1 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
6 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
7 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
8 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
9 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
10 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
11 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
12 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
13 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
14 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
16 [ Translation updates ]
17 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
18 * French by David Prévot.
19 * German by Chris Leick.
22 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
24 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
26 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
30 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
31 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
32 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
33 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
34 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
35 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
38 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
39 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
41 * Translation updates (complete)
42 - French by David Prévot.
43 - German by Chris Leick.
46 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
47 * Switch to xz compression for source.
48 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
49 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
50 by texlive-xetex directly.
52 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
54 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
59 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
60 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
61 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
62 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
63 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
64 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
65 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
66 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
67 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
68 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
69 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
70 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
71 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
72 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
73 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
74 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
75 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
76 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
77 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
78 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
81 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
82 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
83 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
84 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
87 * Translation updates (all completed)
88 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
89 - German by Chris Leick.
90 - French by David Prévot.
92 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
94 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
97 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
98 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
101 * Update my email address.
102 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
103 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
104 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
105 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
106 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
107 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
110 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
112 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
117 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
118 version tracking removed that requirement.
121 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
122 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
123 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
124 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
125 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
126 needed. Closes: #619990
127 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
128 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
131 * Initial German translation.
134 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
135 * Update French translation.
136 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
137 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
138 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
141 * Update Japanese translation.
143 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
145 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
148 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
149 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
152 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
153 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
154 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
155 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
156 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
157 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
158 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
159 patch. Closes: #540231
160 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
161 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
162 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
163 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
164 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
165 for the patch. Closes: #548823
166 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
167 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
168 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
169 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
170 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
171 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
172 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
173 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
174 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
175 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
176 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
177 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
178 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
179 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
181 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
182 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
183 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
185 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
186 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
187 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
188 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
189 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
191 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
193 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
194 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
195 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
196 patch. Closes: #573110
197 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
199 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
200 multi-lines substitution variables.
203 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
204 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
205 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
206 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
207 * Activate Japanese package.
208 * Handle addendum if it exists.
210 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
212 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
214 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
215 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
217 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
219 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
221 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
222 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
224 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
226 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
228 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
229 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
230 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
231 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
232 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
233 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
234 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
235 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
236 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
237 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
238 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
239 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
240 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
241 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
242 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
243 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
244 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
245 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
246 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
247 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
248 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
249 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
251 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
253 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
256 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
260 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
261 The most important changes are:
262 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
263 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
266 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
267 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
268 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
269 distinction. Closes: #464230.
270 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
271 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
272 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
273 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
274 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
275 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
277 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
278 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
280 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
281 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
283 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
284 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
286 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
288 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
289 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
291 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
292 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
293 Closes: #512620, #510783.
295 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
297 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
300 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
301 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
302 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
303 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
304 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
305 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
306 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
307 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
309 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
311 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
314 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
315 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
316 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
317 release codenames in <literal>
318 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
319 doesn't exist anymore.
320 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
321 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
322 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
323 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
324 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
325 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
326 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
327 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
328 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
329 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
330 team before upload. Closes: #459343
331 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
332 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
333 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
334 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
335 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
336 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
337 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
339 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
340 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
342 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
343 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
344 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
345 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
346 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
347 Thomas. Closes: #485837
349 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
350 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
352 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
354 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
358 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
359 - fix debian/copyright
360 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
361 - add pdf for French version.
362 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
363 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
364 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
365 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
366 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
367 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
368 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
369 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
370 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
372 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
373 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
375 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
377 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
378 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
379 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
380 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
381 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
382 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
384 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
387 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
388 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
389 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
390 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
391 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
392 * Update information concerning Alioth.
393 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
394 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
396 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
397 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
399 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
402 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
404 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
406 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
408 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
409 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
411 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
412 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
413 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
415 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
416 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
417 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
419 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
420 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
421 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
422 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
423 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
424 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
425 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
426 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
427 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
428 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
429 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
430 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
432 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
433 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
434 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
435 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
436 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
437 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
438 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
439 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
440 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
441 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
445 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
447 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
449 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
452 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
453 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
454 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
455 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
456 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
457 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
459 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
461 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
463 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
465 - non-us discontinued.
