1 2003-04-18 09:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/: changelog (1.152), control (1.20): debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76
6 2003-04-18 09:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
8 * ChangeLog (1.16): update for next release
10 2003-04-18 09:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
12 * debian/changelog (1.151): prepare 3.3.2
14 2003-04-17 17:47 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
16 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.35): Synchronize with 1.197
17 (version 3.3.1) and proof-reading by Philippe Batailler and Patrice
20 2003-04-17 17:43 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
22 * debian/changelog (1.150): Update french translation to version
25 2003-04-04 16:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
27 * debian/changelog (1.149): start next version
29 2003-04-04 14:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
31 * ChangeLog (1.15): update for next release
33 2003-04-04 14:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
35 * debian/changelog (1.148): 3.3.1 ready for release
37 2003-04-02 15:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
39 * debian/changelog (1.147): Josip's recent changes
41 2003-04-02 15:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
43 * debian/changelog (1.146): some of my recent changes
45 2003-04-02 15:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
47 * developers-reference.sgml (1.197): Sec "Multiple binary
48 packages": fix awkward wording about vim source package; closes:
49 #187143; some notes and FIXMES which need to be dealt with
51 2003-04-02 14:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
53 * common.ent (1.55): fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
55 2003-03-24 08:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
57 * common.ent (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.196): fixed up
58 the section on reporting bugs
60 2003-03-24 08:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
62 * developers-reference.sgml (1.195): improved the general bugs
65 2003-03-19 14:18 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
67 * developers-reference.sgml (1.194): added an id for linking to the
68 description of experimental, and sources.list lines for it
70 2003-03-14 11:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
72 * developers-reference.sgml (1.193): more noticeable separated
74 2003-03-01 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
76 * developers-reference.sgml (1.192), debian/changelog (1.145): the
77 synopsis formula changed to either <package-name> is a <synopsis>
78 or <package-name> is <synopsis> or <package-name> are <synopsis>
81 the synopsis itself should not start with an article
83 2003-03-01 13:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
85 * debian/: changelog (1.144), control (1.19): try to comply with
86 our own recommendations on package synopsis; improve the package
89 2003-02-26 17:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
91 * debian/: changelog (1.143), control (1.18): fixed package
92 descriptions, closes: #182614
94 2003-02-24 14:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
96 * debian/changelog (1.142): start next version
98 2003-02-24 13:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
100 * ChangeLog (1.14): update for next release
102 2003-02-24 13:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
104 * debian/changelog (1.141): prepare 3.3 for release
106 2003-02-24 13:12 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
108 * developers-reference.sgml (1.191): two little updates
110 2003-02-23 13:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
112 * debian/changelog (1.140): recent changes, date burn the changelog
113 entry -- I think we are ready for release
115 2003-02-23 13:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
117 * common.ent (1.53), developers-reference.sgml (1.190): primary
118 author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove emails
119 from other authors to prevent spam
121 2003-02-23 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
123 * developers-reference.sgml (1.189): bpp-debian-maint-scripts -
124 move down to where debconf is, no content changes at all
126 bpp-debian-control - more suggestions from IRC
128 2003-02-23 12:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
130 * Makefile (1.23): clean is cleaner
132 2003-02-23 12:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
134 * developers-reference.sgml (1.188): some changes to
135 bpp-debian-control from Sebastian Rittau
137 2003-02-23 03:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
139 * .cvsignore (1.7): [no log message]
141 2003-02-23 03:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
143 * developers-reference.sgml (1.187), debian/changelog (1.139):
144 rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
145 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, and discussions on bugs
148 2003-02-22 17:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
150 * developers-reference.sgml (1.186): another typo fix and a
151 clarification of my sentence
153 2003-02-22 17:12 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
155 * developers-reference.sgml (1.185): removed the extra copy of
156 life, universe and everything ;) and tidied up another paragraph
158 2003-02-22 16:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
160 * developers-reference.sgml (1.184): Sec bpp-archindepdata:
163 2003-02-22 15:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
165 * developers-reference.sgml (1.183): bpp-archindepdata: eliminate
