1 2003-02-24 13:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/changelog (1.141): prepare 3.3 for release
5 2003-02-24 13:12 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
7 * developers-reference.sgml (1.191): two little updates
9 2003-02-23 13:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
11 * debian/changelog (1.140): recent changes, date burn the changelog
12 entry -- I think we are ready for release
14 2003-02-23 13:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
16 * common.ent (1.53), developers-reference.sgml (1.190): primary
17 author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove emails
18 from other authors to prevent spam
20 2003-02-23 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
22 * developers-reference.sgml (1.189): bpp-debian-maint-scripts -
23 move down to where debconf is, no content changes at all
25 bpp-debian-control - more suggestions from IRC
27 2003-02-23 12:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
29 * Makefile (1.23): clean is cleaner
31 2003-02-23 12:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
33 * developers-reference.sgml (1.188): some changes to
34 bpp-debian-control from Sebastian Rittau
36 2003-02-23 03:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
38 * .cvsignore (1.7): [no log message]
40 2003-02-23 03:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
42 * developers-reference.sgml (1.187), debian/changelog (1.139):
43 rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
44 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, and discussions on bugs
47 2003-02-22 17:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
49 * developers-reference.sgml (1.186): another typo fix and a
50 clarification of my sentence
52 2003-02-22 17:12 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
54 * developers-reference.sgml (1.185): removed the extra copy of
55 life, universe and everything ;) and tidied up another paragraph
57 2003-02-22 16:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
59 * developers-reference.sgml (1.184): Sec bpp-archindepdata:
62 2003-02-22 15:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
64 * developers-reference.sgml (1.183): bpp-archindepdata: eliminate
65 leading space, no change in content at all
67 2003-02-22 15:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
69 * developers-reference.sgml (1.182): move bpp-debian-changelog to
70 be right after bpp-debian-control section
72 2003-02-22 15:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
74 * debian/: changelog (1.138), control (1.17), tocsubstvars (1.3):
75 proper escaping of single quotes in the pkg description/TOC
76 requires newest debhelper
78 2003-02-22 15:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
80 * common.ent (1.52), developers-reference.sgml (1.181):
81 s|bugs.debian.org|&bugs-host;|
82 s|<email>control@bugs.debian.org</email>|&email-bts-control;|
84 <sect1>When bugs are closed by new uploads -- minor editorial
87 <sect>Best practices for debian/changelog -- substantial editing,
88 although mostly editorial, few content changes
90 in "Tools", debdiff and dpkg-depcheck link to their package,
93 2003-02-22 14:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
95 * common.ent (1.51), developers-reference.sgml (1.180): tidied up
98 2003-02-22 13:54 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
100 * developers-reference.sgml (1.179): tidied up the vacation section
102 2003-02-22 13:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
104 * developers-reference.sgml (1.178): rephrased and expanded the
105 voting section a little bit
107 2003-02-22 13:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
109 * developers-reference.sgml (1.177): moved the remaining sections
110 that aren't just about uploads up one level
112 2003-02-19 05:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
114 * debian/rules (1.41): dpkg-parsechangelog is noisy when you make a
115 syntax error, but we don't need that noisiness here
117 2003-02-19 05:48 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
119 * developers-reference.sgml (1.176): plug bpp-debian-changelog a
122 2003-02-15 20:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
124 * developers-reference.sgml (1.175), debian/changelog (1.137):
125 minor typographical changes
127 2003-02-15 07:03 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
129 * developers-reference.sgml (1.174), debian/changelog (1.136):
130 added a link to the policy, and explained the current practice in
131 the synopsis section. this is a compromise as it doesn't expressly
132 conflict with Manoj's or jaq's POV :) closes: #174161
134 2003-02-15 06:29 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
136 * developers-reference.sgml (1.173), debian/changelog (1.135):
137 debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, closes: #172897
139 2003-02-14 10:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
141 * developers-reference.sgml (1.172): better phrased
143 2003-02-14 09:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
145 * developers-reference.sgml (1.171), debian/changelog (1.134):
146 added best practices for debian/changelog, based on a patch from
147 Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
149 2003-02-14 05:40 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
151 * developers-reference.sgml (1.170): another sentence to clarify it
154 2003-02-12 09:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
