1 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
5 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
7 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
8 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
9 - Ch "Package uploads":
10 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
11 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
12 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
13 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
14 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
15 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
17 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
19 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
20 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
22 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
24 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
27 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
29 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
30 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
32 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
33 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
35 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
36 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
37 - other minor wording changes
39 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
41 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
43 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
45 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
48 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
50 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
53 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
55 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
56 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore,
57 talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
59 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
61 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
64 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
66 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
67 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
69 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
71 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
74 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
76 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
78 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
80 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
82 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
84 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
86 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
88 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
89 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
91 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
93 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
94 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
95 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
97 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
99 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
100 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
101 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
103 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
105 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
107 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
109 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
110 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
112 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
114 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
115 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
117 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
119 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
120 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
121 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
123 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
125 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
127 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
129 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
132 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha <kov@debian.org>
134 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
135 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
137 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
139 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
140 real change needed, updated french version number)
142 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
144 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
147 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
149 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
150 'General Public license'
152 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
154 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
157 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
159 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
160 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
162 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
164 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
166 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
168 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
169 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
170 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
171 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
172 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
174 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
176 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
178 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
180 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
182 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
184 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
186 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
188 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
190 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
192 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
194 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
196 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
197 about picking the distribution
199 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
201 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
202 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
204 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
206 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
207 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
210 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
212 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
213 experimental (better late than never)
215 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
217 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
218 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
219 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
220 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
221 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
224 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
226 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
227 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
228 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
229 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
231 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
233 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
235 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
237 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
239 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
241 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
244 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
246 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
249 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
251 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
252 developers-reference.sgml.
254 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
256 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
257 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
259 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
261 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
263 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
265 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
266 James Troup, part of #102626
268 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
270 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
273 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
275 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
278 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
280 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
282 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
284 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
285 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
287 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
289 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
290 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
292 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
294 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
296 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
298 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
300 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
302 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
304 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
306 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
309 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
311 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
312 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
314 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
316 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
317 explains how people.d.o works
319 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
321 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
322 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
324 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
326 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
327 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
329 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
331 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
332 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
333 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
334 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
336 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
338 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
339 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
340 forwarding bugs upstream
344 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
346 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
347 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
348 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
352 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
354 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
357 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
359 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
362 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
364 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
366 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
368 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
371 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
373 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
375 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
377 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
378 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
380 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
382 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
384 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
386 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
388 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
390 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
392 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
394 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
396 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
398 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
401 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
403 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
404 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
406 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
408 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
411 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
413 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
415 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
417 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
419 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
421 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
424 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
426 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
428 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
430 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
431 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
432 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
434 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
436 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
437 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
439 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
441 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
443 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
445 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
446 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
448 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
450 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
451 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
453 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
455 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
456 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
457 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
460 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
462 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
463 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
465 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
467 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
469 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
471 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
472 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
473 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
475 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
477 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
478 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
481 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
483 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
486 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
488 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
490 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
492 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
493 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
495 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
497 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
499 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
501 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
502 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
504 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
506 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
508 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
510 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
512 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
514 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
515 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
517 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
519 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
520 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
522 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
524 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
525 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
526 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
528 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
530 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
531 files which no longer exist
533 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
535 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
536 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
539 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
541 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
542 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
543 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
545 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
547 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
550 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
552 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
555 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
557 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
558 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
560 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
562 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
563 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
564 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
565 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
568 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
570 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
571 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
573 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
575 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
576 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
577 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
579 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
581 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
582 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
583 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
584 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
585 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
586 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
587 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
588 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
589 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
591 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
593 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
596 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
598 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
599 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
601 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
603 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
606 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
608 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
610 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
612 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
613 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
615 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
619 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
621 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
622 doc-base file for FHS
624 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
626 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
628 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
630 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
632 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
634 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
635 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
637 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
639 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
640 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
641 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
643 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
645 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
646 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
648 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
650 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
651 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
652 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
653 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
654 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
655 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
656 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
657 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
658 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
660 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
662 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
664 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
666 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
668 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
670 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
671 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
673 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
675 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
678 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
680 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
682 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
684 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
686 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
688 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
690 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
692 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
694 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
696 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
698 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
700 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
701 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
702 purge the constitution
704 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
706 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
708 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
710 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
711 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
712 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
714 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
716 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
717 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
720 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
722 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
725 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
727 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
728 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
730 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
732 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
734 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
736 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
738 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
740 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
741 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
743 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
745 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
747 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
749 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
750 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
751 developers-reference.sgml
753 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
755 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
756 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
758 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
760 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
761 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
762 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
764 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
766 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
768 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
770 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
772 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
774 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
777 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
779 * common.ent (1.1): file added
781 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
783 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
785 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
787 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
789 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
791 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
793 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
795 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
796 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
799 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
801 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
803 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
805 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
806 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
807 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
808 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
810 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
812 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
815 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
817 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
818 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
821 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
823 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
825 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
827 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
829 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
831 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
833 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
835 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
836 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
837 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
838 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
839 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
840 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
842 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
845 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
847 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
851 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
853 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
854 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
855 supported architecture in Linux
857 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
859 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
860 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
862 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
864 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
867 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
869 with intro; demoted server sections under that
870 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
871 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
874 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
876 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
877 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
879 a normal developer may have access.
