1 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
6 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
7 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
9 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
11 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
16 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
17 patch. Closes: #685039
18 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
19 no-longer working link.
22 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
25 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
26 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
29 [ Translation updates ]
30 * French by David Prévot.
31 * Japanese by victory.
32 * German by Chris Leick.
36 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
37 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
39 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
41 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
46 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
47 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
48 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
49 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
50 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
51 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
52 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
53 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
54 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
56 [ Translation updates ]
57 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
58 * French by David Prévot.
59 * German by Chris Leick.
62 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
64 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
66 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
70 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
71 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
72 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
73 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
74 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
75 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
78 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
79 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
81 * Translation updates (complete)
82 - French by David Prévot.
83 - German by Chris Leick.
86 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
87 * Switch to xz compression for source.
88 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
89 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
90 by texlive-xetex directly.
92 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
94 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
99 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
100 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
101 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
102 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
103 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
104 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
105 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
106 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
107 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
108 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
109 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
110 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
111 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
112 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
113 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
114 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
115 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
116 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
117 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
118 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
121 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
122 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
123 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
124 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
127 * Translation updates (all completed)
128 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
129 - German by Chris Leick.
130 - French by David Prévot.
132 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
134 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
137 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
138 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
141 * Update my email address.
142 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
143 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
144 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
145 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
146 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
147 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
150 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
152 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
157 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
158 version tracking removed that requirement.
161 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
162 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
163 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
164 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
165 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
166 needed. Closes: #619990
167 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
168 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
171 * Initial German translation.
174 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
175 * Update French translation.
176 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
177 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
178 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
181 * Update Japanese translation.
183 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
185 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
188 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
189 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
192 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
193 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
194 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
195 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
196 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
197 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
198 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
199 patch. Closes: #540231
200 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
201 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
202 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
203 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
204 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
205 for the patch. Closes: #548823
206 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
207 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
208 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
209 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
210 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
211 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
212 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
213 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
214 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
215 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
216 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
217 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
218 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
219 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
221 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
222 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
223 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
225 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
226 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
227 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
228 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
229 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
231 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
233 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
234 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
235 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
236 patch. Closes: #573110
237 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
239 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
240 multi-lines substitution variables.
243 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
244 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
245 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
246 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
247 * Activate Japanese package.
248 * Handle addendum if it exists.
250 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
252 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
254 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
255 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
257 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
259 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
261 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
262 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
264 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
266 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
268 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
269 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
270 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
271 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
272 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
273 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
274 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
275 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
276 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
277 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
278 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
279 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
280 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
281 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
282 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
283 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
284 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
285 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
286 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
287 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
288 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
289 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
291 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
293 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
296 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
300 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
301 The most important changes are:
302 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
303 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
306 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
307 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
308 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
309 distinction. Closes: #464230.
310 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
311 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
312 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
313 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
314 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
315 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
317 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
318 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
320 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
321 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
323 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
324 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
326 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
328 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
329 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
331 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
332 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
333 Closes: #512620, #510783.
335 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
337 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
340 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
341 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
342 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
343 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
344 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
345 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
346 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
347 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
349 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
351 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
354 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
355 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
356 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
357 release codenames in <literal>
358 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
359 doesn't exist anymore.
360 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
361 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
362 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
363 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
364 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
365 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
366 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
367 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
368 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
369 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
370 team before upload. Closes: #459343
371 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
372 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
373 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
374 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
375 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
376 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
377 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
379 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
380 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
382 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
383 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
384 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
385 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
386 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
387 Thomas. Closes: #485837
389 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
390 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
392 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
394 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
398 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
399 - fix debian/copyright
400 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
401 - add pdf for French version.
402 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
403 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
404 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
405 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
406 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
407 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
408 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
409 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
410 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
412 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
413 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
415 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
417 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
418 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
419 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
420 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
421 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
422 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
424 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
427 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
428 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
429 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
430 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
431 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
432 * Update information concerning Alioth.
