1 developers-reference (3.4.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
4 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
5 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
6 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
7 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
9 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:46:20 +0200
11 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
14 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
15 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
16 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
17 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
18 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
19 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
20 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
23 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
24 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
26 * Translation updates (complete)
27 - French by David Prévot.
28 - German by Chris Leick.
31 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
32 * Switch to xz compression for source.
33 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
34 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
35 by texlive-xetex directly.
37 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
39 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
44 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
45 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
46 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
47 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
48 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
49 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
50 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
51 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
52 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
53 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
54 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
55 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
56 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
57 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
58 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
59 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
60 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
61 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
62 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
63 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
66 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
67 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
68 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
69 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
72 * Translation updates (all completed)
73 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
74 - German by Chris Leick.
75 - French by David Prévot.
77 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
79 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
83 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
86 * Update my email address.
87 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
88 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
89 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
90 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
91 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
92 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
95 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
97 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
102 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
103 version tracking removed that requirement.
106 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
107 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
108 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
109 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
110 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
111 needed. Closes: #619990
112 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
113 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
116 * Initial German translation.
119 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
120 * Update French translation.
121 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
122 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
123 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
126 * Update Japanese translation.
128 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
130 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
134 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
137 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
138 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
139 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
140 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
141 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
142 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
143 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
144 patch. Closes: #540231
145 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
146 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
147 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
148 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
149 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
150 for the patch. Closes: #548823
151 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
152 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
153 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
154 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
155 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
156 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
157 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
158 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
159 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
160 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
161 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
162 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
163 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
164 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
166 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
167 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
168 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
170 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
171 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
172 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
173 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
174 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
176 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
178 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
179 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
180 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
181 patch. Closes: #573110
182 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
184 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
185 multi-lines substitution variables.
188 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
189 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
190 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
191 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
192 * Activate Japanese package.
193 * Handle addendum if it exists.
195 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
197 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
199 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
200 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
202 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
204 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
206 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
207 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
209 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
211 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
213 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
214 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
215 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
216 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
217 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
218 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
219 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
220 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
221 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
222 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
223 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
224 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
225 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
226 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
227 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
228 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
229 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
230 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
231 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
232 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
233 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
234 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
236 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
238 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
245 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
246 The most important changes are:
247 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
248 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
251 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
252 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
253 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
254 distinction. Closes: #464230.
255 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
256 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
257 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
258 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
259 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
260 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
262 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
263 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
265 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
266 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
268 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
269 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
271 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
273 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
274 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
276 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
277 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
278 Closes: #512620, #510783.
280 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
282 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
285 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
286 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
287 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
288 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
289 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
290 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
291 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
292 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
294 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
296 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
299 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
300 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
301 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
302 release codenames in <literal>
303 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
304 doesn't exist anymore.
305 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
306 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
307 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
308 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
309 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
310 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
311 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
312 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
313 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
314 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
315 team before upload. Closes: #459343
316 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
317 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
318 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
319 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
320 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
321 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
322 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
324 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
325 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
327 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
328 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
329 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
330 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
331 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
332 Thomas. Closes: #485837
334 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
335 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
337 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
339 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
343 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
344 - fix debian/copyright
345 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
346 - add pdf for French version.
347 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
348 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
349 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
350 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
351 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
352 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
353 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
354 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
355 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
357 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
358 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
360 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
362 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
363 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
364 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
365 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
366 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
367 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
369 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
372 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
373 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
374 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
375 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
376 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
377 * Update information concerning Alioth.
378 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
379 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
381 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
382 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
384 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
387 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
389 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
391 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
393 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
394 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
396 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
397 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
398 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
400 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
401 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
402 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
404 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
405 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
406 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
407 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
408 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
409 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
410 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
411 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
412 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
413 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
414 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
415 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
417 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
418 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
419 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
420 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
421 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
422 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
423 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
424 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
425 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
426 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
430 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
432 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
434 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
437 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
438 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
439 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
440 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
441 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
442 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
444 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
446 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
448 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
450 - non-us discontinued.
