1 developers-reference (3.4.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
6 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
7 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
8 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
9 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
10 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
11 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
12 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
15 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
16 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
18 -- Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:54:05 +0900
20 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
25 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
26 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
27 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
28 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
29 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
30 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
31 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
32 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
33 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
34 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
35 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
36 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
37 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
38 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
39 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
40 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
41 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
42 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
43 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
44 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
47 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
48 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
49 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
50 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
53 * Translation updates (all completed)
54 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
55 - German by Chris Leick.
56 - French by David Prévot.
58 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
60 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
64 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
67 * Update my email address.
68 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
69 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
70 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
71 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
72 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
73 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
76 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
78 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
83 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
84 version tracking removed that requirement.
87 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
88 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
89 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
90 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
91 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
92 needed. Closes: #619990
93 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
94 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
97 * Initial German translation.
100 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
101 * Update French translation.
102 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
103 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
104 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
107 * Update Japanese translation.
109 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
111 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
114 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
115 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
118 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
119 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
120 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
121 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
122 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
123 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
124 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
125 patch. Closes: #540231
126 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
127 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
128 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
129 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
130 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
131 for the patch. Closes: #548823
132 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
133 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
134 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
135 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
136 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
137 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
138 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
139 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
140 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
141 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
142 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
143 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
144 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
145 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
147 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
148 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
149 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
151 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
152 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
153 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
154 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
155 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
157 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
159 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
160 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
161 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
162 patch. Closes: #573110
163 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
165 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
166 multi-lines substitution variables.
169 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
170 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
171 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
172 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
173 * Activate Japanese package.
174 * Handle addendum if it exists.
176 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
178 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
181 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
183 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
185 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
187 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
188 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
190 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
192 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
195 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
196 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
197 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
198 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
199 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
200 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
201 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
202 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
203 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
204 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
205 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
206 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
207 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
208 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
209 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
210 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
211 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
212 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
213 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
214 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
215 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
217 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
219 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
226 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
227 The most important changes are:
228 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
229 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
232 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
233 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
234 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
235 distinction. Closes: #464230.
236 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
237 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
238 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
239 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
240 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
241 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
243 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
244 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
246 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
247 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
249 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
250 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
252 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
254 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
255 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
257 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
258 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
259 Closes: #512620, #510783.
261 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
263 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
266 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
267 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
268 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
269 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
270 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
271 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
272 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
273 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
275 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
277 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
280 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
281 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
282 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
283 release codenames in <literal>
284 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
285 doesn't exist anymore.
286 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
287 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
288 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
289 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
290 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
291 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
292 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
293 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
294 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
295 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
296 team before upload. Closes: #459343
297 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
298 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
299 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
300 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
301 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
302 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
303 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
305 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
306 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
308 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
309 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
310 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
311 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
312 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
313 Thomas. Closes: #485837
315 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
316 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
318 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
320 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
324 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
325 - fix debian/copyright
326 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
327 - add pdf for French version.
328 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
329 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
330 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
331 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
332 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
333 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
334 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
335 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
336 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
338 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
339 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
341 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
343 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
344 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
345 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
346 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
347 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
348 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
350 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
353 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
354 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
355 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
356 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
357 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
358 * Update information concerning Alioth.
359 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
360 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
362 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
363 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
365 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
368 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
370 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
372 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
374 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
375 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
377 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
378 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
379 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
381 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
382 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
383 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
385 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
386 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
387 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
388 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
389 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
390 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
391 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
392 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
393 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
394 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
395 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
396 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
398 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
399 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
400 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
401 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
402 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
403 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
404 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
405 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
406 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
407 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
411 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
413 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
415 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
418 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
419 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
420 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
421 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
422 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
423 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
425 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
427 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
429 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
431 - non-us discontinued.
432 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
434 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
435 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
436 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
437 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
438 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
439 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
440 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
441 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
442 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
443 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
444 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
445 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
446 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
447 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
448 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
449 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
450 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
451 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
453 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
454 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
456 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
459 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
461 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
463 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
466 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
467 - madison is on merkel.
468 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
469 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
470 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
471 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
472 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
473 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
475 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
476 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
477 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
478 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
479 - sync NM rules with reality.
481 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
483 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
485 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
488 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
489 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
490 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
491 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
492 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
493 - spelling, grammer fixes.
494 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
495 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
496 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
497 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
498 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
499 - add myself to uploaders.