466 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
468 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
469 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
470 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
471 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
472 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
473 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
474 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
475 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
476 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
477 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
478 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
479 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
480 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
481 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
482 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
483 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
484 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
485 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
487 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
488 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
490 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
493 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
495 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
497 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
500 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
501 - madison is on merkel.
502 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
503 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
504 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
505 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
506 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
507 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
509 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
510 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
511 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
512 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
513 - sync NM rules with reality.
515 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
517 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
519 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
522 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
523 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
524 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
525 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
526 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
527 - spelling, grammer fixes.
528 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
529 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
530 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
531 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
532 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
533 - add myself to uploaders.
534 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
535 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
536 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
537 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
538 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
539 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
540 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
541 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
542 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
543 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
544 - rewrote the NMU section, and
545 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
546 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
547 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
548 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
549 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
550 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
551 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
552 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
554 - Security uploads get urgency=high
555 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
557 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
559 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
561 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
564 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
565 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
566 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
567 - documented Alioth, somewhat
569 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
570 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
572 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
573 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
574 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
575 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
579 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
581 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
582 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
583 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
584 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
587 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
589 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
592 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
594 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
595 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
596 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
598 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
599 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
600 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
601 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
604 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
606 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
607 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
608 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
609 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
610 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
612 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
613 it clear these are special cases
614 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
616 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
620 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
623 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
624 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
626 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
628 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
630 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
633 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
635 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
636 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
637 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
639 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
640 - the synopsis formula changed to either
641 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
643 <package-name> is <synopsis>
645 <package-name> are <synopsis>
647 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
648 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
649 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
650 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
651 package; closes: #187143
653 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
655 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
658 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
659 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
661 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
663 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
664 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
665 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
666 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
667 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
668 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
669 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
670 right places in the document, closes: #172897
671 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
675 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
677 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
678 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
679 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
680 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
681 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
682 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
683 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
685 - editorial changes on material added in this version
686 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
687 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
688 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
689 closes: #139957, #108416
690 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
691 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
693 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
695 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
698 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
700 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
701 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
702 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
703 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
705 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
706 for best practices for documentation
707 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
708 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
709 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
710 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
712 - spell-checking pass
714 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
716 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
719 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
720 descriptions" moved under there
721 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
722 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
723 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
724 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
725 the document where these tools are discussed
726 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
727 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
728 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
729 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
730 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
731 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
733 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
734 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
735 that can be fixed by DDP folks
736 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
737 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
738 - simply PS and PDF building rules
740 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
742 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
745 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
746 section and adjusted links
747 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
749 - ChangeLog attribution updates
750 - fix typos, closes: #171781
751 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
752 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
753 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
754 for debian/rules", and write an intro
755 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
756 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
757 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
758 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
759 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
760 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
761 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
762 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
763 "Internationalization"
764 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
765 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
766 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
767 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
768 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
769 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
770 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
771 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
772 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
774 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
775 rather useless and broken
776 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
777 names and the first word
778 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
779 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
780 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
782 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
783 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
784 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
786 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
788 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
791 - DDP publishing update
793 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
794 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
795 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
796 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
798 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
800 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
803 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
804 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
805 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
807 - added myself as co-author
808 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
810 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
811 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
813 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
814 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
816 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
818 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
821 - Corrected several errors with —
822 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
823 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
824 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
825 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
826 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
827 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
828 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
830 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
831 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
832 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
833 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
834 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
835 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
836 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
837 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
838 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
840 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
841 descriptions". closes: #158609
842 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
843 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
844 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
845 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
846 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
848 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
849 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
850 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
851 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
852 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
853 - updated the mailing lists section
855 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
856 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
861 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
864 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
865 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
867 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
869 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
870 Ch "The Debian Archive"
872 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
874 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
875 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
876 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
877 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
878 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
880 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
881 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
882 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
883 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
884 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
885 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
886 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
888 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
889 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
892 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
893 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
894 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
895 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
896 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
897 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
898 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
899 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
900 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
901 work-around with <...>
902 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
903 - update copyright date
904 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
905 - spell check and grammar corrections
909 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
911 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
912 recompile"; closes: #102626
913 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
914 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
915 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
916 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
917 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
919 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
920 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
921 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
923 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
925 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
926 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
927 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
928 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
929 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
930 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
931 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
932 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
933 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
935 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
937 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
939 - updated the list of available architectures.