166 leading space, no change in content at all
168 2003-02-22 15:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
170 * developers-reference.sgml (1.182): move bpp-debian-changelog to
171 be right after bpp-debian-control section
173 2003-02-22 15:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
175 * debian/: changelog (1.138), control (1.17), tocsubstvars (1.3):
176 proper escaping of single quotes in the pkg description/TOC
177 requires newest debhelper
179 2003-02-22 15:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
181 * common.ent (1.52), developers-reference.sgml (1.181):
182 s|bugs.debian.org|&bugs-host;|
183 s|<email>control@bugs.debian.org</email>|&email-bts-control;|
185 <sect1>When bugs are closed by new uploads -- minor editorial
188 <sect>Best practices for debian/changelog -- substantial editing,
189 although mostly editorial, few content changes
191 in "Tools", debdiff and dpkg-depcheck link to their package,
194 2003-02-22 14:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
196 * common.ent (1.51), developers-reference.sgml (1.180): tidied up
199 2003-02-22 13:54 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
201 * developers-reference.sgml (1.179): tidied up the vacation section
203 2003-02-22 13:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
205 * developers-reference.sgml (1.178): rephrased and expanded the
206 voting section a little bit
208 2003-02-22 13:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
210 * developers-reference.sgml (1.177): moved the remaining sections
211 that aren't just about uploads up one level
213 2003-02-19 05:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
215 * debian/rules (1.41): dpkg-parsechangelog is noisy when you make a
216 syntax error, but we don't need that noisiness here
218 2003-02-19 05:48 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
220 * developers-reference.sgml (1.176): plug bpp-debian-changelog a
223 2003-02-15 20:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
225 * developers-reference.sgml (1.175), debian/changelog (1.137):
226 minor typographical changes
228 2003-02-15 07:03 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
230 * developers-reference.sgml (1.174), debian/changelog (1.136):
231 added a link to the policy, and explained the current practice in
232 the synopsis section. this is a compromise as it doesn't expressly
233 conflict with Manoj's or jaq's POV :) closes: #174161
235 2003-02-15 06:29 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
237 * developers-reference.sgml (1.173), debian/changelog (1.135):
238 debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, closes: #172897
240 2003-02-14 10:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
242 * developers-reference.sgml (1.172): better phrased
244 2003-02-14 09:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
246 * developers-reference.sgml (1.171), debian/changelog (1.134):
247 added best practices for debian/changelog, based on a patch from
248 Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
250 2003-02-14 05:40 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
252 * developers-reference.sgml (1.170): another sentence to clarify it
255 2003-02-12 09:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
257 * developers-reference.sgml (1.169), debian/changelog (1.133):
258 added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
259 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
261 2003-01-27 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
263 * debian/: rules (1.40), tocsubstvars (1.2): use of tocsubstvars,
264 minor cosmetics and notes
266 2003-01-27 14:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
268 * debian/: .cvsignore (1.2), changelog (1.132): recent changes
270 2003-01-27 14:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
272 * debian/tocsubstvars (1.1): script to make the manual TOC into a
273 substvar for debian/control description use
275 2003-01-26 06:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
277 * debian/rules (1.39): :)
279 2003-01-26 04:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
281 * debian/control (1.16): multiple packages, use the english TOC for
282 all until we can use UTF8 data here
284 2003-01-26 04:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
286 * Makefile (1.22): top-level makefile deletes target on error
288 2003-01-26 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
290 * .cvsignore (1.6), developers-reference.desc (1.13),
291 developers-reference.fr.desc (1.2), developers-reference.ja.desc
292 (1.2), debian/.cvsignore (1.1), debian/changelog (1.131),
293 debian/compat (1.1), debian/developers-reference-fr.doc-base (1.1),
294 debian/developers-reference-ja.doc-base (1.1),
295 debian/developers-reference.doc-base (1.1), debian/postinst (1.8),
296 debian/prerm (1.7), debian/rules (1.38): convert to debhelper
297 (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer needed
299 split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
301 2003-01-22 20:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
303 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.34), developers-reference.ja.sgml
304 (1.12): removing old tags from translations. hope it isn't a major
307 2003-01-22 20:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
309 * developers-reference.sgml (1.168), common.ent (1.50):
310 file-bts-mailing (server-request) doesn't really provide more
311 information on override files, and file-bts-info (Developer) now
312 has a maintincorrect anchor in it, so use that
314 2003-01-22 20:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
316 * debian/TODO (1.7): oh, look, i fixed that.
