1 developers-reference (3.4.11) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
4 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
6 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Wed, 22 May 2013 10:38:41 +0200
8 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
14 patch. Closes: #685039
15 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
16 no-longer working link.
19 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
22 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
23 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
26 [ Translation updates ]
27 * French by David Prévot.
28 * Japanese by victory.
29 * German by Chris Leick.
33 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
34 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
36 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
38 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
43 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
44 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
45 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
46 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
47 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
48 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
49 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
50 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
51 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
53 [ Translation updates ]
54 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
55 * French by David Prévot.
56 * German by Chris Leick.
59 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
61 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
63 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
67 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
68 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
69 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
70 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
71 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
72 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
75 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
76 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
78 * Translation updates (complete)
79 - French by David Prévot.
80 - German by Chris Leick.
83 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
84 * Switch to xz compression for source.
85 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
86 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
87 by texlive-xetex directly.
89 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
91 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
96 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
97 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
98 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
99 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
100 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
101 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
102 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
103 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
104 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
105 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
106 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
107 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
108 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
109 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
110 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
111 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
112 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
113 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
114 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
115 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
118 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
119 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
120 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
121 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
124 * Translation updates (all completed)
125 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
126 - German by Chris Leick.
127 - French by David Prévot.
129 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
131 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
134 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
135 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
138 * Update my email address.
139 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
140 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
141 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
142 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
143 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
144 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
147 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
149 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
155 version tracking removed that requirement.
158 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
159 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
160 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
161 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
162 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
163 needed. Closes: #619990
164 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
165 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
168 * Initial German translation.
171 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
172 * Update French translation.
173 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
174 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
175 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
178 * Update Japanese translation.
180 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
182 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
186 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
189 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
190 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
191 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
192 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
193 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
194 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
195 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
196 patch. Closes: #540231
197 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
198 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
199 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
200 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
201 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
202 for the patch. Closes: #548823
203 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
204 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
205 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
206 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
207 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
208 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
209 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
210 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
211 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
212 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
213 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
214 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
215 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
216 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
218 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
219 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
220 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
222 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
223 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
224 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
225 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
226 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
228 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
230 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
231 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
232 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
233 patch. Closes: #573110
234 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
236 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
237 multi-lines substitution variables.
240 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
241 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
242 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
243 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
244 * Activate Japanese package.
245 * Handle addendum if it exists.
247 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
249 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
251 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
252 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
254 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
256 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
258 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
259 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
261 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
263 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
265 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
266 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
267 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
268 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
269 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
270 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
271 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
272 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
273 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
274 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
275 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
276 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
277 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
278 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
279 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
280 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
281 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
282 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
283 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
284 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
285 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
286 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
288 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
290 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
293 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
297 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
298 The most important changes are:
299 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
300 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
303 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
304 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
305 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
306 distinction. Closes: #464230.
307 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
308 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
309 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
310 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
311 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
312 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
314 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
315 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
317 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
318 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
320 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
321 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
323 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
325 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
326 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
328 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
329 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
330 Closes: #512620, #510783.
332 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
334 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
337 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
338 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
339 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
340 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
341 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
342 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
343 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
344 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
346 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
348 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
351 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
352 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
353 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
354 release codenames in <literal>
355 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
356 doesn't exist anymore.
357 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
358 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
359 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
360 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
361 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
362 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
363 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
364 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
365 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
366 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
367 team before upload. Closes: #459343
368 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
369 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
370 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
371 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
372 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
373 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
374 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
376 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
377 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
379 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
380 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
381 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
382 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
383 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
384 Thomas. Closes: #485837
386 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
387 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
389 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
391 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
395 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
396 - fix debian/copyright
397 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
398 - add pdf for French version.
399 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
400 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
401 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
402 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
403 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
404 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
405 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
406 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
407 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
409 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
410 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
412 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
414 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
415 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
416 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
417 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
418 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
419 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
421 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
424 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
425 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
426 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
427 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
428 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
429 * Update information concerning Alioth.