433 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
434 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
436 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
437 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
439 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
442 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
444 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
446 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
448 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
449 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
451 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
452 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
453 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
455 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
456 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
457 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
459 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
460 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
461 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
462 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
463 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
464 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
465 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
466 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
467 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
468 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
469 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
470 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
472 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
473 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
474 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
475 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
476 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
477 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
478 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
479 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
480 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
481 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
485 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
487 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
489 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
492 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
493 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
494 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
495 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
496 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
497 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
499 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
501 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
503 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
505 - non-us discontinued.
506 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
508 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
509 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
510 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
511 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
512 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
513 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
514 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
515 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
516 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
517 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
518 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
519 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
520 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
521 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
522 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
523 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
524 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
525 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
527 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
528 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
530 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
533 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
535 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
537 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
540 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
541 - madison is on merkel.
542 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
543 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
544 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
545 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
546 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
547 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
549 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
550 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
551 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
552 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
553 - sync NM rules with reality.
555 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
557 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
559 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
562 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
563 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
564 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
565 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
566 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
567 - spelling, grammer fixes.
568 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
569 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
570 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
571 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
572 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
573 - add myself to uploaders.
574 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
575 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
576 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
577 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
578 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
579 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
580 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
581 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
582 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
583 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
584 - rewrote the NMU section, and
585 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
586 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
587 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
588 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
589 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
590 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
591 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
592 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
594 - Security uploads get urgency=high
595 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
597 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
599 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
601 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
604 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
605 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
606 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
607 - documented Alioth, somewhat
609 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
610 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
612 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
613 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
614 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
615 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
619 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
621 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
622 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
623 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
624 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
627 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
629 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
632 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
634 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
635 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
636 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
638 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
639 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
640 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
641 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
644 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
646 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
647 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
648 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
649 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
650 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
652 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
653 it clear these are special cases
654 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
656 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
658 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
660 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
663 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
664 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
666 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
668 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
670 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
673 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
675 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
676 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
677 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
679 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
680 - the synopsis formula changed to either
681 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
683 <package-name> is <synopsis>
685 <package-name> are <synopsis>
687 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
688 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
689 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
690 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
691 package; closes: #187143
693 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
695 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
698 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
699 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
701 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
703 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
704 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
705 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
706 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
707 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
708 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
709 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
710 right places in the document, closes: #172897
711 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
715 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
717 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
718 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
719 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
720 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
721 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
722 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
723 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
725 - editorial changes on material added in this version
726 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
727 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
728 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
729 closes: #139957, #108416
730 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
731 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
733 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
735 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
738 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
740 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
741 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
742 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
743 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
745 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
746 for best practices for documentation
747 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
748 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
749 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
750 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
752 - spell-checking pass
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
756 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
759 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
760 descriptions" moved under there
761 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
762 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
763 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
764 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
765 the document where these tools are discussed
766 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
767 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
768 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
769 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
770 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
771 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
773 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
774 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
775 that can be fixed by DDP folks
776 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
777 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
778 - simply PS and PDF building rules
780 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
782 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
785 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
786 section and adjusted links
787 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
789 - ChangeLog attribution updates
790 - fix typos, closes: #171781
791 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
792 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
793 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
794 for debian/rules", and write an intro
795 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
796 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
797 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
798 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
799 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
800 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
801 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
802 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
803 "Internationalization"
804 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
805 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
806 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
807 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
808 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
809 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
810 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
811 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
812 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
814 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
815 rather useless and broken
816 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
817 names and the first word
818 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
819 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
820 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
822 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
823 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
824 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
828 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
831 - DDP publishing update
833 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
834 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
835 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
836 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
838 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
840 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
843 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
844 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
845 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
847 - added myself as co-author
848 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
850 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
851 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
853 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
854 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
856 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
858 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
861 - Corrected several errors with —
862 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
863 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
864 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
865 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
866 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
867 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
868 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
870 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
871 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
872 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
873 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
874 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
875 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
876 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
877 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
878 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
880 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
881 descriptions". closes: #158609
882 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
883 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
884 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
885 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
886 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
888 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
889 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
890 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
891 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
892 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
893 - updated the mailing lists section
895 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
896 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
899 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
901 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
904 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
905 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
907 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
909 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
910 Ch "The Debian Archive"
912 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
914 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
915 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
916 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
917 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
918 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
920 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
921 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
922 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
923 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
924 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
925 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
926 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
928 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
929 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
932 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
933 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
934 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
935 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
936 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
937 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
938 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
939 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
940 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
941 work-around with <...>
942 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
943 - update copyright date
944 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
945 - spell check and grammar corrections
949 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
951 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
952 recompile"; closes: #102626
953 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
954 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
955 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
956 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
957 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
959 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
960 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
961 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
963 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
965 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
966 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
967 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
968 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
969 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
970 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
971 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
972 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
973 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
975 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
977 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
979 - updated the list of available architectures.