881 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
883 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
885 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
887 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
888 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
889 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
891 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
893 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
894 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
895 correct address for PGP key updates
897 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
899 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
900 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
903 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
905 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
907 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
909 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
911 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
913 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
915 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
917 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
919 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
921 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
922 debiandoc-sgml output naming
924 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
926 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
927 debian-constitution docreg files
929 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
931 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
932 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
933 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
935 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
936 <keyring-maint> instead)
937 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
939 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
941 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
942 extensions and PDF file
944 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
946 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
948 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
950 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
952 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
954 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
957 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
959 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
960 2.6.1 when I release officially)
962 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
964 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
966 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
968 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
969 Document -- typo correction
971 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
973 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
975 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
977 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
979 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
981 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
983 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
985 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
987 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
989 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
991 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
992 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
993 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
995 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
997 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
999 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
1002 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
1004 tighten up the language a bit
1005 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
1007 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
1009 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
1011 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1013 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
1015 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
1017 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
1019 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1020 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
1022 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
1025 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
1027 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
1029 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
1031 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1032 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1033 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1034 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
1036 number of available packages
1037 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1038 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1040 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1042 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
1044 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1046 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
1048 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1050 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
1053 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1055 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
1056 docdir for Bug#31034
1058 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1060 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
1063 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1065 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
1067 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1069 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
1071 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1073 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
1074 from Incoming": tiny section added
1075 * some PGP-centricity removed
1076 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
1078 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
1079 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
1081 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1082 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
1084 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
1087 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1089 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
1090 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
1092 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1094 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
1097 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1099 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
1100 SGML timestamping, not current date
1102 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1104 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
1107 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1109 * debian/control (1.4): name change
1111 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1113 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
1115 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1117 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
1121 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1123 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
1125 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1127 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
1128 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
1129 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
1131 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1132 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
1135 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1137 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1139 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
1141 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1143 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
1145 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1147 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
1149 remove URL to fragment identifier
1151 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1153 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
1155 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1157 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
1158 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1159 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1161 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1163 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
1165 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1167 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
1169 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1171 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
1172 changelog, I'm too tired...
1174 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1176 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
1177 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
1181 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1183 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
1185 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1187 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
1191 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1193 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
1195 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1197 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
1200 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1202 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
1204 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1206 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
1208 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1210 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
1212 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1214 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
1215 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1217 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1220 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
1222 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1224 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
1226 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1228 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
1230 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1232 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
1234 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1236 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
1239 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1241 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
1242 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
1244 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
1246 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
1248 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1250 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
1252 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1254 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
1256 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1258 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
1260 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1262 * Makefile (1.1): initial
1264 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1266 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
1268 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1270 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
1271 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
1272 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
1273 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
1274 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
1276 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
1277 should and should not be included in this Reference.
1279 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
1280 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1282 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1284 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1286 Little corrections here and there.
1288 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1290 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
1291 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
1292 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
1294 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1296 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
1298 fix dependancy for build
1300 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1302 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
1303 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
1304 "distribution" and the like
1306 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1308 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
1310 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1312 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
1315 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1317 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
1319 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1321 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
1323 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1325 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
1327 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1329 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
1331 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1333 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
1335 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1337 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
1339 format the SGML like I like it
1341 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1343 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
1345 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1347 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
1348 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
1350 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1352 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
1353 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
1355 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1357 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
1358 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
1359 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
1360 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision
1362 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1364 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
1365 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
1366 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
1367 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
1368 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\