430 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
431 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
433 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
434 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
436 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
439 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
441 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
443 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
445 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
446 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
448 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
449 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
450 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
452 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
453 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
454 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
456 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
457 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
458 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
459 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
460 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
461 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
462 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
463 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
464 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
465 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
466 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
467 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
469 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
470 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
471 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
472 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
473 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
474 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
475 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
476 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
477 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
478 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
482 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
484 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
486 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
489 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
490 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
491 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
492 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
493 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
494 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
496 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
498 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
500 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
502 - non-us discontinued.
503 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
505 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
506 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
507 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
508 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
509 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
510 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
511 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
512 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
513 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
514 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
515 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
516 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
517 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
518 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
519 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
520 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
521 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
522 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
524 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
525 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
527 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
530 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
532 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
534 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
537 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
538 - madison is on merkel.
539 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
540 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
541 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
542 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
543 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
544 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
546 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
547 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
548 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
549 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
550 - sync NM rules with reality.
552 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
554 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
556 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
559 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
560 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
561 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
562 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
563 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
564 - spelling, grammer fixes.
565 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
566 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
567 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
568 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
569 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
570 - add myself to uploaders.
571 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
572 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
573 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
574 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
575 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
576 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
577 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
578 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
579 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
580 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
581 - rewrote the NMU section, and
582 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
583 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
584 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
585 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
586 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
587 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
588 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
589 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
591 - Security uploads get urgency=high
592 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
594 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
596 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
598 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
601 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
602 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
603 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
604 - documented Alioth, somewhat
606 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
607 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
609 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
610 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
611 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
612 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
616 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
618 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
619 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
620 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
621 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
624 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
626 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
629 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
631 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
632 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
633 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
635 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
636 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
637 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
638 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
641 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
643 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
644 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
645 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
646 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
647 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
649 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
650 it clear these are special cases
651 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
653 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
657 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
660 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
661 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
663 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
665 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
667 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
670 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
672 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
673 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
674 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
676 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
677 - the synopsis formula changed to either
678 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
680 <package-name> is <synopsis>
682 <package-name> are <synopsis>
684 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
685 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
686 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
687 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
688 package; closes: #187143
690 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
692 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
695 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
696 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
698 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
700 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
701 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
702 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
703 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
704 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
705 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
706 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
707 right places in the document, closes: #172897
708 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
712 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
714 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
715 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
716 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
717 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
718 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
719 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
720 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
722 - editorial changes on material added in this version
723 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
724 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
725 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
726 closes: #139957, #108416
727 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
728 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
730 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
732 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
735 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
737 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
738 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
739 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
740 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
742 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
743 for best practices for documentation
744 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
745 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
746 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
747 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
749 - spell-checking pass
751 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
753 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
756 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
757 descriptions" moved under there
758 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
759 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
760 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
761 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
762 the document where these tools are discussed
763 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
764 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
765 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
766 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
767 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
768 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
770 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
771 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
772 that can be fixed by DDP folks
773 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
774 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
775 - simply PS and PDF building rules
777 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
779 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
782 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
783 section and adjusted links
784 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
786 - ChangeLog attribution updates
787 - fix typos, closes: #171781
788 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
789 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
790 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
791 for debian/rules", and write an intro
792 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
793 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
794 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
795 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
796 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
797 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
798 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
799 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
800 "Internationalization"
801 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
802 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
803 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
804 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
805 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
806 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
807 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
808 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
809 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
811 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
812 rather useless and broken
813 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
814 names and the first word
815 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
816 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
817 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
819 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
820 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
821 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
823 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
825 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
828 - DDP publishing update
830 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
831 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
832 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
833 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
835 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
837 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
840 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
841 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
842 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
844 - added myself as co-author
845 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
847 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
848 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
850 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
851 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
853 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
855 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
858 - Corrected several errors with —
859 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
860 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
861 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
862 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
863 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
864 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
865 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
867 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
868 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
869 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
870 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
871 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
872 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
873 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
874 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
875 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
877 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
878 descriptions". closes: #158609
879 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
880 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
881 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
882 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
883 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
885 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
886 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
887 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
888 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
889 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
890 - updated the mailing lists section
892 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
893 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
896 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
898 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
901 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
902 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
904 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
906 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
907 Ch "The Debian Archive"
909 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
911 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
912 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
913 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
914 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
915 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
917 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
918 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
919 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
920 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
921 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
922 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
923 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
925 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
926 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
929 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
930 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
931 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
932 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
933 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
934 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
935 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
936 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
937 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
938 work-around with <...>
939 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
940 - update copyright date
941 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
942 - spell check and grammar corrections
946 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
948 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
949 recompile"; closes: #102626
950 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
951 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
952 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
953 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
954 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
956 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
957 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
958 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
960 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
962 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
963 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
964 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
965 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
966 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
967 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
968 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
969 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
970 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
972 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
974 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
976 - updated the list of available architectures.