318 2003-01-22 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
320 * debian/changelog (1.130): update
322 2003-01-22 19:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
324 * developers-reference.sgml (1.167): the ordering of sections and
325 their content in the packages chapter was SNAFU; this should fix
326 most of that. (note to translators: the bottom, larger part of this
327 diff is because of moving sections around, no content changes)
329 2003-01-22 17:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
331 * developers-reference.sgml (1.166): alleviating some of the
332 confusion with sections and subsections, prompted by Florian
333 Hinzmann's mail on -policy; fixing some weird sections (the package
334 uploads chapter needs more work...)
336 2003-01-19 17:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
338 * developers-reference.sgml (1.165): a better explanation for the
341 2003-01-19 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
343 * developers-reference.sgml (1.164): irc alias was updated to
344 freenode; mention oftc
346 2003-01-19 17:05 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
348 * common.ent (1.49), developers-reference.sgml (1.163): slightly
349 rearranged the db.d.o section
351 2003-01-19 16:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
353 * common.ent (1.48): hmm, www.d.o wasn't in the entity
355 2003-01-19 16:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
357 * developers-reference.sgml (1.162): describe/plug the testing web
360 2003-01-19 15:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
362 * developers-reference.desc (1.12), developers-reference.fr.desc
363 (1.1), developers-reference.ja.desc (1.1), debian/changelog
364 (1.129), debian/postinst (1.7), debian/prerm (1.6), debian/rules
365 (1.37): split translations into different doc-base files
367 2003-01-18 11:25 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
369 * developers-reference.sgml (1.161), debian/changelog (1.128): -
370 Updated the PTS doc with the "ddtp" keyword.
372 2003-01-02 12:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
374 * developers-reference.sgml (1.160): oops
376 2003-01-02 08:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
378 * developers-reference.sgml (1.159): updated sect1 multiple-patches
379 to have a better title/introduction and to mention dpatch (prompted
382 2003-01-02 04:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
384 * developers-reference.sgml (1.158): commented out changes only:
387 2003-01-02 04:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
389 * developers-reference.sgml (1.157), debian/changelog (1.127),
390 debian/copyright (1.5): update copyright year
392 2003-01-01 18:57 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
394 * debian/changelog (1.126): Update french version to latest
397 2003-01-01 18:54 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
399 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.33): Synchronize with 1.153 and
400 proofread by P. Batailler.
402 2002-12-21 14:03 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
404 * developers-reference.sgml (1.156): noted that debian-devel (not
405 -private! boo!) can be contacted to ask about a missing maintainer;
406 rephrased the stuff about conflicts and mentioned the ways of
407 resolving such issues
409 2002-12-21 13:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
411 * developers-reference.sgml (1.155): replaced the mia-qa section
412 with what Martin Michlmayr wrote, plus proofreading by myself
414 2002-12-21 13:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
416 * developers-reference.sgml (1.154): moved the contacting
417 maintainers section above the one about being unable to contact
418 maintainers (mmmh, logic)
420 2002-12-12 15:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
422 * developers-reference.sgml (1.153): replaced ASCII with plain
423 text, since not all plain text is ASCII
425 2002-12-12 13:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
427 * ChangeLog (1.13): update for next release
429 2002-12-12 13:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
431 * debian/changelog (1.125): prepare 3.2.2
433 2002-12-12 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
435 * developers-reference.sgml (1.152): Sec "Upstream home page": some
436 revisions based on discussion on policy list
438 Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
439 for best practices for documentation
441 Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
442 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
443 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
444 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
449 2002-12-12 13:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
451 * debian/rules (1.36): ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
453 2002-12-12 13:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
455 * debian/TODO (1.6): remove some todo items which are done
457 2002-12-09 14:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
459 * debian/: changelog (1.124), control (1.15): Policy compliance
460 checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
462 2002-12-09 08:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
464 * debian/changelog (1.123): update
466 2002-12-09 08:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
468 * common.ent (1.47): merged url-debian-mirror{s,ing}, the ftplist
469 page is deprecated and the mirror page lists all
471 2002-12-09 08:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
473 * developers-reference.sgml (1.151): slightly rewrote the mirrors
474 section and moved it below the description of the archive (seems
477 2002-12-09 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
479 * ChangeLog (1.12): update for next release
481 2002-12-09 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
483 * debian/changelog (1.122): prepare 3.2.1
485 2002-12-09 03:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
487 * Makefile (1.21): use the debiandoc2* tools for PS and PDF
490 2002-12-09 02:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
492 * debian/rules (1.35): stop shipping SGML source, what's the point,
493 this is a binary pkg, the SGML doesn't have the proper build
494 depends, you can't build it in those dirs anyway -- much better to
495 do 'apt-get source developers-reference'
497 2002-12-09 02:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
499 * debian/rules (1.34): eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure
500 it's not needed now with the DDP builder process, or if it is
501 needed, it's a probably that can be fixed by DDP folks
503 2002-12-09 02:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
505 * common.ent (1.46), developers-reference.sgml (1.150): - Sec
506 "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
507 descriptions" moved under there
508 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
509 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
510 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized
512 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other
514 the document where these tools are discussed
515 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
516 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder,
518 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
519 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to
521 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
522 - README-contrib added giving information for authors,
526 2002-12-09 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
528 * README-contrib (1.1): readme for contributores, including
531 2002-12-08 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