980 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
981 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
982 of the package and nothing more.
983 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
984 any pain to the ftpmasters.
985 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
986 the use of the delayed queue.
987 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
988 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
990 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
991 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
992 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
993 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
994 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
995 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
996 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
998 - new Sec "Documentation"
999 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1000 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1001 "Being kind to porter" too
1002 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1003 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1004 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1005 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1006 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1008 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1009 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1012 - update French translation
1014 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1016 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1019 - some grammar corrections
1020 - update French translation
1022 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1023 anymore; closes: #135559
1024 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1026 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1028 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1029 that would be welcome)
1030 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1031 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1032 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1033 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1034 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1035 - other minor wording changes
1036 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1037 - Ch "Package uploads":
1038 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1039 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1040 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1041 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1042 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1043 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1044 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1046 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1048 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1050 * from Martin Michlmayr
1051 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1052 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1053 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1055 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1057 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1059 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1061 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1062 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1063 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1064 - minor build tweaks
1066 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1067 * from Chris Tillman
1068 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1073 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1076 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1078 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1079 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1080 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1081 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1082 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1083 talking about uploading to distributions
1084 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1085 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1086 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1088 - French translation updated
1090 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1091 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1092 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1094 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1096 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1099 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1100 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1103 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1105 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * fix a typo in a link
1109 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1110 update documentation accordingly
1112 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1113 forwarding bugs upstream
1115 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1116 entities which should be used
1117 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1118 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1122 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1125 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1126 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1127 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1129 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1134 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1138 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1139 this translation needs updating
1140 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1141 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1142 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1144 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1145 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1146 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1148 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1149 included yet, however
1151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1153 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1157 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1158 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1160 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1164 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1167 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1168 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1170 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1174 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1177 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1178 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1179 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1180 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1181 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1182 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1183 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1184 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1185 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1186 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1187 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1188 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1190 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1191 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1192 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1193 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1194 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1196 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1198 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1199 * update copyright notice for 2001
1200 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1201 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1202 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1206 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1210 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1212 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1216 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1219 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1221 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1222 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1223 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1224 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1225 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1226 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1227 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1228 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1229 could be used if necessary
1230 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1231 mention the rsync dupload method
1232 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1234 * other small corrections
1235 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1236 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1237 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1238 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1240 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1242 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1243 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1245 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1247 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1249 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1250 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1251 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1252 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1254 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1255 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1256 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1257 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1258 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1260 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1262 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1263 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1264 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1265 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1266 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1267 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1268 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1270 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1271 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1272 - added a section about the LDAP database
1273 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1274 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1276 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1277 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1279 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1281 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1283 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1284 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1285 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1287 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1288 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1289 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1290 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1291 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1292 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1293 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1294 description from developers-reference.sgml
1296 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1298 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1300 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1301 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1303 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1305 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1306 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1307 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1308 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1309 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1310 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1311 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1312 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1313 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1314 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1316 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1317 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1318 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1319 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1321 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1322 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1323 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1324 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1325 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1326 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1327 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1328 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1329 suggestion from James Troup
1330 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1331 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1332 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1333 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1336 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1338 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1340 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1341 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1343 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1345 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1347 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1348 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1349 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1350 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1351 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1352 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1353 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1355 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1357 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1359 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1360 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1361 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1362 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1363 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1364 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1366 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1367 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1369 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1371 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1373 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1375 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1377 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1378 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1379 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1380 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1381 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1383 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1384 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1385 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1386 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1388 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1389 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1390 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1391 a normal developer may have access.
