1 2002-12-12 13:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/changelog (1.125): prepare 3.2.2
5 2002-12-12 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
7 * developers-reference.sgml (1.152): Sec "Upstream home page": some
8 revisions based on discussion on policy list
10 Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
11 for best practices for documentation
13 Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
14 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
15 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
16 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
21 2002-12-12 13:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
23 * debian/rules (1.36): ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
25 2002-12-12 13:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
27 * debian/TODO (1.6): remove some todo items which are done
29 2002-12-09 14:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
31 * debian/: changelog (1.124), control (1.15): Policy compliance
32 checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
34 2002-12-09 08:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
36 * debian/changelog (1.123): update
38 2002-12-09 08:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
40 * common.ent (1.47): merged url-debian-mirror{s,ing}, the ftplist
41 page is deprecated and the mirror page lists all
43 2002-12-09 08:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
45 * developers-reference.sgml (1.151): slightly rewrote the mirrors
46 section and moved it below the description of the archive (seems
49 2002-12-09 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
51 * ChangeLog (1.12): update for next release
53 2002-12-09 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
55 * debian/changelog (1.122): prepare 3.2.1
57 2002-12-09 03:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
59 * Makefile (1.21): use the debiandoc2* tools for PS and PDF
62 2002-12-09 02:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
64 * debian/rules (1.35): stop shipping SGML source, what's the point,
65 this is a binary pkg, the SGML doesn't have the proper build
66 depends, you can't build it in those dirs anyway -- much better to
67 do 'apt-get source developers-reference'
69 2002-12-09 02:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
71 * debian/rules (1.34): eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure
72 it's not needed now with the DDP builder process, or if it is
73 needed, it's a probably that can be fixed by DDP folks
75 2002-12-09 02:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
77 * common.ent (1.46), developers-reference.sgml (1.150): - Sec
78 "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
79 descriptions" moved under there
80 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
81 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
82 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized
84 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other
86 the document where these tools are discussed
87 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
88 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder,
90 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
91 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to
93 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
94 - README-contrib added giving information for authors,
98 2002-12-09 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
100 * README-contrib (1.1): readme for contributores, including
103 2002-12-08 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
105 * developers-reference.sgml (1.149): Internationalized
106 documentation had the wrong sectional capitalization
108 2002-12-07 02:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
110 * ChangeLog (1.11): update for next release
112 2002-12-07 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
114 * debian/changelog (1.121): all my recent changes, and call it
117 2002-12-07 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
119 * common.ent (1.45), developers-reference.sgml (1.148): Sec "Best
120 practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit here to
121 Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include a POSIX
122 shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
125 2002-12-07 01:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
127 * Makefile (1.20): validation suffix rule now requires version.ent
129 2002-12-07 01:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
131 * developers-reference.sgml (1.147): remove debget from tools
132 section, add notes on more tools to document
134 2002-12-07 01:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
136 * debian/prerm (1.5): don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX,
137 hardcode /usr/sbin/install-docs
139 2002-12-07 01:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
141 * debian/postinst (1.6): why even have a case stmt -- strip it down
144 2002-12-07 01:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
146 * debian/rules (1.33): produce md5sums file; break out a 'test'
149 2002-12-07 01:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
151 * debian/postinst (1.5): move configure stuff under configure case;
152 don't make usr/doc symlink
154 2002-12-06 15:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
156 * common.ent (1.44), developers-reference.sgml (1.146): - Sec
157 "Common situations" renamed to "Common packaging situations" - Sec
158 "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
159 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages - Sec "Writing
160 useful descriptions" heavily edited
162 2002-12-06 05:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
164 * translation-status (1.4): damn cvs keywords, inhibit
166 2002-12-06 05:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
168 * developers-reference.sgml (1.145): - Ch "Packaging Practices"
169 rewritten intro - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to
170 "Best Practices for debian/rules", and write an intro - Sec
171 "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving arguments
172 for and against debhelper, mostly for :) - Sec "Package with
173 multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source versus patching at
174 build time" and rewritten - Sec "Multiple binary packages"
175 rewritten - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
176 "Internationalization" section, and some edits - Sec
177 "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
178 "Internationalization" - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed
179 to "Common Situations" - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake"
180 rewritten - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in
183 2002-12-06 05:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
185 * translation-status (1.3): retab, no content changes
187 2002-12-06 04:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
189 * translation-status (1.2): adapt script to local context, strip
190 out useless -V option too
192 2002-12-06 04:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