533 * developers-reference.sgml (1.149): Internationalized
534 documentation had the wrong sectional capitalization
536 2002-12-07 02:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
538 * ChangeLog (1.11): update for next release
540 2002-12-07 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
542 * debian/changelog (1.121): all my recent changes, and call it
545 2002-12-07 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
547 * common.ent (1.45), developers-reference.sgml (1.148): Sec "Best
548 practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit here to
549 Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include a POSIX
550 shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
553 2002-12-07 01:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
555 * Makefile (1.20): validation suffix rule now requires version.ent
557 2002-12-07 01:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
559 * developers-reference.sgml (1.147): remove debget from tools
560 section, add notes on more tools to document
562 2002-12-07 01:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
564 * debian/prerm (1.5): don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX,
565 hardcode /usr/sbin/install-docs
567 2002-12-07 01:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
569 * debian/postinst (1.6): why even have a case stmt -- strip it down
572 2002-12-07 01:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
574 * debian/rules (1.33): produce md5sums file; break out a 'test'
577 2002-12-07 01:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
579 * debian/postinst (1.5): move configure stuff under configure case;
580 don't make usr/doc symlink
582 2002-12-06 15:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
584 * common.ent (1.44), developers-reference.sgml (1.146): - Sec
585 "Common situations" renamed to "Common packaging situations" - Sec
586 "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
587 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages - Sec "Writing
588 useful descriptions" heavily edited
590 2002-12-06 05:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
592 * translation-status (1.4): damn cvs keywords, inhibit
594 2002-12-06 05:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
596 * developers-reference.sgml (1.145): - Ch "Packaging Practices"
597 rewritten intro - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to
598 "Best Practices for debian/rules", and write an intro - Sec
599 "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving arguments
600 for and against debhelper, mostly for :) - Sec "Package with
601 multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source versus patching at
602 build time" and rewritten - Sec "Multiple binary packages"
603 rewritten - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
604 "Internationalization" section, and some edits - Sec
605 "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
606 "Internationalization" - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed
607 to "Common Situations" - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake"
608 rewritten - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in
611 2002-12-06 05:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
613 * translation-status (1.3): retab, no content changes
615 2002-12-06 04:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
617 * translation-status (1.2): adapt script to local context, strip
618 out useless -V option too
620 2002-12-06 04:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
622 * common.ent (1.43): doc-check reference for best-practices, doc
625 2002-12-06 04:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
627 * developers-reference.desc (1.11): expand the doc-base abstract
630 2002-12-06 04:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
632 * translation-status (1.1): translation status checking tool, based
633 on documentation/doc-check from boot-floppies source, rev 1.12
635 2002-12-05 18:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
637 * developers-reference.sgml (1.144): fix typo, closes: #171781
639 2002-12-05 16:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
641 * developers-reference.sgml (1.143): typo fix, thanks Alfie Costa
643 2002-12-03 11:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
645 * debian/changelog (1.120): update
647 2002-12-03 11:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
649 * developers-reference.sgml (1.142): added spaces between ©
650 and the first year (wonder if that was intentional?); merged a bit
651 misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian section and
652 adjusted links; added the missing description of dh-make and
655 2002-11-27 21:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
657 * ChangeLog (1.10): update for next release
659 2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
661 * debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2
663 2002-11-27 21:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
665 * developers-reference.sgml (1.141): Sec "Handling debconf
666 translations", updates from Martin Quinson for po-debconf with
667 minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
669 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
671 * developers-reference.desc (1.10): doc-base file includes French
674 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
676 * developers-reference.sgml (1.140): debsign invocation was
677 slightly wrong, closes: #170523
679 2002-11-18 14:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
681 * Makefile (1.19): updated PUBLISHDIR
683 2002-11-12 23:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
685 * ChangeLog (1.9): update for next release
687 2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
689 * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1
691 2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
693 * common.ent (1.42), developers-reference.sgml (1.139),
694 debian/changelog (1.117): fix some bad URLs, notably the testing
695 FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now
697 2002-11-11 13:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
699 * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix
700 a grammar typo, closes: #166098
702 2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
704 * debian/changelog (1.115): don't use caps or fullstops in
705 changelog entries -- a bug I fixed
707 2002-11-11 13:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
709 * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
711 2002-10-21 12:07 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
713 * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114):
716 2002-10-10 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
718 * developers-reference.sgml (1.136): the version of dpkg-dev that
719 supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that; also
720 rephrased the sentence better while i was at it
722 2002-10-10 17:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
724 * debian/changelog (1.113): update
726 2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
728 * common.ent (1.40), developers-reference.sgml (1.135):
729 fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably
730 address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing
733 2002-09-21 10:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
735 * developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): -
736 Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative
737 maintenance". Closes: #161488
739 2002-09-19 07:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
741 * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change
743 2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
745 * common.ent (1.39), developers-reference.sgml (1.133): updated IRC