977 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
978 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
979 of the package and nothing more.
980 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
981 any pain to the ftpmasters.
982 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
983 the use of the delayed queue.
984 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
985 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
987 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
988 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
989 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
990 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
991 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
992 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
993 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
995 - new Sec "Documentation"
996 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
997 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
998 "Being kind to porter" too
999 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1000 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1001 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1002 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1003 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1005 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1006 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1009 - update French translation
1011 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1013 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1016 - some grammar corrections
1017 - update French translation
1019 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1020 anymore; closes: #135559
1021 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1023 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1025 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1026 that would be welcome)
1027 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1028 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1029 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1030 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1031 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1032 - other minor wording changes
1033 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1034 - Ch "Package uploads":
1035 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1036 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1037 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1038 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1039 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1040 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1041 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1043 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1045 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * from Martin Michlmayr
1048 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1049 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1050 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1052 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1054 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1056 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1058 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1059 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1060 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1061 - minor build tweaks
1063 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1064 * from Chris Tillman
1065 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1068 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1070 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1073 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1075 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1076 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1077 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1078 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1079 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1080 talking about uploading to distributions
1081 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1082 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1083 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1085 - French translation updated
1087 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1088 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1089 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1091 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1093 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1096 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1097 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1100 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1102 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * fix a typo in a link
1106 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1107 update documentation accordingly
1109 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1110 forwarding bugs upstream
1112 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1113 entities which should be used
1114 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1115 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1117 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1119 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1121 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1122 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1123 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1124 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1126 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1131 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1135 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1136 this translation needs updating
1137 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1138 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1139 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1141 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1142 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1143 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1145 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1146 included yet, however
1148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1150 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1154 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1155 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1157 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1159 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1161 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1163 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1164 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1165 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1167 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1169 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1171 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1174 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1175 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1176 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1177 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1178 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1179 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1180 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1181 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1182 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1183 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1184 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1185 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1187 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1188 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1189 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1190 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1191 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1193 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1195 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1196 * update copyright notice for 2001
1197 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1198 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1199 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1203 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1207 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1209 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1213 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1216 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1218 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1219 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1220 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1221 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1222 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1223 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1224 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1225 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1226 could be used if necessary
1227 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1228 mention the rsync dupload method
1229 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1231 * other small corrections
1232 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1233 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1234 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1235 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1237 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1239 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1240 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1244 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1246 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1247 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1248 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1249 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1251 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1252 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1253 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1254 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1255 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1257 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1259 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1260 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1261 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1262 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1263 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1264 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1265 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1267 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1268 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1269 - added a section about the LDAP database
1270 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1271 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1273 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1274 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1278 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1281 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1282 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1284 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1285 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1286 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1287 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1288 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1289 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1290 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1291 description from developers-reference.sgml
1293 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1295 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1297 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1298 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1300 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1302 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1303 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1304 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1305 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1306 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1307 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1308 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1309 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1310 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1311 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1313 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1314 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1315 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1316 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1318 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1319 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1320 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1321 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1322 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1323 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1324 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1325 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1326 suggestion from James Troup
1327 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1328 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1329 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1330 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1333 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1335 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1337 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1338 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1342 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1345 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1346 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1347 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1348 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1349 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1350 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1352 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1354 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1357 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1358 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1359 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1360 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1361 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1363 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1364 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1366 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1368 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1370 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1374 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1375 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1376 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1377 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1378 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1380 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1381 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1382 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1383 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1385 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1386 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1387 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1388 a normal developer may have access.
