1 2002-12-09 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/changelog (1.122): prepare 3.2.1
5 2002-12-09 03:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
7 * Makefile (1.21): use the debiandoc2* tools for PS and PDF
10 2002-12-09 02:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
12 * debian/rules (1.35): stop shipping SGML source, what's the point,
13 this is a binary pkg, the SGML doesn't have the proper build
14 depends, you can't build it in those dirs anyway -- much better to
15 do 'apt-get source developers-reference'
17 2002-12-09 02:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
19 * debian/rules (1.34): eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure
20 it's not needed now with the DDP builder process, or if it is
21 needed, it's a probably that can be fixed by DDP folks
23 2002-12-09 02:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
25 * common.ent (1.46), developers-reference.sgml (1.150): - Sec
26 "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
27 descriptions" moved under there
28 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
29 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
30 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized
32 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other
34 the document where these tools are discussed
35 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
36 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder,
38 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
39 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to
41 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
42 - README-contrib added giving information for authors,
46 2002-12-09 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
48 * README-contrib (1.1): readme for contributores, including
51 2002-12-08 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
53 * developers-reference.sgml (1.149): Internationalized
54 documentation had the wrong sectional capitalization
56 2002-12-07 02:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
58 * ChangeLog (1.11): update for next release
60 2002-12-07 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
62 * debian/changelog (1.121): all my recent changes, and call it
65 2002-12-07 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
67 * common.ent (1.45), developers-reference.sgml (1.148): Sec "Best
68 practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit here to
69 Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include a POSIX
70 shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
73 2002-12-07 01:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
75 * Makefile (1.20): validation suffix rule now requires version.ent
77 2002-12-07 01:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
79 * developers-reference.sgml (1.147): remove debget from tools
80 section, add notes on more tools to document
82 2002-12-07 01:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
84 * debian/prerm (1.5): don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX,
85 hardcode /usr/sbin/install-docs
87 2002-12-07 01:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
89 * debian/postinst (1.6): why even have a case stmt -- strip it down
92 2002-12-07 01:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
94 * debian/rules (1.33): produce md5sums file; break out a 'test'
97 2002-12-07 01:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
99 * debian/postinst (1.5): move configure stuff under configure case;
100 don't make usr/doc symlink
102 2002-12-06 15:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
104 * common.ent (1.44), developers-reference.sgml (1.146): - Sec
105 "Common situations" renamed to "Common packaging situations" - Sec
106 "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
107 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages - Sec "Writing
108 useful descriptions" heavily edited
110 2002-12-06 05:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
112 * translation-status (1.4): damn cvs keywords, inhibit
114 2002-12-06 05:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
116 * developers-reference.sgml (1.145): - Ch "Packaging Practices"
117 rewritten intro - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to
118 "Best Practices for debian/rules", and write an intro - Sec
119 "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving arguments
120 for and against debhelper, mostly for :) - Sec "Package with
121 multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source versus patching at
122 build time" and rewritten - Sec "Multiple binary packages"
123 rewritten - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
124 "Internationalization" section, and some edits - Sec
125 "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
126 "Internationalization" - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed
127 to "Common Situations" - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake"
128 rewritten - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in
131 2002-12-06 05:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
133 * translation-status (1.3): retab, no content changes
135 2002-12-06 04:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
137 * translation-status (1.2): adapt script to local context, strip
138 out useless -V option too
140 2002-12-06 04:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
142 * common.ent (1.43): doc-check reference for best-practices, doc
145 2002-12-06 04:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
147 * developers-reference.desc (1.11): expand the doc-base abstract
150 2002-12-06 04:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
152 * translation-status (1.1): translation status checking tool, based
153 on documentation/doc-check from boot-floppies source, rev 1.12
155 2002-12-05 18:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
157 * developers-reference.sgml (1.144): fix typo, closes: #171781
159 2002-12-05 16:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
161 * developers-reference.sgml (1.143): typo fix, thanks Alfie Costa
163 2002-12-03 11:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
165 * debian/changelog (1.120): update
167 2002-12-03 11:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
169 * developers-reference.sgml (1.142): added spaces between ©
170 and the first year (wonder if that was intentional?); merged a bit
171 misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian section and
172 adjusted links; added the missing description of dh-make and
175 2002-11-27 21:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
177 * ChangeLog (1.10): update for next release
179 2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
181 * debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2
183 2002-11-27 21:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
185 * developers-reference.sgml (1.141): Sec "Handling debconf
186 translations", updates from Martin Quinson for po-debconf with
187 minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
189 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
191 * developers-reference.desc (1.10): doc-base file includes French
194 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
196 * developers-reference.sgml (1.140): debsign invocation was
197 slightly wrong, closes: #170523
199 2002-11-18 14:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
201 * Makefile (1.19): updated PUBLISHDIR
203 2002-11-12 23:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
205 * ChangeLog (1.9): update for next release
207 2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
209 * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1
211 2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
213 * common.ent (1.42), developers-reference.sgml (1.139),
214 debian/changelog (1.117): fix some bad URLs, notably the testing
215 FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now
217 2002-11-11 13:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
219 * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix
220 a grammar typo, closes: #166098
222 2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
224 * debian/changelog (1.115): don't use caps or fullstops in
225 changelog entries -- a bug I fixed
227 2002-11-11 13:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
229 * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
231 2002-10-21 12:07 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
233 * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114):
236 2002-10-10 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
238 * developers-reference.sgml (1.136): the version of dpkg-dev that