940 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
941 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
942 of the package and nothing more.
943 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
944 any pain to the ftpmasters.
945 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
946 the use of the delayed queue.
947 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
948 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
950 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
951 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
952 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
953 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
954 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
955 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
956 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
958 - new Sec "Documentation"
959 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
960 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
961 "Being kind to porter" too
962 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
963 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
964 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
965 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
966 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
968 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
969 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
972 - update French translation
974 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
976 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
979 - some grammar corrections
980 - update French translation
982 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
983 anymore; closes: #135559
984 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
986 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
988 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
989 that would be welcome)
990 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
991 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
992 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
993 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
994 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
995 - other minor wording changes
996 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
997 - Ch "Package uploads":
998 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
999 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1000 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1001 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1002 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1003 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1004 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1006 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1008 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * from Martin Michlmayr
1011 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1012 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1013 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1015 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1017 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1019 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1021 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1022 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1023 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1024 - minor build tweaks
1026 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1027 * from Chris Tillman
1028 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1031 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1033 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1036 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1038 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1039 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1040 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1041 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1042 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1043 talking about uploading to distributions
1044 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1045 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1046 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1048 - French translation updated
1050 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1051 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1052 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1054 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1056 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1059 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1060 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1065 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * fix a typo in a link
1069 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1070 update documentation accordingly
1072 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1073 forwarding bugs upstream
1075 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1076 entities which should be used
1077 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1078 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1080 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1082 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1085 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1086 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1087 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1089 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1092 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1094 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1098 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1099 this translation needs updating
1100 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1101 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1102 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1104 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1105 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1106 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1108 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1109 included yet, however
1111 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1113 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1115 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1117 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1118 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1120 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1124 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1127 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1128 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1130 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1134 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1137 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1138 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1139 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1140 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1141 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1142 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1143 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1144 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1145 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1146 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1147 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1148 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1150 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1151 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1152 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1153 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1154 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1156 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1158 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1159 * update copyright notice for 2001
1160 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1161 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1162 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1164 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1166 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1170 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1172 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1174 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1176 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1179 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1181 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1182 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1183 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1184 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1185 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1186 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1187 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1188 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1189 could be used if necessary
1190 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1191 mention the rsync dupload method
1192 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1194 * other small corrections
1195 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1196 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1197 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1198 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1200 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1202 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1203 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1207 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1209 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1210 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1211 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1212 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1214 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1215 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1216 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1217 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1218 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1220 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1222 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1223 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1224 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1225 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1226 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1227 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1228 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1230 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1231 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1232 - added a section about the LDAP database
1233 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1234 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1236 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1237 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1239 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1241 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1243 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1244 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1245 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1247 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1248 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1249 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1250 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1251 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1252 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1253 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1254 description from developers-reference.sgml
1256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1258 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1261 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1263 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1265 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1266 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1267 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1268 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1269 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1270 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1271 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1272 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1273 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1274 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1276 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1277 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1278 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1279 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1281 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1282 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1283 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1284 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1285 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1286 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1287 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1288 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1289 suggestion from James Troup
1290 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1291 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1292 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1293 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1296 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1298 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1300 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1301 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1303 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1305 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1307 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1308 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1309 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1310 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1311 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1312 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1313 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1315 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1317 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1320 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1321 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1322 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1323 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1324 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1326 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1327 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1329 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1331 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1333 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1337 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1338 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1339 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1340 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1341 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1343 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1344 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1345 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1346 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1348 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1349 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1350 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1351 a normal developer may have access.