194 * common.ent (1.43): doc-check reference for best-practices, doc
197 2002-12-06 04:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
199 * developers-reference.desc (1.11): expand the doc-base abstract
202 2002-12-06 04:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
204 * translation-status (1.1): translation status checking tool, based
205 on documentation/doc-check from boot-floppies source, rev 1.12
207 2002-12-05 18:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
209 * developers-reference.sgml (1.144): fix typo, closes: #171781
211 2002-12-05 16:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
213 * developers-reference.sgml (1.143): typo fix, thanks Alfie Costa
215 2002-12-03 11:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
217 * debian/changelog (1.120): update
219 2002-12-03 11:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
221 * developers-reference.sgml (1.142): added spaces between ©
222 and the first year (wonder if that was intentional?); merged a bit
223 misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian section and
224 adjusted links; added the missing description of dh-make and
227 2002-11-27 21:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
229 * ChangeLog (1.10): update for next release
231 2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
233 * debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2
235 2002-11-27 21:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
237 * developers-reference.sgml (1.141): Sec "Handling debconf
238 translations", updates from Martin Quinson for po-debconf with
239 minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
241 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
243 * developers-reference.desc (1.10): doc-base file includes French
246 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
248 * developers-reference.sgml (1.140): debsign invocation was
249 slightly wrong, closes: #170523
251 2002-11-18 14:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
253 * Makefile (1.19): updated PUBLISHDIR
255 2002-11-12 23:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
257 * ChangeLog (1.9): update for next release
259 2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
261 * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1
263 2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
265 * common.ent (1.42), developers-reference.sgml (1.139),
266 debian/changelog (1.117): fix some bad URLs, notably the testing
267 FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now
269 2002-11-11 13:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
271 * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix
272 a grammar typo, closes: #166098
274 2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
276 * debian/changelog (1.115): don't use caps or fullstops in
277 changelog entries -- a bug I fixed
279 2002-11-11 13:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
281 * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
283 2002-10-21 12:07 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
285 * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114):
288 2002-10-10 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
290 * developers-reference.sgml (1.136): the version of dpkg-dev that
291 supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that; also
292 rephrased the sentence better while i was at it
294 2002-10-10 17:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
296 * debian/changelog (1.113): update
298 2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
300 * common.ent (1.40), developers-reference.sgml (1.135):
301 fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably
302 address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing
305 2002-09-21 10:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
307 * developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): -
308 Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative
309 maintenance". Closes: #161488
311 2002-09-19 07:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
313 * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change
315 2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
317 * common.ent (1.39), developers-reference.sgml (1.133): updated IRC
318 stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403
320 2002-09-11 12:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
322 * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and
323 editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf
325 2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
327 * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release
329 2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
331 * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes
333 2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
335 * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
336 editorial review -- no new content
338 2002-09-09 06:08 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
340 * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
343 2002-09-09 05:46 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
345 * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
346 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
348 2002-09-08 14:42 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
350 * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
351 debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
352 replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the
353 paragraph about security upload in the section explaining source
354 NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling security-related
355 bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the Technical Committee
356 web page (in the "Bug housekeeping" section). closes: #151365 -
357 Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
358 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the
359 comment about uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's
360 packages overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a
361 reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
362 descriptions". closes: #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice
363 section for "Packages using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 -
364 Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
365 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
367 2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
369 * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the
370 when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
371 Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
373 2002-08-29 11:47 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
375 * developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
376 to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
377 without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
379 2002-08-29 11:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
381 * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
382 debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
383 handling security related bugs.