239 supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that; also
240 rephrased the sentence better while i was at it
242 2002-10-10 17:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
244 * debian/changelog (1.113): update
246 2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
248 * common.ent (1.40), developers-reference.sgml (1.135):
249 fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably
250 address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing
253 2002-09-21 10:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
255 * developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): -
256 Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative
257 maintenance". Closes: #161488
259 2002-09-19 07:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
261 * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change
263 2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
265 * common.ent (1.39), developers-reference.sgml (1.133): updated IRC
266 stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403
268 2002-09-11 12:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
270 * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and
271 editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf
273 2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
275 * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release
277 2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
279 * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes
281 2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
283 * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
284 editorial review -- no new content
286 2002-09-09 06:08 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
288 * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
291 2002-09-09 05:46 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
293 * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
294 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
296 2002-09-08 14:42 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
298 * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
299 debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
300 replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the
301 paragraph about security upload in the section explaining source
302 NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling security-related
303 bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the Technical Committee
304 web page (in the "Bug housekeeping" section). closes: #151365 -
305 Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
306 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the
307 comment about uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's
308 packages overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a
309 reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
310 descriptions". closes: #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice
311 section for "Packages using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 -
312 Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
313 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
315 2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
317 * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the
318 when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
319 Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
321 2002-08-29 11:47 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
323 * developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
324 to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
325 without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
327 2002-08-29 11:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
329 * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
330 debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
331 handling security related bugs.
333 2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
335 * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts
336 section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing
337 <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially
338 confusing without that)
340 2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
342 * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's
345 2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
347 * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32),
348 developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml
349 (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
351 2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
353 * debian/changelog (1.106): update
355 2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
357 * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added
360 2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
362 * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists
363 section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of
364 the core mailing lists
366 2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
368 * debian/changelog (1.105): update
370 2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
372 * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following
373 Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only
376 2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
378 * debian/changelog (1.104): updated
380 2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
382 * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated
383 (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the
384 Debian servers section
386 2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
388 * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
391 2002-06-24 15:28 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
393 * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
394 Applied several patches.
396 2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
398 * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph
400 2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
402 * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
403 Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
405 2002-06-19 15:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
407 * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
408 New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
409 "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427
411 2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
413 * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
416 2002-06-15 20:30 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
418 * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
419 descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
422 2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
424 * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release
426 2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
428 * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
431 2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
433 * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
436 2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
438 * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
439 awkward wordings fixed
441 2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
443 * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
445 2002-06-10 03:31 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
447 * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
448 debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
449 translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
451 2002-06-08 16:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
453 * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
454 debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
455 patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other
456 specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
457 quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
459 2002-05-23 20:17 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
461 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
462 debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
463 "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
464 chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the
465 being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
466 devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
468 2002-05-23 16:03 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
470 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
471 Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
472 for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
473 fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
474 content of each of those sections to help the writers.