1390 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1392 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1394 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1395 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1396 step all over each other
1398 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1400 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1402 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1403 address for PGP key updates
1405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1407 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1410 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1411 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1412 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1413 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1415 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1417 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1419 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1420 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1421 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1422 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1423 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1424 <keyring-maint> instead)
1425 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1426 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1428 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1430 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1431 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1432 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1434 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1436 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1438 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1439 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1440 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1441 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1442 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1443 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1445 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1446 tighten up the language a bit
1447 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1448 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1449 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1450 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1452 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1453 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1454 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1455 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1456 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1457 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1459 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1460 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1461 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1462 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1463 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1464 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1465 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1466 number of available packages
1467 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1468 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1470 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1472 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1474 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1477 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1479 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1481 * not officially released
1482 * more spelling corrections
1483 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1485 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1487 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1489 * not officially released
1490 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1491 * some PGP-centricity removed
1492 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1493 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1494 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1495 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1496 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1497 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1499 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1501 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1503 * not officially released
1504 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1505 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1506 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1507 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1508 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1509 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1510 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1511 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1512 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1513 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1514 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1515 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1516 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1517 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1519 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1520 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1522 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1524 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1525 take a couple of weeks
1526 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1527 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1528 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1529 excited about it and can't wait
1530 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1531 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1533 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1534 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1536 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1537 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1538 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1540 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1542 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1544 * move to 3-level version number:
1545 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1546 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1547 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1548 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1549 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1552 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1553 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1554 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1556 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1558 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1559 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1560 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1561 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1562 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1563 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1565 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1567 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1568 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1569 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1570 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1571 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1572 - "The CVS server": new section added
1573 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1575 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1576 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1577 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1578 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1579 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1580 with respect to GPG.
1581 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1582 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1583 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1584 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1585 a canonical location?)
1586 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1587 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1588 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1589 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1591 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1593 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1594 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1595 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1596 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1598 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1600 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1602 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1603 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1604 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1605 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1606 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1607 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1608 and should not be included in this Reference.
1609 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1610 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1611 maintainer tools only!
1612 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1613 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1614 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1615 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1616 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1617 * Little corrections here and there.
1618 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1619 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1622 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1624 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1626 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1627 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1628 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1630 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1631 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1632 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1633 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1634 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1635 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1636 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1637 do prior to uploading
1638 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1639 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1641 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1642 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1643 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1644 duties with respect to bugs
1645 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1646 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1647 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1649 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1650 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1651 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1652 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1653 explicit what is used to build this package
1655 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1657 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1660 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1661 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1662 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1663 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1664 * utilize the new URL tag
1665 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1668 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1670 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1672 * non-maintainer release
1673 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1674 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1675 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1676 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1677 text, it can't hurt you.)
1678 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1679 reflect this packages version number
1680 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1682 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1684 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1688 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1690 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1692 * New version numbering scheme:
1694 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1695 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1696 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1699 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1700 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1701 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1702 differ between the manuals.
1704 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1705 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1706 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1707 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1709 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1710 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1712 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1714 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1716 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1718 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1720 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1721 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1723 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1724 (as requested by James Troup)
1726 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1728 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1730 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1732 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1734 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1736 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1738 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1740 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1741 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1742 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1743 the non-maintainer release
1745 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1746 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1747 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1750 - Lots of typos fixed
1752 * Compressed SGML source code
1754 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1755 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1757 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1759 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1761 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1763 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1764 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1765 - Announcing package uploads
1766 * New section about Debian Mentors
1767 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1768 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1769 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1770 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1772 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1774 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1776 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1777 of our FTP server and the development process
1778 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1779 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1780 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1782 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1783 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1784 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1785 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1786 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1787 contacting the maintainer
1788 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1789 a new manual released soon)
1790 * Some minor changes
1791 * Include SGML source in package
1792 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1793 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1795 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1797 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1801 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200