1 developers-reference (3.4.14) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
4 * Update links from http to https where possible
7 * Drop section on goodies, point to wiki instead.
8 Closes: #751489, #586186
9 * dpkg-buildpackage now uses fakeroot automatically. Closes: #750988
10 * Drop section on debsums as this functionality is now integrated in
12 * Mention other types of checksums besides MD5. Closes: #750994
14 -- Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:43:04 -0700
16 developers-reference (3.4.13) unstable; urgency=medium
19 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/. Closes: #755515
22 * Fix typo in Vcs-Git:. Closes: #756491
23 * resources: Mention that some of the goodies also apply to DMs.
24 Thanks Philipp Kaluza for the patch. Closes: #581603
25 * Clarify type of changes accepted in NMUs. Thanks to Chris Knadle for the
26 patch! Closes: #672198
27 * Add Steam subscriptions to the list of goodies. Thanks to Paul Wise
28 for the patch. Closes: #736381
29 * Replace 'Debian GNU/Linux' with 'Debian' (except at one place). Thanks
30 to 'victory' for the patch. Closes: #708665
31 * Add pointer to debian-experimental-changes@l.d.o, where uploads to
32 experimental are sent. Thanks to Guo Yixuan for the patch! Closes: #671705
33 * Recommend git-bp instead of cvs-bp, and cowbuilder instead of pbuilder-uml.
34 Thanks to Osamu Aoki and Andreas Rönnquist for the patch! Closes: #741269
35 * Update for jessie. Thanks Fabien Givors for the patch! Closes: #719888
37 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:52:15 +0200
39 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
42 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
43 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
46 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
49 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
50 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
52 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
54 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
59 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
60 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
62 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
64 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
70 patch. Closes: #685039
71 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
72 no-longer working link.
75 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
78 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
79 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
82 [ Translation updates ]
83 * French by David Prévot.
84 * Japanese by victory.
85 * German by Chris Leick.
89 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
90 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
92 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
94 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
99 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
100 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
101 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
102 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
103 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
104 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
105 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
106 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
107 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
109 [ Translation updates ]
110 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
111 * French by David Prévot.
112 * German by Chris Leick.
115 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
117 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
119 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
122 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
123 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
124 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
125 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
126 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
127 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
128 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
131 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
132 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
134 * Translation updates (complete)
135 - French by David Prévot.
136 - German by Chris Leick.
139 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
140 * Switch to xz compression for source.
141 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
142 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
143 by texlive-xetex directly.
145 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
147 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
153 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
154 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
155 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
156 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
157 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
158 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
159 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
160 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
161 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
162 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
163 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
164 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
165 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
166 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
167 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
168 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
169 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
170 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
171 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
174 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
175 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
176 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
177 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
180 * Translation updates (all completed)
181 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
182 - German by Chris Leick.
183 - French by David Prévot.
185 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
187 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
190 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
191 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
194 * Update my email address.
195 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
196 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
197 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
198 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
199 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
200 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
203 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
205 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
211 version tracking removed that requirement.
214 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
215 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
216 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
217 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
218 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
219 needed. Closes: #619990
220 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
221 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
224 * Initial German translation.
227 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
228 * Update French translation.
229 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
230 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
231 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
234 * Update Japanese translation.
236 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
238 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
242 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
245 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
246 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
247 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
248 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
249 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
250 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
251 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
252 patch. Closes: #540231
253 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
254 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
255 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
256 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
257 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
258 for the patch. Closes: #548823
259 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
260 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
261 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
262 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
263 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
264 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
265 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
266 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
267 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
268 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
269 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
270 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
271 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
272 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
274 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
275 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
276 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
278 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
279 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
280 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
281 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
282 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
284 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
286 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
287 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
288 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
289 patch. Closes: #573110
290 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
292 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
293 multi-lines substitution variables.
296 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
297 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
298 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
299 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
300 * Activate Japanese package.
301 * Handle addendum if it exists.
303 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
305 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
307 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
308 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
310 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
312 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
314 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
315 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
317 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
319 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
321 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
322 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
323 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
324 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
325 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
326 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
327 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
328 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
329 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
330 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
331 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
332 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
333 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
334 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
335 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
336 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
337 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
338 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
339 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
340 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
341 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
342 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
344 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
346 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
349 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
353 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
354 The most important changes are:
355 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
356 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
359 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
360 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
361 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
362 distinction. Closes: #464230.