476 2002-05-12 04:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
478 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
481 2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
483 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
486 I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does not
487 exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict
488 with the current common.ent.
490 I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
491 I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
493 Now DDP site shall build :)
495 2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
497 * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
498 debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
499 us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
501 tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
502 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
503 work-around with <...>
505 fix some awkward working from recent updates
507 2002-05-10 16:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
509 * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
510 descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
512 2002-05-09 18:24 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
514 * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
515 "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco
516 Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New Section
517 "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo
518 Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
520 2002-05-09 13:43 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
522 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
523 debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
524 "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
525 login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the
526 example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list
527 of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections"
528 section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian
529 archive. It's just a generic information field of the package and
530 nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental since it
531 doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec "When to do a
532 source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest the use of
533 the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to
534 explain the need to integrate the changes introduced by NMUs.
535 Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a NMU. -
536 Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in
537 new Section "The Package Tracking System".
539 2002-05-09 05:45 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
541 * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
542 debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
543 "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
544 directory. closes: #135562, #136774
546 2002-05-08 18:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
548 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
549 debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
550 removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about software
551 subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section "Contacting
552 other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging" Document the
553 package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 - New Section
554 "Package's information" under Resources Document
555 http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
556 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility. - Sec
557 "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com -
558 Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
560 2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
562 * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
564 2002-05-08 11:34 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
566 * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
567 debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
568 is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some cruft
569 in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts.
572 2002-05-08 06:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
574 * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
575 Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
576 descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
579 2002-05-07 18:39 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
581 * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
583 2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
585 * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
586 the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
588 2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
590 * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
591 check and some awkward grammar
593 2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
595 * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
597 2002-05-06 19:25 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
599 * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
600 Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
601 all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
602 changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
603 mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
604 about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of
605 package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
607 2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
609 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
610 (aph updated the original before me).
612 2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
614 * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
616 2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
618 * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
620 2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
622 * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
624 2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
626 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
628 2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
630 * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
631 Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
633 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
634 Ch "The Debian Archive"
636 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
639 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
640 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
641 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
643 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
644 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
646 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
647 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
648 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
649 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
650 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
651 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
652 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
654 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
655 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
657 2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
659 * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
661 2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
663 * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
664 new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
665 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
667 Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
669 "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
670 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
671 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
673 2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
675 * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
677 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
679 * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
681 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
683 * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
685 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
687 * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
688 link to New Maintainers' Guide
689 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
691 we add some info on sponsoring
693 2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
695 * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
697 2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
699 * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
702 2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
704 * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
705 are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
708 2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
710 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
712 2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
714 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
716 2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
718 * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
720 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
722 * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
724 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
726 * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
728 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
730 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
732 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
734 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
735 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
736 - Ch "Package uploads":
737 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
738 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
739 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
740 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
741 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
742 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
744 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
746 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
747 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
749 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
751 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
754 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
756 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
757 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
759 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
760 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
761 info on the dh-* pkgs
762 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
763 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
764 - other minor wording changes
766 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
768 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
770 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
772 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
775 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
777 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
780 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
782 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
783 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore,
784 talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
786 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
788 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
791 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
793 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
794 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
796 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
798 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
801 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
803 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
805 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
807 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
809 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
811 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
813 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
815 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
816 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
818 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
820 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
821 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
822 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
824 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
826 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
827 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
828 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
830 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
832 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
834 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
836 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
837 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
839 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
841 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
842 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
844 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
846 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
847 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
848 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
850 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
852 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
854 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
856 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
859 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
861 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
862 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
864 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
866 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
867 real change needed, updated french version number)
869 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
871 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
874 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
876 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
877 'General Public license'
879 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
881 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
884 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
886 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
887 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
889 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
891 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
893 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
895 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
896 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
897 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
898 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
899 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
901 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
903 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
905 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
907 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
909 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
911 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
913 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
915 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
917 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
919 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
921 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
923 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
924 about picking the distribution
926 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
928 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
929 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
931 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
933 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
934 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
937 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
939 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
940 experimental (better late than never)
942 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
944 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
945 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
946 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
947 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
948 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
951 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
953 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
954 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
955 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
956 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
958 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
960 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
962 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
964 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
966 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
968 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
971 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
973 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
976 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
978 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
979 developers-reference.sgml.