451 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
453 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
454 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
455 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
456 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
457 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
458 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
459 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
460 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
461 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
462 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
463 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
464 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
465 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
466 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
467 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
468 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
469 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
470 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
472 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
473 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
475 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
478 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
480 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
482 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
485 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
486 - madison is on merkel.
487 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
488 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
489 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
490 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
491 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
492 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
494 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
495 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
496 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
497 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
498 - sync NM rules with reality.
500 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
502 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
504 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
507 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
508 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
509 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
510 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
511 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
512 - spelling, grammer fixes.
513 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
514 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
515 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
516 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
517 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
518 - add myself to uploaders.
519 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
520 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
521 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
522 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
523 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
524 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
525 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
526 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
527 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
528 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
529 - rewrote the NMU section, and
530 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
531 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
532 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
533 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
534 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
535 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
536 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
537 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
539 - Security uploads get urgency=high
540 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
542 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
544 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
546 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
549 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
550 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
551 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
552 - documented Alioth, somewhat
554 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
555 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
557 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
558 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
559 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
560 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
564 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
566 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
567 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
568 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
569 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
572 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
574 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
577 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
579 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
580 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
581 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
583 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
584 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
585 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
586 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
589 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
591 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
592 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
593 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
594 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
595 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
597 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
598 it clear these are special cases
599 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
601 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
605 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
608 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
609 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
611 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
613 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
615 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
618 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
620 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
621 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
622 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
624 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
625 - the synopsis formula changed to either
626 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
628 <package-name> is <synopsis>
630 <package-name> are <synopsis>
632 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
633 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
634 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
635 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
636 package; closes: #187143
638 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
640 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
643 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
644 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
646 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
648 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
649 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
650 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
651 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
652 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
653 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
654 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
655 right places in the document, closes: #172897
656 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
660 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
662 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
663 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
664 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
665 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
666 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
667 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
668 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
670 - editorial changes on material added in this version
671 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
672 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
673 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
674 closes: #139957, #108416
675 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
676 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
678 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
680 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
683 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
685 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
686 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
687 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
688 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
690 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
691 for best practices for documentation
692 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
693 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
694 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
695 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
697 - spell-checking pass
699 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
701 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
704 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
705 descriptions" moved under there
706 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
707 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
708 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
709 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
710 the document where these tools are discussed
711 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
712 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
713 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
714 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
715 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
716 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
718 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
719 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
720 that can be fixed by DDP folks
721 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
722 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
723 - simply PS and PDF building rules
725 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
727 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
730 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
731 section and adjusted links
732 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
734 - ChangeLog attribution updates
735 - fix typos, closes: #171781
736 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
737 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
738 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
739 for debian/rules", and write an intro
740 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
741 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
742 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
743 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
744 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
745 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
746 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
747 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
748 "Internationalization"
749 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
750 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
751 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
752 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
753 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
754 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
755 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
756 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
757 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
759 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
760 rather useless and broken
761 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
762 names and the first word
763 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
764 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
765 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
767 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
768 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
769 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
773 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
776 - DDP publishing update
778 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
779 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
780 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
781 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
783 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
785 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
788 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
789 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
790 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
792 - added myself as co-author
793 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
795 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
796 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
798 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
799 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
801 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
803 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
806 - Corrected several errors with —
807 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
808 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
809 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
810 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
811 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
812 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
813 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
815 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
816 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
817 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
818 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
819 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
820 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
821 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
822 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
823 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
825 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
826 descriptions". closes: #158609
827 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
828 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
829 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
830 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
831 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
833 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
834 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
835 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
836 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
837 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
838 - updated the mailing lists section
840 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
841 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
844 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
846 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
849 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
850 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
852 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
854 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
855 Ch "The Debian Archive"
857 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
859 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
860 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
861 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
862 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
863 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
865 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
866 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
867 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
868 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
869 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
870 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
871 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
873 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
874 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
877 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
878 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
879 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
880 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
881 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
882 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
883 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
884 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
885 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
886 work-around with <...>
887 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
888 - update copyright date
889 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
890 - spell check and grammar corrections
894 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
896 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
897 recompile"; closes: #102626
898 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
899 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
900 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
901 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
902 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
904 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
905 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
906 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
908 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
910 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
911 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
912 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
913 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
914 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
915 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
916 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
917 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
918 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
920 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
922 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
924 - updated the list of available architectures.