385 2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
387 * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts
388 section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing
389 <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially
390 confusing without that)
392 2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
394 * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's
397 2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
399 * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32),
400 developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml
401 (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
403 2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
405 * debian/changelog (1.106): update
407 2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
409 * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added
412 2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
414 * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists
415 section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of
416 the core mailing lists
418 2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
420 * debian/changelog (1.105): update
422 2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
424 * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following
425 Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only
428 2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
430 * debian/changelog (1.104): updated
432 2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
434 * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated
435 (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the
436 Debian servers section
438 2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
440 * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
443 2002-06-24 15:28 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
445 * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
446 Applied several patches.
448 2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
450 * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph
452 2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
454 * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
455 Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
457 2002-06-19 15:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
459 * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
460 New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
461 "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427
463 2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
465 * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
468 2002-06-15 20:30 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
470 * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
471 descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
474 2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
476 * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release
478 2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
480 * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
483 2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
485 * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
488 2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
490 * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
491 awkward wordings fixed
493 2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
495 * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
497 2002-06-10 03:31 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
499 * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
500 debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
501 translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
503 2002-06-08 16:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
505 * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
506 debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
507 patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other
508 specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
509 quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
511 2002-05-23 20:17 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
513 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
514 debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
515 "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
516 chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the
517 being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
518 devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
520 2002-05-23 16:03 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
522 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
523 Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
524 for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
525 fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
526 content of each of those sections to help the writers.
528 2002-05-12 04:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
530 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
533 2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
535 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
538 I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does not
539 exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict
540 with the current common.ent.
542 I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
543 I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
545 Now DDP site shall build :)
547 2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
549 * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
550 debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
551 us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
553 tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
554 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
555 work-around with <...>
557 fix some awkward working from recent updates
559 2002-05-10 16:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
561 * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
562 descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
564 2002-05-09 18:24 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
566 * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
567 "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco
568 Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New Section
569 "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo
570 Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
572 2002-05-09 13:43 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
574 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
575 debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
576 "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
577 login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the
578 example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list
579 of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections"
580 section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian
581 archive. It's just a generic information field of the package and
582 nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental since it
583 doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec "When to do a
584 source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest the use of
585 the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to
586 explain the need to integrate the changes introduced by NMUs.
587 Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a NMU. -
588 Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in
589 new Section "The Package Tracking System".
591 2002-05-09 05:45 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
593 * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
594 debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
595 "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
596 directory. closes: #135562, #136774
598 2002-05-08 18:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
600 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
601 debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
602 removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about software
603 subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section "Contacting
604 other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging" Document the
605 package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 - New Section
606 "Package's information" under Resources Document
607 http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
608 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility. - Sec
609 "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com -
610 Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
612 2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
614 * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
616 2002-05-08 11:34 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
618 * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
619 debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
620 is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some cruft
621 in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts.
624 2002-05-08 06:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
626 * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
627 Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
628 descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
631 2002-05-07 18:39 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
633 * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
635 2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
637 * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
638 the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
640 2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
642 * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
643 check and some awkward grammar
645 2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
647 * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
649 2002-05-06 19:25 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
651 * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
652 Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
653 all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
654 changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
655 mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
656 about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of
657 package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
659 2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
661 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
662 (aph updated the original before me).
664 2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
666 * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
668 2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
670 * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
672 2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
674 * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
676 2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
678 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
680 2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
682 * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
683 Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
685 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
686 Ch "The Debian Archive"
688 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
691 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
692 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
693 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
695 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
696 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
698 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
699 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
700 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
701 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
702 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
703 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
704 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
706 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
707 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
709 2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
711 * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
713 2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
715 * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
716 new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
717 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
719 Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
721 "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
722 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
723 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
725 2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
727 * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
729 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
731 * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
733 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
735 * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
737 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
739 * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
740 link to New Maintainers' Guide
741 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
743 we add some info on sponsoring
745 2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
747 * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
749 2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
751 * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
754 2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
756 * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
757 are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
760 2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
762 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
764 2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
766 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
768 2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
770 * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
772 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
774 * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
776 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
778 * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
780 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
782 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
784 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
786 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
787 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
788 - Ch "Package uploads":
789 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
790 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
791 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
792 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
793 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
794 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
796 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
798 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
799 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
801 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
803 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
806 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
808 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
809 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
811 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
812 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
813 info on the dh-* pkgs
814 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
815 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
816 - other minor wording changes
818 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
820 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
822 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
824 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
827 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
829 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
832 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
834 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
835 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore,
836 talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
838 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
840 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
843 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
845 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
846 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
848 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
850 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
853 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
855 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
857 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
859 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
861 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
863 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
865 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
867 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
868 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
870 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
872 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
873 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
874 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
876 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
878 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
879 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
880 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
882 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
884 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
886 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
888 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
889 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
891 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
893 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
894 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
896 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
898 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
899 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
900 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
902 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
904 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
906 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
908 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
911 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
913 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
914 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
916 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
918 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
919 real change needed, updated french version number)
921 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
923 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
926 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
928 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
929 'General Public license'
931 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
933 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
936 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
938 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
939 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
941 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
943 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
945 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
947 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
948 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
949 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
950 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
951 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
953 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
955 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
957 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
959 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
961 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
963 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
965 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
967 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
969 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
971 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
973 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
975 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
976 about picking the distribution
978 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
980 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
981 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
983 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
985 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
986 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
989 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
991 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
992 experimental (better late than never)
994 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
996 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
997 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
998 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
999 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
1000 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
1003 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1005 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
1006 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
1007 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
1008 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
1010 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1012 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
1014 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1016 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
1018 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1020 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
1023 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1025 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
1028 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1030 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
1031 developers-reference.sgml.