1353 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1355 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1357 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1358 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1359 step all over each other
1361 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1363 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1365 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1366 address for PGP key updates
1368 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1370 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1373 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1374 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1375 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1376 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1378 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1380 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1382 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1383 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1384 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1385 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1386 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1387 <keyring-maint> instead)
1388 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1389 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1391 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1393 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1394 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1395 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1397 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1399 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1401 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1402 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1403 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1404 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1405 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1406 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1408 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1409 tighten up the language a bit
1410 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1411 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1412 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1413 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1415 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1416 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1417 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1418 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1419 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1420 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1422 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1423 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1424 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1425 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1426 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1427 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1428 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1429 number of available packages
1430 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1431 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1433 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1435 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1440 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1442 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1444 * not officially released
1445 * more spelling corrections
1446 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1448 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1450 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1452 * not officially released
1453 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1454 * some PGP-centricity removed
1455 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1456 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1457 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1458 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1459 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1460 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1462 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1464 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1466 * not officially released
1467 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1468 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1469 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1470 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1471 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1472 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1473 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1474 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1475 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1476 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1477 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1478 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1479 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1480 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1482 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1483 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1485 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1487 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1488 take a couple of weeks
1489 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1490 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1491 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1492 excited about it and can't wait
1493 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1494 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1496 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1497 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1499 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1500 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1501 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1503 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1505 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1507 * move to 3-level version number:
1508 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1509 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1510 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1511 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1512 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1515 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1516 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1517 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1519 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1521 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1522 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1523 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1524 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1525 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1526 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1528 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1530 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1531 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1532 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1533 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1534 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1535 - "The CVS server": new section added
1536 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1538 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1539 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1540 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1541 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1542 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1543 with respect to GPG.
1544 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1545 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1546 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1547 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1548 a canonical location?)
1549 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1550 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1551 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1552 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1554 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1556 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1557 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1558 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1559 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1561 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1563 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1565 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1566 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1567 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1568 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1569 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1570 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1571 and should not be included in this Reference.
1572 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1573 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1574 maintainer tools only!
1575 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1576 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1577 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1578 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1579 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1580 * Little corrections here and there.
1581 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1582 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1585 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1587 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1589 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1590 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1591 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1593 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1594 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1595 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1596 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1597 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1598 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1599 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1600 do prior to uploading
1601 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1602 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1604 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1605 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1606 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1607 duties with respect to bugs
1608 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1609 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1610 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1612 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1613 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1614 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1615 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1616 explicit what is used to build this package
1618 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1620 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1623 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1624 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1625 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1626 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1627 * utilize the new URL tag
1628 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1631 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1633 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1635 * non-maintainer release
1636 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1637 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1638 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1639 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1640 text, it can't hurt you.)
1641 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1642 reflect this packages version number
1643 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1645 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1647 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1651 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1653 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1655 * New version numbering scheme:
1657 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1658 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1659 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1662 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1663 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1664 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1665 differ between the manuals.
1667 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1668 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1669 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1670 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1672 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1673 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1675 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1677 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1679 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1681 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1683 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1684 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1686 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1687 (as requested by James Troup)
1689 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1691 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1693 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1695 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1697 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1699 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1701 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1703 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1704 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1705 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1706 the non-maintainer release
1708 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1709 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1710 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1713 - Lots of typos fixed
1715 * Compressed SGML source code
1717 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1718 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1720 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1722 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1724 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1726 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1727 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1728 - Announcing package uploads
1729 * New section about Debian Mentors
1730 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1731 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1732 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1733 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1735 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1737 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1739 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1740 of our FTP server and the development process
1741 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1742 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1743 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1745 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1746 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1747 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1748 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1749 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1750 contacting the maintainer
1751 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1752 a new manual released soon)
1753 * Some minor changes
1754 * Include SGML source in package
1755 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1756 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1758 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1760 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1764 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200