746 stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403
748 2002-09-11 12:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
750 * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and
751 editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf
753 2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
755 * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release
757 2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
759 * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes
761 2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
763 * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
764 editorial review -- no new content
766 2002-09-09 06:08 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
768 * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
771 2002-09-09 05:46 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
773 * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
774 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
776 2002-09-08 14:42 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
778 * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
779 debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
780 replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the
781 paragraph about security upload in the section explaining source
782 NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling security-related
783 bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the Technical Committee
784 web page (in the "Bug housekeeping" section). closes: #151365 -
785 Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
786 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the
787 comment about uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's
788 packages overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a
789 reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
790 descriptions". closes: #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice
791 section for "Packages using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 -
792 Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
793 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
795 2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
797 * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the
798 when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
799 Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
801 2002-08-29 11:47 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
803 * developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
804 to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
805 without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
807 2002-08-29 11:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
809 * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
810 debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
811 handling security related bugs.
813 2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
815 * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts
816 section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing
817 <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially
818 confusing without that)
820 2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
822 * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's
825 2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
827 * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32),
828 developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml
829 (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
831 2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
833 * debian/changelog (1.106): update
835 2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
837 * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added
840 2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
842 * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists
843 section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of
844 the core mailing lists
846 2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
848 * debian/changelog (1.105): update
850 2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
852 * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following
853 Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only
856 2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
858 * debian/changelog (1.104): updated
860 2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
862 * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated
863 (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the
864 Debian servers section
866 2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
868 * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
871 2002-06-24 15:28 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
873 * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
874 Applied several patches.
876 2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
878 * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph
880 2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
882 * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
883 Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
885 2002-06-19 15:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
887 * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
888 New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
889 "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427
891 2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
893 * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
896 2002-06-15 20:30 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
898 * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
899 descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
902 2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
904 * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release
906 2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
908 * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
911 2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
913 * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
916 2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
918 * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
919 awkward wordings fixed
921 2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
923 * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
925 2002-06-10 03:31 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
927 * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
928 debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
929 translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
931 2002-06-08 16:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
933 * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
934 debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
935 patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other
936 specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
937 quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
939 2002-05-23 20:17 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
941 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
942 debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
943 "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
944 chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the
945 being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
946 devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
948 2002-05-23 16:03 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
950 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
951 Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
952 for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
953 fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
954 content of each of those sections to help the writers.