1393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1395 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1398 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1399 step all over each other
1401 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1403 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1405 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1406 address for PGP key updates
1408 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1410 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1412 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1413 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1414 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1415 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1416 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1420 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1423 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1424 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1425 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1426 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1427 <keyring-maint> instead)
1428 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1429 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1431 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1433 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1434 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1435 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1437 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1439 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1441 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1442 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1443 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1444 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1445 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1446 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1448 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1449 tighten up the language a bit
1450 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1451 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1452 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1453 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1455 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1456 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1457 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1458 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1459 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1460 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1462 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1463 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1464 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1465 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1466 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1467 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1468 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1469 number of available packages
1470 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1471 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1473 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1475 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1477 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1480 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1482 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1484 * not officially released
1485 * more spelling corrections
1486 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1490 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1492 * not officially released
1493 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1494 * some PGP-centricity removed
1495 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1496 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1497 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1498 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1499 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1500 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1502 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1504 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1506 * not officially released
1507 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1508 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1509 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1510 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1511 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1512 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1513 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1514 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1515 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1516 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1517 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1518 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1519 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1520 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1522 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1523 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1525 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1527 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1528 take a couple of weeks
1529 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1530 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1531 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1532 excited about it and can't wait
1533 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1534 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1536 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1537 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1539 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1540 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1541 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1543 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1545 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1547 * move to 3-level version number:
1548 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1549 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1550 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1551 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1552 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1555 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1556 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1557 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1559 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1561 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1562 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1563 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1564 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1565 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1566 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1568 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1570 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1571 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1572 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1573 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1574 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1575 - "The CVS server": new section added
1576 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1578 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1579 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1580 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1581 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1582 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1583 with respect to GPG.
1584 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1585 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1586 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1587 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1588 a canonical location?)
1589 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1590 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1591 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1592 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1594 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1596 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1597 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1598 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1599 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1601 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1603 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1605 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1606 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1607 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1608 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1609 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1610 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1611 and should not be included in this Reference.
1612 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1613 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1614 maintainer tools only!
1615 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1616 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1617 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1618 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1619 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1620 * Little corrections here and there.
1621 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1622 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1625 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1627 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1629 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1630 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1631 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1633 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1634 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1635 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1636 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1637 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1638 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1639 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1640 do prior to uploading
1641 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1642 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1644 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1645 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1646 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1647 duties with respect to bugs
1648 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1649 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1650 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1652 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1653 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1654 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1655 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1656 explicit what is used to build this package
1658 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1660 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1663 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1664 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1665 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1666 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1667 * utilize the new URL tag
1668 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1671 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1673 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1675 * non-maintainer release
1676 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1677 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1678 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1679 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1680 text, it can't hurt you.)
1681 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1682 reflect this packages version number
1683 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1685 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1687 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1691 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1693 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1695 * New version numbering scheme:
1697 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1698 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1699 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1702 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1703 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1704 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1705 differ between the manuals.
1707 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1708 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1709 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1710 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1712 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1713 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1715 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1717 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1719 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1721 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1723 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1724 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1726 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1727 (as requested by James Troup)
1729 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1731 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1733 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1735 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1737 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1739 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1741 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1743 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1744 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1745 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1746 the non-maintainer release
1748 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1749 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1750 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1753 - Lots of typos fixed
1755 * Compressed SGML source code
1757 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1758 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1760 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1762 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1764 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1766 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1767 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1768 - Announcing package uploads
1769 * New section about Debian Mentors
1770 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1771 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1772 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1773 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1775 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1777 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1779 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1780 of our FTP server and the development process
1781 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1782 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1783 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1785 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1786 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1787 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1788 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1789 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1790 contacting the maintainer
1791 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1792 a new manual released soon)
1793 * Some minor changes
1794 * Include SGML source in package
1795 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1796 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1798 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1800 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1804 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200