363 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
364 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
365 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
366 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
367 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
368 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
370 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
371 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
373 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
374 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
376 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
377 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
379 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
381 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
382 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
384 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
385 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
386 Closes: #512620, #510783.
388 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
390 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
393 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
394 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
395 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
396 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
397 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
398 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
399 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
400 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
402 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
404 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
407 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
408 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
409 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
410 release codenames in <literal>
411 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
412 doesn't exist anymore.
413 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
414 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
415 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
416 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
417 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
418 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
419 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
420 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
421 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
422 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
423 team before upload. Closes: #459343
424 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
425 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
426 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
427 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
428 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
429 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
430 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
432 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
433 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
435 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
436 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
437 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
438 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
439 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
440 Thomas. Closes: #485837
442 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
443 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
445 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
447 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
451 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
452 - fix debian/copyright
453 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
454 - add pdf for French version.
455 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
456 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
457 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
458 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
459 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
460 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
461 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
462 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
463 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
465 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
466 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
468 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
470 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
471 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
472 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
473 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
474 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
475 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
477 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
480 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
481 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
482 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
483 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
484 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
485 * Update information concerning Alioth.
486 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
487 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
489 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
490 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
492 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
495 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
497 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
499 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
501 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
502 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
504 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
505 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
506 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
508 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
509 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
510 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
512 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
513 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
514 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
515 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
516 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
517 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
518 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
519 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
520 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
521 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
522 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
523 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
525 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
526 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
527 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
528 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
529 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
530 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
531 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
532 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
533 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
534 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
538 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
540 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
542 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
545 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
546 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
547 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
548 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
549 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
550 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
552 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
554 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
556 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
558 - non-us discontinued.
559 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
561 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
562 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
563 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
564 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
565 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
566 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
567 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
568 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
569 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
570 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
571 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
572 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
573 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
574 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
575 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
576 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
577 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
578 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
580 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
581 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
583 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
586 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
588 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
590 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
593 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
594 - madison is on merkel.
595 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
596 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
597 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
598 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
599 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
600 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
602 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
603 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
604 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
605 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
606 - sync NM rules with reality.
608 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
610 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
612 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
615 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
616 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
617 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
618 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
619 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
620 - spelling, grammer fixes.
621 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
622 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
623 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
624 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
625 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
626 - add myself to uploaders.
627 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
628 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
629 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
630 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
631 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
632 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
633 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
634 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
635 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
636 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
637 - rewrote the NMU section, and
638 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
639 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
640 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
641 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
642 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
643 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
644 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
645 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
647 - Security uploads get urgency=high
648 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
650 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
652 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
654 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
657 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
658 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
659 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
660 - documented Alioth, somewhat
662 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
663 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
665 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
666 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
667 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
668 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
672 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
674 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
675 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
676 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
677 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
680 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
682 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
685 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
687 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
688 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
689 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
691 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
692 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
693 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
694 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
697 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
699 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
700 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
701 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
702 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
703 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
705 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
706 it clear these are special cases
707 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
709 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
711 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
713 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
716 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
717 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
719 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
721 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
723 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
726 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
728 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
729 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
730 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
732 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
733 - the synopsis formula changed to either
734 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
736 <package-name> is <synopsis>
738 <package-name> are <synopsis>
740 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
741 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
742 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
743 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
744 package; closes: #187143
746 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
748 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
751 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
752 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
754 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
756 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
757 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
758 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
759 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
760 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
761 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
762 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
763 right places in the document, closes: #172897
764 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
768 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
770 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
771 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
772 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
773 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
774 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
775 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
776 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
778 - editorial changes on material added in this version
779 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
780 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
781 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
782 closes: #139957, #108416
783 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
784 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
786 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
788 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
791 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
793 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
794 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
795 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
796 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
798 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
799 for best practices for documentation
800 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
801 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
802 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
803 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
805 - spell-checking pass
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
809 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
812 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
813 descriptions" moved under there
814 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
815 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
816 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
817 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
818 the document where these tools are discussed
819 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
820 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
821 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
822 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
823 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
824 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
826 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
827 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
828 that can be fixed by DDP folks
829 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
830 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
831 - simply PS and PDF building rules
833 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
835 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
838 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
839 section and adjusted links
840 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
842 - ChangeLog attribution updates
843 - fix typos, closes: #171781
844 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
845 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
846 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
847 for debian/rules", and write an intro
848 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
849 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
850 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
851 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
852 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
853 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
854 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
855 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
856 "Internationalization"
857 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
858 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
859 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
860 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
861 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
862 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
863 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
864 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
865 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
867 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
868 rather useless and broken
869 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
870 names and the first word
871 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
872 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
873 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
875 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
876 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
877 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
881 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
884 - DDP publishing update
886 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
887 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
888 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
889 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