956 2002-05-12 04:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
958 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
961 2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
963 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
966 I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does not
967 exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict
968 with the current common.ent.
970 I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
971 I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
973 Now DDP site shall build :)
975 2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
977 * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
978 debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
979 us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
981 tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
982 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
983 work-around with <...>
985 fix some awkward working from recent updates
987 2002-05-10 16:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
989 * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
990 descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
992 2002-05-09 18:24 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
994 * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
995 "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco
996 Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New Section
997 "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo
998 Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
1000 2002-05-09 13:43 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1002 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
1003 debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
1004 "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1005 login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the
1006 example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list
1007 of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections"
1008 section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian
1009 archive. It's just a generic information field of the package and
1010 nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental since it
1011 doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec "When to do a
1012 source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest the use of
1013 the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to
1014 explain the need to integrate the changes introduced by NMUs.
1015 Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a NMU. -
1016 Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in
1017 new Section "The Package Tracking System".
1019 2002-05-09 05:45 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1021 * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
1022 debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
1023 "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
1024 directory. closes: #135562, #136774
1026 2002-05-08 18:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1028 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
1029 debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
1030 removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about software
1031 subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section "Contacting
1032 other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging" Document the
1033 package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 - New Section
1034 "Package's information" under Resources Document
1035 http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1036 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility. - Sec
1037 "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com -
1038 Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1040 2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1042 * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
1044 2002-05-08 11:34 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1046 * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
1047 debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
1048 is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some cruft
1049 in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts.
1052 2002-05-08 06:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1054 * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
1055 Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
1056 descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
1059 2002-05-07 18:39 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1061 * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
1063 2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1065 * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
1066 the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
1068 2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1070 * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
1071 check and some awkward grammar
1073 2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1075 * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
1077 2002-05-06 19:25 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1079 * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
1080 Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
1081 all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
1082 changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
1083 mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
1084 about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of
1085 package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
1087 2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1089 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
1090 (aph updated the original before me).
1092 2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1094 * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
1096 2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1098 * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
1100 2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1102 * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
1104 2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1106 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
1108 2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1110 * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
1111 Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
1113 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
1114 Ch "The Debian Archive"
1116 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
1118 Ch "Package uploads"
1119 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
1120 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
1121 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1123 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
1124 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
1126 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
1127 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
1128 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
1129 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
1130 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
1131 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
1132 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
1134 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
1135 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
1137 2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1139 * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
1141 2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1143 * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
1144 new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
1145 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
1147 Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
1149 "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
1150 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
1151 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
1153 2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1155 * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
1157 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1159 * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
1161 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1163 * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
1165 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1167 * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
1168 link to New Maintainers' Guide
1169 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
1171 we add some info on sponsoring
1173 2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1175 * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
1177 2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1179 * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
1182 2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1184 * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
1185 are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
1188 2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1190 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
1192 2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1194 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
1196 2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1198 * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
1200 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1202 * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
1204 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1206 * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
1208 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1210 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
1212 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1214 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
1215 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1216 - Ch "Package uploads":
1217 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1218 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1219 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1220 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1221 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1222 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1224 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1226 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
1227 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1229 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1231 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
1234 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1236 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
1237 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1239 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1240 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
1241 info on the dh-* pkgs
1242 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1243 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1244 - other minor wording changes
1246 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1248 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
1250 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1252 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
1255 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1257 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
1260 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1262 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
1263 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore,
1264 talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
1266 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1268 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
1271 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1273 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
1274 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
1276 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1278 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
1281 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1283 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
1285 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1287 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
1289 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1291 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
1293 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1295 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1296 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
1298 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1300 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
1301 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
1302 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
1304 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1306 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
1307 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1308 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
1310 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1312 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
1314 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1316 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
1317 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
1319 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1321 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
1322 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
1324 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1326 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
1327 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
1328 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1330 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1332 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
1334 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1336 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
1339 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
1341 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
1342 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
1344 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1346 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
1347 real change needed, updated french version number)
1349 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1351 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
1354 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1356 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
1357 'General Public license'
1359 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1361 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
1364 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1366 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
1367 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
1369 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1371 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
1373 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1375 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
1376 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
1377 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
1378 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
1379 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
1381 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1383 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
1385 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1387 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
1389 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1391 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
1393 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1395 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
1397 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1399 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
1401 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1403 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
1404 about picking the distribution
1406 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1408 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
1409 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
1411 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1413 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
1414 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
1417 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1419 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
1420 experimental (better late than never)
1422 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1424 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
1425 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
1426 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
1427 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
1428 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
1431 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1433 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
1434 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
1435 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
1436 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
1438 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1440 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
1442 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1444 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
1446 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1448 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
1451 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1453 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
1456 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1458 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
1459 developers-reference.sgml.