925 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
926 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
927 of the package and nothing more.
928 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
929 any pain to the ftpmasters.
930 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
931 the use of the delayed queue.
932 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
933 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
935 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
936 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
937 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
938 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
939 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
940 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
941 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
943 - new Sec "Documentation"
944 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
945 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
946 "Being kind to porter" too
947 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
948 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
949 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
950 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
951 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
953 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
954 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
957 - update French translation
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
961 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
964 - some grammar corrections
965 - update French translation
967 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
968 anymore; closes: #135559
969 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
971 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
973 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
974 that would be welcome)
975 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
976 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
977 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
978 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
979 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
980 - other minor wording changes
981 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
982 - Ch "Package uploads":
983 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
984 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
985 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
986 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
987 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
988 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
989 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
991 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
993 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
995 * from Martin Michlmayr
996 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
997 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
998 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1000 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1002 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1004 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1006 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1007 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1008 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1009 - minor build tweaks
1011 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1012 * from Chris Tillman
1013 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1016 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1018 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1021 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1023 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1024 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1025 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1026 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1027 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1028 talking about uploading to distributions
1029 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1030 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1031 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1033 - French translation updated
1035 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1036 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1037 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1039 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1041 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1044 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1045 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1048 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1050 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * fix a typo in a link
1054 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1055 update documentation accordingly
1057 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1058 forwarding bugs upstream
1060 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1061 entities which should be used
1062 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1063 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1065 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1067 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1070 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1071 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1072 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1074 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1077 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1079 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1083 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1084 this translation needs updating
1085 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1086 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1087 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1089 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1090 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1091 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1093 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1094 included yet, however
1096 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1098 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1102 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1103 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1105 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1109 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1112 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1113 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1115 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1117 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1119 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1122 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1123 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1124 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1125 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1126 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1127 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1128 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1129 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1130 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1131 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1132 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1133 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1135 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1136 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1137 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1138 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1139 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1141 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1143 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1144 * update copyright notice for 2001
1145 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1146 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1147 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1149 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1151 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1155 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1157 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1159 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1161 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1163 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1164 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1166 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1167 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1168 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1169 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1170 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1171 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1172 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1173 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1174 could be used if necessary
1175 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1176 mention the rsync dupload method
1177 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1179 * other small corrections
1180 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1181 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1182 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1183 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1185 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1187 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1188 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1192 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1194 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1195 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1196 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1197 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1199 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1200 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1201 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1202 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1203 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1205 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1207 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1208 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1209 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1210 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1211 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1212 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1213 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1215 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1216 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1217 - added a section about the LDAP database
1218 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1219 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1221 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1222 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1224 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1226 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1228 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1229 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1230 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1232 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1233 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1234 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1235 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1236 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1237 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1238 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1239 description from developers-reference.sgml
1241 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1243 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1246 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1248 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1250 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1251 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1252 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1253 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1254 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1255 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1256 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1257 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1258 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1259 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1261 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1262 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1263 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1264 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1266 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1267 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1268 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1269 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1270 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1271 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1272 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1273 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1274 suggestion from James Troup
1275 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1276 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1277 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1278 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1281 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1283 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1285 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1286 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1290 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1293 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1294 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1295 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1296 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1297 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1298 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1302 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1304 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1305 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1306 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1307 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1308 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1309 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1311 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1312 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1314 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1316 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1318 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1320 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1322 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1323 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1324 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1325 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1326 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1328 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1329 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1330 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1331 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1333 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1334 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1335 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1336 a normal developer may have access.