156 * developers-reference.sgml (1.169), debian/changelog (1.133):
157 added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
158 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
160 2003-01-27 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
162 * debian/: rules (1.40), tocsubstvars (1.2): use of tocsubstvars,
163 minor cosmetics and notes
165 2003-01-27 14:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
167 * debian/: .cvsignore (1.2), changelog (1.132): recent changes
169 2003-01-27 14:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
171 * debian/tocsubstvars (1.1): script to make the manual TOC into a
172 substvar for debian/control description use
174 2003-01-26 06:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
176 * debian/rules (1.39): :)
178 2003-01-26 04:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
180 * debian/control (1.16): multiple packages, use the english TOC for
181 all until we can use UTF8 data here
183 2003-01-26 04:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
185 * Makefile (1.22): top-level makefile deletes target on error
187 2003-01-26 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
189 * .cvsignore (1.6), developers-reference.desc (1.13),
190 developers-reference.fr.desc (1.2), developers-reference.ja.desc
191 (1.2), debian/.cvsignore (1.1), debian/changelog (1.131),
192 debian/compat (1.1), debian/developers-reference-fr.doc-base (1.1),
193 debian/developers-reference-ja.doc-base (1.1),
194 debian/developers-reference.doc-base (1.1), debian/postinst (1.8),
195 debian/prerm (1.7), debian/rules (1.38): convert to debhelper
196 (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer needed
198 split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
200 2003-01-22 20:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
202 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.34), developers-reference.ja.sgml
203 (1.12): removing old tags from translations. hope it isn't a major
206 2003-01-22 20:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
208 * developers-reference.sgml (1.168), common.ent (1.50):
209 file-bts-mailing (server-request) doesn't really provide more
210 information on override files, and file-bts-info (Developer) now
211 has a maintincorrect anchor in it, so use that
213 2003-01-22 20:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
215 * debian/TODO (1.7): oh, look, i fixed that.
217 2003-01-22 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
219 * debian/changelog (1.130): update
221 2003-01-22 19:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
223 * developers-reference.sgml (1.167): the ordering of sections and
224 their content in the packages chapter was SNAFU; this should fix
225 most of that. (note to translators: the bottom, larger part of this
226 diff is because of moving sections around, no content changes)
228 2003-01-22 17:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
230 * developers-reference.sgml (1.166): alleviating some of the
231 confusion with sections and subsections, prompted by Florian
232 Hinzmann's mail on -policy; fixing some weird sections (the package
233 uploads chapter needs more work...)
235 2003-01-19 17:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
237 * developers-reference.sgml (1.165): a better explanation for the
240 2003-01-19 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
242 * developers-reference.sgml (1.164): irc alias was updated to
243 freenode; mention oftc
245 2003-01-19 17:05 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
247 * common.ent (1.49), developers-reference.sgml (1.163): slightly
248 rearranged the db.d.o section
250 2003-01-19 16:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
252 * common.ent (1.48): hmm, www.d.o wasn't in the entity
254 2003-01-19 16:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
256 * developers-reference.sgml (1.162): describe/plug the testing web
259 2003-01-19 15:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
261 * developers-reference.desc (1.12), developers-reference.fr.desc
262 (1.1), developers-reference.ja.desc (1.1), debian/changelog
263 (1.129), debian/postinst (1.7), debian/prerm (1.6), debian/rules
264 (1.37): split translations into different doc-base files
266 2003-01-18 11:25 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
268 * developers-reference.sgml (1.161), debian/changelog (1.128): -
269 Updated the PTS doc with the "ddtp" keyword.
271 2003-01-02 12:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
273 * developers-reference.sgml (1.160): oops
275 2003-01-02 08:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
277 * developers-reference.sgml (1.159): updated sect1 multiple-patches
278 to have a better title/introduction and to mention dpatch (prompted
281 2003-01-02 04:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
283 * developers-reference.sgml (1.158): commented out changes only:
286 2003-01-02 04:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
288 * developers-reference.sgml (1.157), debian/changelog (1.127),
289 debian/copyright (1.5): update copyright year
291 2003-01-01 18:57 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
293 * debian/changelog (1.126): Update french version to latest
296 2003-01-01 18:54 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
298 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.33): Synchronize with 1.153 and
299 proofread by P. Batailler.