981 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
983 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
984 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
986 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
988 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
990 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
992 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
993 James Troup, part of #102626
995 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
997 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
1000 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1002 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
1005 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1007 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
1009 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1011 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
1012 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
1014 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1016 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
1017 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
1019 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1021 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
1023 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1025 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
1027 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1029 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
1031 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1033 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
1036 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1038 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
1039 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
1041 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1043 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
1044 explains how people.d.o works
1046 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1048 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
1049 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
1051 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1053 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
1054 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1056 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1058 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1059 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
1060 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
1061 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
1063 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1065 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
1066 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1067 forwarding bugs upstream
1071 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1073 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
1074 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
1075 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
1079 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1081 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
1082 small typo in a link
1084 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1086 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
1089 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1091 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
1093 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1095 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
1098 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1100 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
1102 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1104 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
1105 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
1107 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1109 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
1111 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1113 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
1115 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1117 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
1119 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1121 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
1123 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1125 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
1128 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1130 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1131 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
1133 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1135 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
1138 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1140 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
1142 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1144 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
1146 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1148 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
1151 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1153 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
1155 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1157 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
1158 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
1159 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
1161 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1163 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1164 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
1166 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1168 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
1170 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1172 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
1173 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
1175 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1177 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
1178 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
1180 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1182 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
1183 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
1184 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
1187 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1189 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
1190 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
1192 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1194 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
1196 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1198 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
1199 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
1200 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1202 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
1204 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1205 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1208 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1210 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
1213 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1215 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
1217 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1219 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
1220 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
1222 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1224 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
1226 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1228 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
1229 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
1231 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1233 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
1235 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1237 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
1239 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1241 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
1242 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
1244 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1246 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
1247 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
1249 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1251 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
1252 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
1253 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
1255 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1257 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
1258 files which no longer exist
1260 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1262 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
1263 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
1266 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1268 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
1269 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1270 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1272 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1274 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
1277 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1279 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
1282 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1284 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
1285 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1287 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1289 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
1290 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1291 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1292 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1295 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1297 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1298 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1300 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1302 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
1303 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
1304 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
1306 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1308 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
1309 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
1310 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
1311 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
1312 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
1313 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
1314 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
1315 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
1316 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1318 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1320 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
1323 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1325 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
1326 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
1328 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1330 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
1331 source-depends stuff
1333 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1335 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
1337 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1339 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
1340 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1342 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
1346 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1348 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
1349 doc-base file for FHS
1351 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1353 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
1355 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1357 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
1359 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1361 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
1362 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
1364 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1366 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
1367 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
1368 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
1370 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1372 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
1373 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
1375 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1377 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
1378 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
1379 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
1380 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
1381 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
1382 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
1383 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
1384 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
1385 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
1387 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1389 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
1391 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1393 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
1395 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1397 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
1398 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1400 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1402 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
1405 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1407 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
1409 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1411 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
1413 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1415 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
1417 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1419 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
1421 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1423 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
1425 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1427 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
1428 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
1429 purge the constitution
1431 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1433 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
1435 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1437 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
1438 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
1439 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
1441 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1443 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
1444 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
1447 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1449 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
1452 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1454 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
1455 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
1457 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1459 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
1461 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1463 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
1465 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1467 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
1468 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
1470 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1472 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
1474 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1476 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
1477 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
1478 developers-reference.sgml
1480 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1482 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
1483 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
1485 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1487 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
1488 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
1489 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
1491 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1493 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
1495 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1497 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
1499 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1501 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
1504 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1506 * common.ent (1.1): file added
1508 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1510 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
1512 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
1514 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
1516 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1518 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
1520 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1522 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
1523 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
1526 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1528 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
1530 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1532 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
1533 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
1534 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
1535 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1537 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1539 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
1542 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1544 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
1545 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
1548 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1550 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
1552 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1554 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1556 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1558 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
1560 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1562 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
1563 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1564 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1565 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1566 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1567 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
1569 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
1572 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
1574 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
1578 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1580 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
1581 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
1582 supported architecture in Linux
1584 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
1586 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1587 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
1589 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
1591 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
1594 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
1596 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1597 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1598 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
1601 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
1603 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1604 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
1606 a normal developer may have access.