1338 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1340 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1342 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1343 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1344 step all over each other
1346 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1348 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1350 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1351 address for PGP key updates
1353 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1355 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1357 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1358 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1359 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1360 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1361 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1363 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1365 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1367 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1368 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1369 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1370 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1371 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1372 <keyring-maint> instead)
1373 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1374 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1376 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1378 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1379 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1380 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1382 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1384 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1386 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1387 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1388 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1389 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1390 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1391 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1393 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1394 tighten up the language a bit
1395 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1396 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1397 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1398 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1400 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1401 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1402 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1403 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1404 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1405 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1407 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1408 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1409 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1410 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1411 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1412 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1413 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1414 number of available packages
1415 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1416 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1420 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1425 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1427 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1429 * not officially released
1430 * more spelling corrections
1431 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1433 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1435 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * not officially released
1438 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1439 * some PGP-centricity removed
1440 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1441 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1442 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1443 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1444 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1445 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1447 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1449 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1451 * not officially released
1452 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1453 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1454 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1455 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1456 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1457 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1458 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1459 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1460 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1461 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1462 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1463 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1464 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1465 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1467 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1468 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1470 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1472 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1473 take a couple of weeks
1474 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1475 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1476 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1477 excited about it and can't wait
1478 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1479 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1481 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1482 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1484 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1485 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1486 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1490 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1492 * move to 3-level version number:
1493 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1494 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1495 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1496 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1497 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1500 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1501 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1502 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1504 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1506 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1507 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1508 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1509 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1510 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1511 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1513 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1515 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1516 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1517 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1518 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1519 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1520 - "The CVS server": new section added
1521 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1523 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1524 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1525 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1526 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1527 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1528 with respect to GPG.
1529 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1530 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1531 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1532 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1533 a canonical location?)
1534 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1535 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1536 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1537 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1539 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1541 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1542 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1543 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1544 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1546 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1548 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1550 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1551 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1552 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1553 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1554 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1555 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1556 and should not be included in this Reference.
1557 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1558 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1559 maintainer tools only!
1560 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1561 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1562 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1563 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1564 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1565 * Little corrections here and there.
1566 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1567 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1570 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1572 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1574 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1575 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1576 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1578 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1579 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1580 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1581 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1582 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1583 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1584 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1585 do prior to uploading
1586 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1587 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1589 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1590 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1591 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1592 duties with respect to bugs
1593 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1594 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1595 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1597 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1598 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1599 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1600 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1601 explicit what is used to build this package
1603 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1605 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1608 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1609 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1610 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1611 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1612 * utilize the new URL tag
1613 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1616 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1618 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1620 * non-maintainer release
1621 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1622 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1623 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1624 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1625 text, it can't hurt you.)
1626 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1627 reflect this packages version number
1628 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1630 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1632 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1636 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1638 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1640 * New version numbering scheme:
1642 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1643 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1644 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1647 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1648 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1649 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1650 differ between the manuals.
1652 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1653 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1654 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1655 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1657 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1658 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1660 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1662 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1664 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1668 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1669 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1671 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1672 (as requested by James Troup)
1674 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1676 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1678 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1680 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1682 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1684 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1686 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1688 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1689 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1690 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1691 the non-maintainer release
1693 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1694 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1695 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1698 - Lots of typos fixed
1700 * Compressed SGML source code
1702 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1703 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1705 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1707 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1709 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1711 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1712 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1713 - Announcing package uploads
1714 * New section about Debian Mentors
1715 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1716 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1717 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1718 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1720 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1722 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1724 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1725 of our FTP server and the development process
1726 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1727 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1728 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1730 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1731 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1732 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1733 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1734 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1735 contacting the maintainer
1736 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1737 a new manual released soon)
1738 * Some minor changes
1739 * Include SGML source in package
1740 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1741 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1743 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1745 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1749 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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