301 2002-12-21 14:03 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
303 * developers-reference.sgml (1.156): noted that debian-devel (not
304 -private! boo!) can be contacted to ask about a missing maintainer;
305 rephrased the stuff about conflicts and mentioned the ways of
306 resolving such issues
308 2002-12-21 13:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
310 * developers-reference.sgml (1.155): replaced the mia-qa section
311 with what Martin Michlmayr wrote, plus proofreading by myself
313 2002-12-21 13:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
315 * developers-reference.sgml (1.154): moved the contacting
316 maintainers section above the one about being unable to contact
317 maintainers (mmmh, logic)
319 2002-12-12 15:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
321 * developers-reference.sgml (1.153): replaced ASCII with plain
322 text, since not all plain text is ASCII
324 2002-12-12 13:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
326 * ChangeLog (1.13): update for next release
328 2002-12-12 13:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
330 * debian/changelog (1.125): prepare 3.2.2
332 2002-12-12 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
334 * developers-reference.sgml (1.152): Sec "Upstream home page": some
335 revisions based on discussion on policy list
337 Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
338 for best practices for documentation
340 Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
341 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
342 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
343 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
348 2002-12-12 13:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
350 * debian/rules (1.36): ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
352 2002-12-12 13:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
354 * debian/TODO (1.6): remove some todo items which are done
356 2002-12-09 14:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
358 * debian/: changelog (1.124), control (1.15): Policy compliance
359 checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
361 2002-12-09 08:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
363 * debian/changelog (1.123): update
365 2002-12-09 08:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
367 * common.ent (1.47): merged url-debian-mirror{s,ing}, the ftplist
368 page is deprecated and the mirror page lists all
370 2002-12-09 08:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
372 * developers-reference.sgml (1.151): slightly rewrote the mirrors
373 section and moved it below the description of the archive (seems
376 2002-12-09 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
378 * ChangeLog (1.12): update for next release
380 2002-12-09 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
382 * debian/changelog (1.122): prepare 3.2.1
384 2002-12-09 03:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
386 * Makefile (1.21): use the debiandoc2* tools for PS and PDF
389 2002-12-09 02:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
391 * debian/rules (1.35): stop shipping SGML source, what's the point,
392 this is a binary pkg, the SGML doesn't have the proper build
393 depends, you can't build it in those dirs anyway -- much better to
394 do 'apt-get source developers-reference'
396 2002-12-09 02:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
398 * debian/rules (1.34): eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure
399 it's not needed now with the DDP builder process, or if it is
400 needed, it's a probably that can be fixed by DDP folks
402 2002-12-09 02:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
404 * common.ent (1.46), developers-reference.sgml (1.150): - Sec
405 "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
406 descriptions" moved under there
407 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
408 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
409 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized
411 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other
413 the document where these tools are discussed
414 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
415 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder,
417 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
418 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to
420 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
421 - README-contrib added giving information for authors,
425 2002-12-09 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
427 * README-contrib (1.1): readme for contributores, including
430 2002-12-08 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
432 * developers-reference.sgml (1.149): Internationalized
433 documentation had the wrong sectional capitalization
435 2002-12-07 02:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
437 * ChangeLog (1.11): update for next release
439 2002-12-07 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
441 * debian/changelog (1.121): all my recent changes, and call it
444 2002-12-07 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
446 * common.ent (1.45), developers-reference.sgml (1.148): Sec "Best
447 practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit here to
448 Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include a POSIX
449 shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
452 2002-12-07 01:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
454 * Makefile (1.20): validation suffix rule now requires version.ent
456 2002-12-07 01:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
458 * developers-reference.sgml (1.147): remove debget from tools
459 section, add notes on more tools to document
461 2002-12-07 01:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
463 * debian/prerm (1.5): don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX,
464 hardcode /usr/sbin/install-docs
466 2002-12-07 01:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
468 * debian/postinst (1.6): why even have a case stmt -- strip it down
471 2002-12-07 01:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
473 * debian/rules (1.33): produce md5sums file; break out a 'test'
476 2002-12-07 01:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
478 * debian/postinst (1.5): move configure stuff under configure case;
479 don't make usr/doc symlink
481 2002-12-06 15:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
483 * common.ent (1.44), developers-reference.sgml (1.146): - Sec
484 "Common situations" renamed to "Common packaging situations" - Sec
485 "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
486 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages - Sec "Writing
487 useful descriptions" heavily edited
489 2002-12-06 05:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
491 * translation-status (1.4): damn cvs keywords, inhibit
493 2002-12-06 05:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
495 * developers-reference.sgml (1.145): - Ch "Packaging Practices"
496 rewritten intro - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to
497 "Best Practices for debian/rules", and write an intro - Sec
498 "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving arguments
499 for and against debhelper, mostly for :) - Sec "Package with
500 multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source versus patching at
501 build time" and rewritten - Sec "Multiple binary packages"
502 rewritten - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
503 "Internationalization" section, and some edits - Sec
504 "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