891 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
893 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
896 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
897 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
898 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
900 - added myself as co-author
901 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
903 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
904 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
906 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
907 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
909 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
911 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
914 - Corrected several errors with —
915 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
916 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
917 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
918 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
919 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
920 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
921 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
923 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
924 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
925 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
926 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
927 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
928 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
929 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
930 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
931 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
933 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
934 descriptions". closes: #158609
935 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
936 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
937 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
938 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
939 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
941 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
942 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
943 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
944 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
945 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
946 - updated the mailing lists section
948 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
949 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
952 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
954 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
957 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
958 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
960 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
962 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
963 Ch "The Debian Archive"
965 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
967 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
968 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
969 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
970 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
971 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
973 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
974 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
975 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
976 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
977 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
978 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
979 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
981 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
982 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
985 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
986 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
987 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
988 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
989 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
990 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
991 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
992 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
993 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
994 work-around with <...>
995 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
996 - update copyright date
997 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
998 - spell check and grammar corrections
1002 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
1004 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
1005 recompile"; closes: #102626
1006 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
1007 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
1008 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
1009 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
1010 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
1012 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
1013 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
1014 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
1016 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
1018 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
1019 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
1020 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
1021 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1022 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
1023 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
1024 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1025 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
1026 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
1028 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1030 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1032 - updated the list of available architectures.
1033 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1034 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1035 of the package and nothing more.
1036 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1037 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1038 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1039 the use of the delayed queue.
1040 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1041 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1043 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1044 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1045 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1046 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1047 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1048 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1049 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1051 - new Sec "Documentation"
1052 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1053 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1054 "Being kind to porter" too
1055 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1056 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1057 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1058 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1059 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1061 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1062 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1065 - update French translation
1067 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1069 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1072 - some grammar corrections
1073 - update French translation
1075 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1076 anymore; closes: #135559
1077 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1079 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1081 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1082 that would be welcome)
1083 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1084 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1085 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1086 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1087 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1088 - other minor wording changes
1089 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1090 - Ch "Package uploads":
1091 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1092 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1093 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1094 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1095 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1096 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1097 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1099 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1101 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1103 * from Martin Michlmayr
1104 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1105 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1106 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1108 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1110 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1112 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1114 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1115 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1116 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1117 - minor build tweaks
1119 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1120 * from Chris Tillman
1121 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1126 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1129 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1131 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1132 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1133 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1134 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1135 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1136 talking about uploading to distributions
1137 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1138 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1139 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1141 - French translation updated
1143 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1144 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1145 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1149 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1152 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1153 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1156 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1158 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * fix a typo in a link
1162 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1163 update documentation accordingly
1165 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1166 forwarding bugs upstream
1168 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1169 entities which should be used
1170 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1171 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1173 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1175 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1178 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1179 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1180 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1182 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1187 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1191 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1192 this translation needs updating
1193 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1194 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1195 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1197 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1198 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1199 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1201 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1202 included yet, however
1204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1206 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1210 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1211 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1213 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1217 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1220 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1221 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1223 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1227 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1230 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1231 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1232 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1233 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1234 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1235 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1236 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1237 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1238 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1239 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1240 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1241 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1243 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1244 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1245 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1246 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1247 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1249 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1251 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1252 * update copyright notice for 2001
1253 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1254 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1255 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1259 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1263 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1265 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1267 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1269 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1271 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1272 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1274 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1275 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1276 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1277 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1278 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1279 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1280 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1281 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1282 could be used if necessary
1283 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1284 mention the rsync dupload method
1285 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1287 * other small corrections
1288 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1289 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1290 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1291 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1293 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1295 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1296 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1298 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1300 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1302 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1303 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1304 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1305 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1307 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1308 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1309 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1310 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1311 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1313 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1315 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1316 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1317 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1318 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1319 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1320 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1321 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1323 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1324 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1325 - added a section about the LDAP database
1326 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1327 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1329 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1330 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1332 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1334 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1336 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1337 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1338 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1340 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1341 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1342 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1343 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1344 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1345 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1346 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1347 description from developers-reference.sgml
1349 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1351 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1354 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1356 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1358 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1359 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1360 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1361 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1362 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1363 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1364 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1365 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1366 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1367 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1369 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1370 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1371 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1372 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1374 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1375 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1376 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1377 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1378 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1379 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1380 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1381 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1382 suggestion from James Troup
1383 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1384 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1385 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1386 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1389 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1391 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1393 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1394 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1398 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1400 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1401 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1402 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1403 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1404 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1405 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1406 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1408 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1410 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1412 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1413 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1414 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1415 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1416 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1417 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1419 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1420 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1422 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1424 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1426 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1428 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1430 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1431 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1432 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1433 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1434 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1436 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1437 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1438 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1439 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1441 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1442 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1443 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1444 a normal developer may have access.