500 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
501 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
502 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
503 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
504 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
505 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
506 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
507 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
508 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
509 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
510 - rewrote the NMU section, and
511 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
512 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
513 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
514 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
515 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
516 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
517 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
518 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
520 - Security uploads get urgency=high
521 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
523 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
525 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
527 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
530 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
531 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
532 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
533 - documented Alioth, somewhat
535 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
536 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
538 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
539 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
540 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
541 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
545 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
547 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
548 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
549 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
550 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
555 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
558 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
560 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
561 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
562 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
564 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
565 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
566 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
567 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
570 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
572 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
573 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
574 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
575 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
576 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
578 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
579 it clear these are special cases
580 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
582 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
584 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
586 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
589 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
590 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
592 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
594 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
596 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
599 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
601 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
602 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
603 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
605 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
606 - the synopsis formula changed to either
607 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
609 <package-name> is <synopsis>
611 <package-name> are <synopsis>
613 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
614 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
615 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
616 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
617 package; closes: #187143
619 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
621 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
624 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
625 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
627 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
629 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
630 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
631 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
632 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
633 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
634 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
635 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
636 right places in the document, closes: #172897
637 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
641 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
643 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
644 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
645 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
646 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
647 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
648 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
649 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
651 - editorial changes on material added in this version
652 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
653 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
654 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
655 closes: #139957, #108416
656 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
657 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
659 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
661 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
664 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
666 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
667 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
668 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
669 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
671 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
672 for best practices for documentation
673 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
674 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
675 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
676 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
678 - spell-checking pass
680 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
682 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
685 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
686 descriptions" moved under there
687 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
688 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
689 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
690 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
691 the document where these tools are discussed
692 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
693 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
694 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
695 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
696 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
697 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
699 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
700 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
701 that can be fixed by DDP folks
702 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
703 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
704 - simply PS and PDF building rules
706 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
708 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
711 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
712 section and adjusted links
713 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
715 - ChangeLog attribution updates
716 - fix typos, closes: #171781
717 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
718 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
719 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
720 for debian/rules", and write an intro
721 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
722 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
723 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
724 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
725 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
726 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
727 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
728 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
729 "Internationalization"
730 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
731 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
732 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
733 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
734 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
735 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
736 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
737 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
738 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
740 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
741 rather useless and broken
742 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
743 names and the first word
744 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
745 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
746 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
748 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
749 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
750 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
752 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
754 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
757 - DDP publishing update
759 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
760 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
761 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
762 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
764 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
766 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
769 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
770 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
771 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
773 - added myself as co-author
774 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
776 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
777 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
779 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
780 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
784 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
787 - Corrected several errors with —
788 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
789 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
790 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
791 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
792 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
793 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
794 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
796 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
797 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
798 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
799 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
800 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
801 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
802 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
803 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
804 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
806 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
807 descriptions". closes: #158609
808 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
809 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
810 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
811 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
812 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
814 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
815 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
816 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
817 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
818 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
819 - updated the mailing lists section
821 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
822 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
825 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
827 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
830 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
831 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
833 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
835 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
836 Ch "The Debian Archive"
838 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
840 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
841 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
842 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
843 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
844 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
846 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
847 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
848 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
849 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
850 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
851 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
852 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
854 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
855 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
858 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
859 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
860 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
861 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
862 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
863 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
864 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
865 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
866 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
867 work-around with <...>
868 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
869 - update copyright date
870 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
871 - spell check and grammar corrections
875 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
877 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
878 recompile"; closes: #102626
879 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
880 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
881 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
882 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
883 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
885 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
886 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
887 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
889 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
891 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
892 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
893 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
894 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
895 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
896 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
897 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
898 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
899 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
901 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
903 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
905 - updated the list of available architectures.
906 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
907 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
908 of the package and nothing more.
909 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
910 any pain to the ftpmasters.
911 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
912 the use of the delayed queue.
913 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
914 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
916 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
917 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
918 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
919 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
920 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
921 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
922 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
924 - new Sec "Documentation"
925 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
926 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
927 "Being kind to porter" too
928 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
929 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
930 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
931 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
932 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
934 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
935 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
938 - update French translation
940 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
942 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
945 - some grammar corrections
946 - update French translation
948 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
949 anymore; closes: #135559
950 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
952 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
954 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
955 that would be welcome)
956 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
957 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
958 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
959 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
960 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
961 - other minor wording changes
962 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
963 - Ch "Package uploads":
964 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
965 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
966 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
967 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
968 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
969 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
970 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
972 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
974 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
976 * from Martin Michlmayr
977 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
978 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
979 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
981 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
983 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
985 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
987 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
988 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
989 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
992 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
994 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
997 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
999 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1002 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1004 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1005 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1006 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1007 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1008 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1009 talking about uploading to distributions
1010 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1011 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1012 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1014 - French translation updated
1016 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1017 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1018 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1020 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1022 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1025 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1026 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1029 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1031 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * fix a typo in a link
1035 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1036 update documentation accordingly
1038 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1039 forwarding bugs upstream
1041 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1042 entities which should be used
1043 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1044 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1046 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1048 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1050 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1051 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1052 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1053 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1055 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1058 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1060 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1064 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1065 this translation needs updating
1066 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1067 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1068 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1070 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1071 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1072 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1074 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1075 included yet, however
1077 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1079 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1083 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1084 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1086 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1088 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1090 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1092 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1093 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1094 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1096 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1098 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1100 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1103 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1104 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1105 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1106 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1107 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1108 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1109 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1110 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1111 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1112 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1113 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1114 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1116 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1117 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1118 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1119 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1120 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1122 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1124 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1125 * update copyright notice for 2001
1126 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1127 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1128 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1130 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1132 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1134 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1136 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1138 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1140 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1142 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1145 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1147 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1148 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1149 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1150 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1151 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1152 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1153 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1154 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1155 could be used if necessary
1156 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1157 mention the rsync dupload method
1158 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1160 * other small corrections
1161 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1162 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1163 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1164 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1166 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1168 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1169 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1171 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1173 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1175 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1176 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1177 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1178 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1180 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1181 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1182 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1183 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1184 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1186 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1188 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1189 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1190 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1191 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1192 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1193 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1194 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1196 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1197 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1198 - added a section about the LDAP database
1199 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1200 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1202 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1203 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1207 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1210 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1211 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1213 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1214 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1215 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1216 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1217 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1218 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1219 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1220 description from developers-reference.sgml
1222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1224 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1227 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1229 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1231 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1232 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1233 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1234 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1235 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1236 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1237 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1238 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1239 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1240 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1242 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1243 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1244 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1245 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1247 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1248 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1249 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1250 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1251 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1252 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1253 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1254 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1255 suggestion from James Troup
1256 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1257 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1258 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1259 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1262 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1264 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1266 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1267 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1271 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1274 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1275 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1276 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1277 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1278 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1279 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1281 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1283 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1285 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1286 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1287 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1288 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1289 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1290 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1292 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1293 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1295 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1299 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1301 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1303 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1304 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1305 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1306 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1307 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1309 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1310 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1311 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1312 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1314 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1315 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1316 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1317 a normal developer may have access.