505 "Internationalization" - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed
506 to "Common Situations" - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake"
507 rewritten - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in
510 2002-12-06 05:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
512 * translation-status (1.3): retab, no content changes
514 2002-12-06 04:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
516 * translation-status (1.2): adapt script to local context, strip
517 out useless -V option too
519 2002-12-06 04:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
521 * common.ent (1.43): doc-check reference for best-practices, doc
524 2002-12-06 04:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
526 * developers-reference.desc (1.11): expand the doc-base abstract
529 2002-12-06 04:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
531 * translation-status (1.1): translation status checking tool, based
532 on documentation/doc-check from boot-floppies source, rev 1.12
534 2002-12-05 18:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
536 * developers-reference.sgml (1.144): fix typo, closes: #171781
538 2002-12-05 16:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
540 * developers-reference.sgml (1.143): typo fix, thanks Alfie Costa
542 2002-12-03 11:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
544 * debian/changelog (1.120): update
546 2002-12-03 11:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
548 * developers-reference.sgml (1.142): added spaces between ©
549 and the first year (wonder if that was intentional?); merged a bit
550 misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian section and
551 adjusted links; added the missing description of dh-make and
554 2002-11-27 21:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
556 * ChangeLog (1.10): update for next release
558 2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
560 * debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2
562 2002-11-27 21:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
564 * developers-reference.sgml (1.141): Sec "Handling debconf
565 translations", updates from Martin Quinson for po-debconf with
566 minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
568 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
570 * developers-reference.desc (1.10): doc-base file includes French
573 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
575 * developers-reference.sgml (1.140): debsign invocation was
576 slightly wrong, closes: #170523
578 2002-11-18 14:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
580 * Makefile (1.19): updated PUBLISHDIR
582 2002-11-12 23:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
584 * ChangeLog (1.9): update for next release
586 2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
588 * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1
590 2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
592 * common.ent (1.42), developers-reference.sgml (1.139),
593 debian/changelog (1.117): fix some bad URLs, notably the testing
594 FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now
596 2002-11-11 13:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
598 * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix
599 a grammar typo, closes: #166098
601 2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
603 * debian/changelog (1.115): don't use caps or fullstops in
604 changelog entries -- a bug I fixed
606 2002-11-11 13:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
608 * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
610 2002-10-21 12:07 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
612 * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114):
615 2002-10-10 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
617 * developers-reference.sgml (1.136): the version of dpkg-dev that
618 supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that; also
619 rephrased the sentence better while i was at it
621 2002-10-10 17:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
623 * debian/changelog (1.113): update
625 2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
627 * common.ent (1.40), developers-reference.sgml (1.135):
628 fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably
629 address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing
632 2002-09-21 10:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
634 * developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): -
635 Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative
636 maintenance". Closes: #161488
638 2002-09-19 07:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
640 * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change
642 2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
644 * common.ent (1.39), developers-reference.sgml (1.133): updated IRC
645 stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403
647 2002-09-11 12:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
649 * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and
650 editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf
652 2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
654 * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release
656 2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
658 * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes
660 2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
662 * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
663 editorial review -- no new content
665 2002-09-09 06:08 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
667 * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
670 2002-09-09 05:46 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
672 * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
673 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
675 2002-09-08 14:42 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
677 * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
678 debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
679 replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the
680 paragraph about security upload in the section explaining source
681 NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling security-related
682 bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the Technical Committee
683 web page (in the "Bug housekeeping" section). closes: #151365 -
684 Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
685 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the
686 comment about uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's
687 packages overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a
688 reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
689 descriptions". closes: #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice
690 section for "Packages using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 -
691 Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
692 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
694 2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
696 * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the
697 when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
698 Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
700 2002-08-29 11:47 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
702 * developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
703 to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
704 without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
706 2002-08-29 11:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
708 * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
709 debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
710 handling security related bugs.