1608 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1610 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
1612 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1614 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
1615 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
1616 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
1618 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1620 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
1621 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
1622 correct address for PGP key updates
1624 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1626 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
1627 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
1630 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1632 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
1634 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1636 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
1638 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1640 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
1642 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1644 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
1646 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1648 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
1649 debiandoc-sgml output naming
1651 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1653 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
1654 debian-constitution docreg files
1656 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1658 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
1659 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1660 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
1662 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1663 <keyring-maint> instead)
1664 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1666 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1668 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
1669 extensions and PDF file
1671 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1673 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
1675 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1677 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
1679 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1681 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
1684 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1686 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
1687 2.6.1 when I release officially)
1689 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1691 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
1693 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1695 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
1696 Document -- typo correction
1698 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
1700 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1702 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
1704 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1706 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
1708 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1710 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
1712 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1714 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
1716 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1718 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
1719 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1720 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
1722 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
1724 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
1726 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
1729 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
1731 tighten up the language a bit
1732 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
1734 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
1736 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
1738 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1740 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
1742 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
1744 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
1746 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1747 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
1749 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
1752 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
1754 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
1756 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
1758 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1759 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1760 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1761 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
1763 number of available packages
1764 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1765 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1767 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1769 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
1771 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1773 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
1775 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1777 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
1780 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1782 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
1783 docdir for Bug#31034
1785 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1787 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
1790 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1792 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
1794 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1796 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
1798 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1800 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
1801 from Incoming": tiny section added
1802 * some PGP-centricity removed
1803 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
1805 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
1806 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
1808 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1809 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
1811 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
1814 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1816 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
1817 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
1819 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1821 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
1824 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1826 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
1827 SGML timestamping, not current date
1829 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1831 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
1834 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1836 * debian/control (1.4): name change
1838 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1840 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
1842 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1844 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
1848 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1850 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
1852 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1854 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
1855 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
1856 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
1858 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1859 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
1862 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1864 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1866 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
1868 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1870 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
1872 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1874 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
1876 remove URL to fragment identifier
1878 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1880 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
1882 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1884 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
1885 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1886 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1888 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1890 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
1892 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1894 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
1896 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1898 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
1899 changelog, I'm too tired...
1901 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1903 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
1904 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
1908 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1910 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
1912 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1914 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
1918 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1920 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
1922 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1924 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
1927 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1929 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
1931 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1933 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
1935 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1937 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
1939 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1941 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
1942 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1944 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1947 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
1949 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1951 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
1953 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1955 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
1957 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1959 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
1961 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1963 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
1966 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1968 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
1969 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
1971 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
1973 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
1975 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1977 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
1979 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1981 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
1983 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1985 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
1987 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1989 * Makefile (1.1): initial
1991 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1993 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
1995 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1997 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
1998 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
1999 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
2000 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
2001 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
2003 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
2004 should and should not be included in this Reference.
2006 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
2007 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
2009 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
2011 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
2013 Little corrections here and there.
2015 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2017 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
2018 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
2019 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
2021 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2023 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
2025 fix dependancy for build
2027 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2029 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
2030 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
2031 "distribution" and the like
2033 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2035 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
2037 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2039 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
2042 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2044 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
2046 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2048 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
2050 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2052 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
2054 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2056 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
2058 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2060 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
2062 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2064 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
2066 format the SGML like I like it
2068 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2070 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
2072 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2074 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
2075 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
2077 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2079 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
2080 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
2082 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2084 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
2085 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
2086 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
2087 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision
2089 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2091 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
2092 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
2093 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
2094 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
2095 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\