1461 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1463 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
1464 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1466 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1468 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
1470 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1472 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
1473 James Troup, part of #102626
1475 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1477 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
1478 that changes a lot !
1480 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1482 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
1485 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1487 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
1489 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1491 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
1492 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
1494 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1496 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
1497 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
1499 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1501 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
1503 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1505 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
1507 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1509 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
1511 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1513 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
1516 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1518 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
1519 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
1521 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1523 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
1524 explains how people.d.o works
1526 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1528 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
1529 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
1531 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1533 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
1534 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1536 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1538 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1539 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
1540 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
1541 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
1543 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1545 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
1546 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1547 forwarding bugs upstream
1551 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1553 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
1554 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
1555 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
1559 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1561 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
1562 small typo in a link
1564 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1566 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
1569 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1571 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
1573 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1575 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
1578 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1580 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
1582 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1584 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
1585 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
1587 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1589 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
1591 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1593 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
1595 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1597 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
1599 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1601 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
1603 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1605 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
1608 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1610 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1611 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
1613 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1615 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
1618 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1620 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
1622 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1624 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
1626 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1628 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
1631 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1633 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
1635 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1637 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
1638 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
1639 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
1641 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1643 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1644 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
1646 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1648 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
1650 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1652 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
1653 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
1655 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1657 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
1658 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
1660 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1662 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
1663 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
1664 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
1667 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1669 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
1670 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
1672 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1674 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
1676 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1678 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
1679 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
1680 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1682 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
1684 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1685 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1688 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1690 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
1693 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1695 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
1697 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1699 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
1700 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
1702 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1704 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
1706 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1708 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
1709 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
1711 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1713 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
1715 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1717 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
1719 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1721 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
1722 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
1724 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1726 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
1727 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
1729 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1731 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
1732 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
1733 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
1735 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1737 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
1738 files which no longer exist
1740 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1742 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
1743 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
1746 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1748 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
1749 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1750 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1752 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1754 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
1757 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1759 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
1762 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1764 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
1765 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1767 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1769 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
1770 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1771 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1772 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1775 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1777 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1778 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1780 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1782 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
1783 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
1784 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
1786 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1788 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
1789 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
1790 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
1791 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
1792 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
1793 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
1794 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
1795 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
1796 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1798 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1800 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
1803 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1805 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
1806 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
1808 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1810 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
1811 source-depends stuff
1813 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1815 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
1817 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1819 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
1820 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1822 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
1826 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1828 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
1829 doc-base file for FHS
1831 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1833 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
1835 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1837 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
1839 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1841 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
1842 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
1844 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1846 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
1847 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
1848 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
1850 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1852 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
1853 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
1855 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1857 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
1858 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
1859 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
1860 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
1861 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
1862 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
1863 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
1864 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
1865 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
1867 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1869 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
1871 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1873 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
1875 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1877 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
1878 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1880 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1882 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
1885 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1887 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
1889 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1891 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
1893 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1895 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
1897 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1899 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
1901 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1903 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
1905 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1907 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
1908 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
1909 purge the constitution
1911 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1913 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
1915 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1917 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
1918 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
1919 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
1921 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1923 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
1924 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
1927 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1929 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
1932 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1934 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
1935 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
1937 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1939 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
1941 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1943 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
1945 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1947 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
1948 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
1950 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1952 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
1954 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1956 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
1957 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
1958 developers-reference.sgml
1960 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1962 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
1963 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
1965 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1967 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
1968 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
1969 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
1971 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1973 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
1975 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1977 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
1979 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1981 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
1984 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1986 * common.ent (1.1): file added
1988 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1990 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
1992 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
1994 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
1996 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1998 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
2000 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2002 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
2003 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
2006 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2008 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
2010 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2012 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
2013 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
2014 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
2015 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
2017 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2019 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
2022 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2024 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
2025 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
2028 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2030 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
2032 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2034 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
2036 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2038 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
2040 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2042 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
2043 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
2044 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
2045 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
2046 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
2047 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
2049 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
2052 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
2054 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
2058 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2060 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
2061 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
2062 supported architecture in Linux
2064 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
2066 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
2067 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
2069 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
2071 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
2074 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
2076 with intro; demoted server sections under that
2077 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
2078 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
2081 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
2083 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
2084 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
2086 a normal developer may have access.