1033 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1035 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
1036 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1038 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1040 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
1042 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1044 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
1045 James Troup, part of #102626
1047 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1049 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
1050 that changes a lot !
1052 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1054 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
1057 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1059 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
1061 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1063 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
1064 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
1066 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1068 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
1069 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
1071 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1073 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
1075 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1077 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
1079 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1081 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
1083 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1085 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
1088 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1090 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
1091 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
1093 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1095 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
1096 explains how people.d.o works
1098 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1100 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
1101 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
1103 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1105 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
1106 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1108 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1110 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1111 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
1112 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
1113 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
1115 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1117 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
1118 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1119 forwarding bugs upstream
1123 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1125 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
1126 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
1127 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
1131 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1133 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
1134 small typo in a link
1136 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1138 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
1141 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1143 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
1145 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1147 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
1150 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1152 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
1154 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1156 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
1157 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
1159 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1161 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
1163 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1165 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
1167 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1169 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
1171 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1173 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
1175 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1177 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
1180 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1182 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1183 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
1185 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1187 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
1190 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1192 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
1194 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1196 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
1198 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1200 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
1203 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1205 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
1207 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1209 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
1210 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
1211 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
1213 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1215 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1216 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
1218 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1220 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
1222 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1224 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
1225 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
1227 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1229 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
1230 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
1232 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1234 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
1235 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
1236 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
1239 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1241 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
1242 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
1244 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1246 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
1248 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1250 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
1251 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
1252 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1254 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
1256 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1257 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1260 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1262 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
1265 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1267 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
1269 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1271 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
1272 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
1274 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1276 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
1278 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1280 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
1281 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
1283 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1285 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
1287 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1289 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
1291 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1293 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
1294 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
1296 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1298 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
1299 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
1301 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1303 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
1304 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
1305 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
1307 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1309 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
1310 files which no longer exist
1312 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1314 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
1315 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
1318 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1320 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
1321 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1322 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1324 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1326 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
1329 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1331 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
1334 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1336 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
1337 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1339 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1341 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
1342 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1343 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1344 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1347 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1349 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1350 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1352 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1354 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
1355 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
1356 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
1358 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1360 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
1361 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
1362 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
1363 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
1364 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
1365 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
1366 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
1367 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
1368 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1370 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1372 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
1375 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1377 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
1378 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
1380 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1382 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
1383 source-depends stuff
1385 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1387 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
1389 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1391 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
1392 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1394 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
1398 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1400 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
1401 doc-base file for FHS
1403 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1405 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
1407 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1409 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
1411 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1413 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
1414 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
1416 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1418 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
1419 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
1420 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
1422 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1424 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
1425 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
1427 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1429 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
1430 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
1431 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
1432 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
1433 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
1434 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
1435 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
1436 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
1437 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
1439 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1441 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
1443 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1445 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
1447 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1449 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
1450 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1452 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1454 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
1457 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1459 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
1461 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1463 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
1465 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1467 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
1469 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1471 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
1473 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1475 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
1477 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1479 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
1480 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
1481 purge the constitution
1483 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1485 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
1487 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1489 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
1490 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
1491 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
1493 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1495 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
1496 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
1499 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1501 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
1504 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1506 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
1507 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
1509 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1511 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
1513 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1515 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
1517 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1519 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
1520 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
1522 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1524 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
1526 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1528 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
1529 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
1530 developers-reference.sgml
1532 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1534 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
1535 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
1537 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1539 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
1540 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
1541 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
1543 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1545 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
1547 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1549 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
1551 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1553 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
1556 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1558 * common.ent (1.1): file added
1560 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1562 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
1564 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
1566 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
1568 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1570 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
1572 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1574 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
1575 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
1578 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1580 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
1582 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1584 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
1585 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
1586 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
1587 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1589 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1591 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
1594 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1596 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
1597 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
1600 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1602 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
1604 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1606 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1608 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1610 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
1612 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1614 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
1615 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1616 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1617 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1618 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1619 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
1621 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
1624 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
1626 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
1630 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1632 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
1633 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
1634 supported architecture in Linux
1636 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
1638 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1639 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
1641 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
1643 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
1646 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
1648 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1649 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1650 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
1653 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
1655 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1656 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
1658 a normal developer may have access.