1446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1448 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1450 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1451 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1452 step all over each other
1454 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1456 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1458 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1459 address for PGP key updates
1461 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1463 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1466 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1467 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1468 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1469 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1473 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1475 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1476 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1477 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1478 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1479 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1480 <keyring-maint> instead)
1481 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1482 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1484 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1486 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1487 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1488 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1490 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1492 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1494 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1495 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1496 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1497 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1498 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1499 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1501 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1502 tighten up the language a bit
1503 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1504 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1505 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1506 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1508 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1509 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1510 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1511 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1512 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1513 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1515 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1516 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1517 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1518 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1519 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1520 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1521 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1522 number of available packages
1523 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1524 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1528 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1535 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1537 * not officially released
1538 * more spelling corrections
1539 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1541 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1543 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1545 * not officially released
1546 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1547 * some PGP-centricity removed
1548 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1549 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1550 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1551 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1552 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1553 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1555 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1557 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1559 * not officially released
1560 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1561 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1562 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1563 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1564 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1565 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1566 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1567 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1568 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1569 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1570 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1571 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1572 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1573 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1575 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1576 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1578 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1580 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1581 take a couple of weeks
1582 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1583 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1584 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1585 excited about it and can't wait
1586 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1587 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1589 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1590 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1592 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1593 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1594 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1596 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1598 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1600 * move to 3-level version number:
1601 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1602 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1603 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1604 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1605 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1608 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1609 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1610 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1612 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1614 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1615 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1616 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1617 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1618 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1619 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1621 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1623 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1624 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1625 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1626 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1627 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1628 - "The CVS server": new section added
1629 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1631 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1632 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1633 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1634 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1635 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1636 with respect to GPG.
1637 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1638 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1639 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1640 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1641 a canonical location?)
1642 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1643 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1644 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1645 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1647 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1649 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1650 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1651 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1652 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1654 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1656 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1658 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1659 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1660 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1661 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1662 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1663 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1664 and should not be included in this Reference.
1665 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1666 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1667 maintainer tools only!
1668 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1669 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1670 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1671 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1672 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1673 * Little corrections here and there.
1674 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1675 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1678 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1680 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1682 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1683 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1684 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1686 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1687 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1688 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1689 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1690 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1691 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1692 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1693 do prior to uploading
1694 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1695 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1697 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1698 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1699 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1700 duties with respect to bugs
1701 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1702 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1703 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1705 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1706 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1707 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1708 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1709 explicit what is used to build this package
1711 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1713 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1716 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1717 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1718 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1719 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1720 * utilize the new URL tag
1721 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1724 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1726 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1728 * non-maintainer release
1729 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1730 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1731 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1732 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1733 text, it can't hurt you.)
1734 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1735 reflect this packages version number
1736 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1738 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1740 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1744 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1746 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1748 * New version numbering scheme:
1750 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1751 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1752 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1755 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1756 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1757 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1758 differ between the manuals.
1760 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1761 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1762 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1763 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1765 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1766 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1768 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1770 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1772 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1774 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1776 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1777 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1779 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1780 (as requested by James Troup)
1782 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1784 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1786 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1788 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1790 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1792 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1794 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1796 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1797 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1798 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1799 the non-maintainer release
1801 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1802 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1803 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1806 - Lots of typos fixed
1808 * Compressed SGML source code
1810 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1811 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1813 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1815 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1817 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1819 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1820 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1821 - Announcing package uploads
1822 * New section about Debian Mentors
1823 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1824 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1825 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1826 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1828 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1830 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1832 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1833 of our FTP server and the development process
1834 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1835 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1836 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1838 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1839 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1840 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1841 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1842 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1843 contacting the maintainer
1844 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1845 a new manual released soon)
1846 * Some minor changes
1847 * Include SGML source in package
1848 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1849 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1851 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1853 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1857 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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