2088 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2090 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
2092 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2094 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
2095 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
2096 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
2098 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2100 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
2101 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
2102 correct address for PGP key updates
2104 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2106 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
2107 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
2110 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2112 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
2114 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2116 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
2118 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2120 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
2122 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2124 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
2126 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2128 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
2129 debiandoc-sgml output naming
2131 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2133 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
2134 debian-constitution docreg files
2136 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2138 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
2139 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
2140 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
2142 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
2143 <keyring-maint> instead)
2144 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
2146 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2148 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
2149 extensions and PDF file
2151 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2153 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
2155 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2157 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
2160 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2162 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
2164 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2166 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
2167 2.6.1 when I release officially)
2169 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2171 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
2173 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2175 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
2176 Document -- typo correction
2178 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
2180 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2182 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
2184 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2186 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
2188 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2190 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
2192 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2194 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
2196 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2198 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
2199 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
2200 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
2202 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
2204 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
2206 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
2209 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
2211 tighten up the language a bit
2212 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
2214 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
2216 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
2218 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
2220 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
2222 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
2224 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
2226 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
2227 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
2229 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
2232 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
2234 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
2236 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
2238 about how to depart Debian gracefully
2239 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
2240 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
2241 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
2243 number of available packages
2244 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
2245 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
2247 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2249 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
2251 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2253 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
2255 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2257 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
2260 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2262 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
2263 docdir for Bug#31034
2265 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2267 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
2270 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2272 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
2274 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2276 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
2278 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2280 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
2281 from Incoming": tiny section added
2282 * some PGP-centricity removed
2283 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
2285 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
2286 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
2288 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
2289 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
2291 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
2294 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2296 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
2297 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
2299 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2301 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
2304 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2306 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
2307 SGML timestamping, not current date
2309 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2311 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
2314 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2316 * debian/control (1.4): name change
2318 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2320 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
2322 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2324 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
2328 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2330 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
2332 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2334 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
2335 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
2336 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
2338 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
2339 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
2342 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
2344 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2346 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
2348 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2350 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
2352 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2354 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
2356 remove URL to fragment identifier
2358 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2360 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
2362 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2364 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
2365 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
2366 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
2368 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2370 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
2372 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2374 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
2376 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2378 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
2379 changelog, I'm too tired...
2381 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2383 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
2384 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
2388 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2390 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
2392 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2394 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
2398 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2400 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
2402 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2404 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
2407 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2409 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
2411 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2413 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
2415 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2417 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
2419 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2421 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
2422 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
2424 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
2427 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
2429 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2431 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
2433 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2435 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
2437 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2439 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
2441 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2443 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
2446 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2448 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
2449 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
2451 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
2453 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
2455 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2457 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
2459 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2461 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
2463 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2465 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
2467 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2469 * Makefile (1.1): initial
2471 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2473 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
2475 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2477 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
2478 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
2479 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
2480 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
2481 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
2483 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
2484 should and should not be included in this Reference.
2486 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
2487 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
2489 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
2491 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
2493 Little corrections here and there.
2495 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2497 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
2498 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
2499 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
2501 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2503 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
2505 fix dependancy for build
2507 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2509 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
2510 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
2511 "distribution" and the like
2513 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2515 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
2517 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2519 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
2522 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2524 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
2526 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2528 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
2530 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2532 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
2534 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2536 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
2538 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2540 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
2542 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2544 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
2546 format the SGML like I like it
2548 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2550 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
2552 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2554 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
2555 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
2557 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2559 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
2560 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
2562 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2564 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
2565 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
2566 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
2567 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
2568 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\
2570 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2572 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
2573 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
2574 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
2575 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision