+developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ [ Lucas Nussbaum ]
+ * NOT RELEASED YET
+ * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
+
+ [ Raphaël Hertzog ]
+ * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
+ Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
+ * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
+ * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
+ Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
+ * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
+ instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
+ patch. Closes: #540231
+ * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
+ McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
+ * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
+ on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
+ the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+ for the patch. Closes: #548823
+ * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
+ <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
+ - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
+ - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
+ * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
+ pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
+ for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
+ * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
+ (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
+ * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
+ * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
+ * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
+
+ -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
+
+developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
+ impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
+ #489135.
+ * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
+ Closes: #491839.
+ * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
+ on debian-devel@.
+ * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
+ * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
+
+ -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
+
+developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
+ package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
+ * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
+ * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
+ upstreams. Closes: #523985.
+ * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
+ ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
+ * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
+ mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
+ also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
+ * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
+ http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
+ * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
+ * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
+ about repackaged upstream tarballs.
+ * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
+ Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
+ * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
+ Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
+ * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
+ * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
+ * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
+
+ -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
+
+developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Raphael Hertzog ]
+ * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
+ website.
+
+ [ Lucas Nussbaum ]
+ * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
+ The most important changes are:
+ + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
+ + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
+ provided.
+ Other fixes:
+ + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
+ with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
+ + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
+ distinction. Closes: #464230.
+ + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
+ + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
+ * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
+ W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
+ * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
+ Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
+ Closes: #487664.
+ * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
+ Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
+ Closes: #512529.
+ * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
+ Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
+ Closes: #492661.
+ * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
+ version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
+ Closes: #500371.
+ * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
+ Closes: #367876.
+ * Updated documentation on translation updates.
+ Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
+ Closes: #474879.
+ * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
+ Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
+ Closes: #512620, #510783.
+
+ -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
+
+developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Lucas Nussbaum ]
+ * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
+ * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
+ * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
+ * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
+ * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
+ is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
+ * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
+ * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
+ Closes: #483225.
+ * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
+ Closes: #278267.
+ * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
+ Closes: #376582.
+
+ [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
+ * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
+ * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
+ release codenames in <literal>
+ * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
+ doesn't exist anymore.
+ * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
+ thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
+ * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
+ and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
+ * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
+ the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
+ fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
+ about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
+ * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
+ distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
+ team before upload. Closes: #459343
+ * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
+ * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
+ need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
+ hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
+ on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
+ * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
+ pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
+ #467102
+ * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
+ description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
+ at it.
+ * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
+ have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
+ debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
+ * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
+ ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
+ Thomas. Closes: #485837
+ * debian/control:
+ + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
+ + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
+
+ -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
+
developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
[ Andreas Barth ]
* Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
* Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
#445642
+ * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
+ repository.
- -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
+ -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
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