 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1062 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1064 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1065 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1066 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1067 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1068 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1069 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1070 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1071 do prior to uploading
1072 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1073 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1075 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1076 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1077 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1078 duties with respect to bugs
1079 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1080 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1081 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1083 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1084 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1085 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1086 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1087 explicit what is used to build this package
1089 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1091 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1094 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1095 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1096 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1097 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1098 * utilize the new URL tag
1099 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1102 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1104 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1106 * non-maintainer release
1107 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1108 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1109 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1110 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1111 text, it can't hurt you.)
1112 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1113 reflect this packages version number
1114 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1116 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1118 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1122 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1124 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1126 * New version numbering scheme:
1128 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1129 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1130 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1133 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1134 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1135 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1136 differ between the manuals.
1138 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1139 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1140 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1141 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1143 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1144 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1146 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1148 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1150 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1154 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1155 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1157 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1158 (as requested by James Troup)
1160 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1162 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1164 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1166 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1170 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1172 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1174 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1175 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1176 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1177 the non-maintainer release
1179 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1180 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1181 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1184 - Lots of typos fixed
1186 * Compressed SGML source code
1188 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1189 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1191 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1193 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1195 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1198 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1199 - Announcing package uploads
1200 * New section about Debian Mentors
1201 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1202 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1203 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1204 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1206 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1208 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1211 of our FTP server and the development process
1212 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1213 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1214 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1216 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1217 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1218 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1219 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1220 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1221 contacting the maintainer
1222 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1223 a new manual released soon)
1224 * Some minor changes
1225 * Include SGML source in package
1226 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1227 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1229 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1231 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1235 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200