1319 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1321 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1324 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1325 step all over each other
1327 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1329 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1331 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1332 address for PGP key updates
1334 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1336 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1338 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1339 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1340 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1341 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1342 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1344 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1346 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1349 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1350 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1351 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1352 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1353 <keyring-maint> instead)
1354 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1355 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1357 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1359 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1360 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1361 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1363 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1365 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1367 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1368 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1369 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1370 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1371 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1372 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1374 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1375 tighten up the language a bit
1376 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1377 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1378 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1379 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1381 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1382 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1383 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1384 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1385 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1386 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1388 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1389 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1390 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1391 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1392 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1393 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1394 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1395 number of available packages
1396 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1397 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1399 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1401 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1403 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1406 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1408 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1410 * not officially released
1411 * more spelling corrections
1412 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1414 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1416 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * not officially released
1419 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1420 * some PGP-centricity removed
1421 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1422 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1423 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1424 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1425 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1426 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1430 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1432 * not officially released
1433 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1434 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1435 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1436 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1437 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1438 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1439 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1440 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1441 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1442 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1443 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1444 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1445 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1446 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1448 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1449 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1451 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1453 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1454 take a couple of weeks
1455 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1456 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1457 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1458 excited about it and can't wait
1459 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1460 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1462 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1463 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1465 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1466 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1467 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1469 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1471 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1473 * move to 3-level version number:
1474 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1475 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1476 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1477 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1478 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1481 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1482 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1483 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1485 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1487 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1488 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1489 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1490 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1491 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1492 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1494 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1496 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1497 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1498 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1499 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1500 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1501 - "The CVS server": new section added
1502 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1504 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1505 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1506 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1507 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1508 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1509 with respect to GPG.
1510 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1511 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1512 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1513 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1514 a canonical location?)
1515 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1516 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1517 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1518 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1520 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1522 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1523 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1524 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1525 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1527 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1529 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1531 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1532 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1533 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1534 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1535 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1536 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1537 and should not be included in this Reference.
1538 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1539 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1540 maintainer tools only!
1541 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1542 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1543 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1544 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1545 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1546 * Little corrections here and there.
1547 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1548 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1551 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1553 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1555 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1556 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1557 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1559 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1560 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1561 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1562 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1563 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1564 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1565 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1566 do prior to uploading
1567 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1568 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1570 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1571 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1572 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1573 duties with respect to bugs
1574 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1575 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1576 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1578 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1579 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1580 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1581 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1582 explicit what is used to build this package
1584 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1586 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1589 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1590 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1591 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1592 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1593 * utilize the new URL tag
1594 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1597 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1599 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1601 * non-maintainer release
1602 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1603 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1604 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1605 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1606 text, it can't hurt you.)
1607 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1608 reflect this packages version number
1609 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1611 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1613 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1617 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1619 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1621 * New version numbering scheme:
1623 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1624 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1625 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1628 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1629 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1630 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1631 differ between the manuals.
1633 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1634 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1635 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1636 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1638 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1639 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1641 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1643 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1645 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1647 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1649 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1650 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1652 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1653 (as requested by James Troup)
1655 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1657 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1659 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1661 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1663 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1665 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1667 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1669 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1670 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1671 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1672 the non-maintainer release
1674 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1675 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1676 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1679 - Lots of typos fixed
1681 * Compressed SGML source code
1683 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1684 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1686 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1688 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1690 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1692 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1693 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1694 - Announcing package uploads
1695 * New section about Debian Mentors
1696 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1697 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1698 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1699 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1701 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1703 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1705 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1706 of our FTP server and the development process
1707 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1708 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1709 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1711 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1712 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1713 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1714 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1715 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1716 contacting the maintainer
1717 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1718 a new manual released soon)
1719 * Some minor changes
1720 * Include SGML source in package
1721 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1722 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1724 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1726 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1730 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200