1660 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1662 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
1664 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1666 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
1667 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
1668 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
1670 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1672 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
1673 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
1674 correct address for PGP key updates
1676 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1678 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
1679 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
1682 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1684 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
1686 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1688 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
1690 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1692 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
1694 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1696 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
1698 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1700 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
1701 debiandoc-sgml output naming
1703 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1705 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
1706 debian-constitution docreg files
1708 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1710 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
1711 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1712 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
1714 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1715 <keyring-maint> instead)
1716 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1718 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1720 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
1721 extensions and PDF file
1723 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1725 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
1727 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1729 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
1731 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1733 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
1736 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1738 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
1739 2.6.1 when I release officially)
1741 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1743 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
1745 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1747 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
1748 Document -- typo correction
1750 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
1752 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1754 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
1756 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1758 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
1760 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1762 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
1764 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1766 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
1768 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1770 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
1771 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1772 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
1774 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
1776 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
1778 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
1781 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
1783 tighten up the language a bit
1784 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
1786 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
1788 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
1790 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1792 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
1794 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
1796 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
1798 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1799 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
1801 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
1804 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
1806 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
1808 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
1810 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1811 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1812 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1813 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
1815 number of available packages
1816 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1817 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1819 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1821 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
1823 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1825 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
1827 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1829 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
1832 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1834 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
1835 docdir for Bug#31034
1837 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1839 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
1842 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1844 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
1846 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1848 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
1850 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1852 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
1853 from Incoming": tiny section added
1854 * some PGP-centricity removed
1855 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
1857 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
1858 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
1860 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1861 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
1863 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
1866 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1868 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
1869 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
1871 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1873 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
1876 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1878 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
1879 SGML timestamping, not current date
1881 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1883 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
1886 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1888 * debian/control (1.4): name change
1890 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1892 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
1894 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1896 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
1900 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1902 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
1904 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1906 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
1907 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
1908 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
1910 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1911 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
1914 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1916 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1918 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
1920 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1922 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
1924 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1926 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
1928 remove URL to fragment identifier
1930 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1932 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
1934 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1936 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
1937 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1938 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1940 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1942 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
1944 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1946 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
1948 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1950 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
1951 changelog, I'm too tired...
1953 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1955 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
1956 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
1960 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1962 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
1964 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1966 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
1970 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1972 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
1974 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1976 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
1979 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1981 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
1983 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1985 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
1987 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1989 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
1991 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1993 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
1994 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1996 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1999 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
2001 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2003 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
2005 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2007 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
2009 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2011 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
2013 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2015 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
2018 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2020 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
2021 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
2023 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
2025 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
2027 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2029 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
2031 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2033 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
2035 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2037 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
2039 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2041 * Makefile (1.1): initial
2043 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2045 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
2047 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2049 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
2050 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
2051 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
2052 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
2053 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
2055 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
2056 should and should not be included in this Reference.
2058 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
2059 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
2061 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
2063 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
2065 Little corrections here and there.
2067 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2069 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
2070 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
2071 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
2073 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2075 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
2077 fix dependancy for build
2079 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2081 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
2082 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
2083 "distribution" and the like
2085 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2087 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
2089 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2091 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
2094 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2096 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
2098 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2100 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
2102 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2104 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
2106 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2108 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
2110 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2112 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
2114 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2116 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
2118 format the SGML like I like it
2120 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2122 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
2124 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2126 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
2127 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
2129 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2131 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
2132 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
2134 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2136 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
2137 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
2138 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
2139 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision
2141 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2143 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
2144 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
2145 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
2146 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
2147 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\