712 2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
714 * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts
715 section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing
716 <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially
717 confusing without that)
719 2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
721 * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's
724 2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
726 * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32),
727 developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml
728 (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
730 2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
732 * debian/changelog (1.106): update
734 2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
736 * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added
739 2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
741 * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists
742 section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of
743 the core mailing lists
745 2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
747 * debian/changelog (1.105): update
749 2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
751 * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following
752 Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only
755 2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
757 * debian/changelog (1.104): updated
759 2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
761 * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated
762 (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the
763 Debian servers section
765 2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
767 * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
770 2002-06-24 15:28 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
772 * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
773 Applied several patches.
775 2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
777 * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph
779 2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
781 * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
782 Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
784 2002-06-19 15:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
786 * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
787 New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
788 "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427
790 2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
792 * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
795 2002-06-15 20:30 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
797 * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
798 descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
801 2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
803 * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release
805 2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
807 * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
810 2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
812 * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
815 2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
817 * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
818 awkward wordings fixed
820 2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
822 * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
824 2002-06-10 03:31 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
826 * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
827 debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
828 translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
830 2002-06-08 16:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
832 * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
833 debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
834 patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other
835 specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
836 quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
838 2002-05-23 20:17 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
840 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
841 debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
842 "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
843 chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the
844 being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
845 devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
847 2002-05-23 16:03 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
849 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
850 Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
851 for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
852 fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
853 content of each of those sections to help the writers.
855 2002-05-12 04:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
857 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
860 2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
862 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
865 I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does not
866 exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict
867 with the current common.ent.
869 I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
870 I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
872 Now DDP site shall build :)
874 2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
876 * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
877 debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
878 us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
880 tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
881 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
882 work-around with <...>
884 fix some awkward working from recent updates
886 2002-05-10 16:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
888 * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
889 descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
891 2002-05-09 18:24 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
893 * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
894 "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco
895 Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New Section
896 "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo
897 Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
899 2002-05-09 13:43 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
901 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
902 debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
903 "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
904 login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the
905 example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list
906 of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections"
907 section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian
908 archive. It's just a generic information field of the package and
909 nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental since it
910 doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec "When to do a
911 source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest the use of
912 the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to
913 explain the need to integrate the changes introduced by NMUs.
914 Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a NMU. -
915 Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in
916 new Section "The Package Tracking System".
918 2002-05-09 05:45 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
920 * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
921 debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
922 "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
923 directory. closes: #135562, #136774
925 2002-05-08 18:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
927 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
928 debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
929 removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about software
930 subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section "Contacting
931 other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging" Document the
932 package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 - New Section
933 "Package's information" under Resources Document
934 http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
935 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility. - Sec
936 "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com -
937 Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
939 2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
941 * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
943 2002-05-08 11:34 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
945 * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
946 debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
947 is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some cruft
948 in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts.
951 2002-05-08 06:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
953 * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
954 Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
955 descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
958 2002-05-07 18:39 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
960 * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
962 2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
964 * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
965 the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
967 2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
969 * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
970 check and some awkward grammar
972 2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
974 * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
976 2002-05-06 19:25 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
978 * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
979 Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
980 all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
981 changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
982 mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
983 about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of
984 package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
986 2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
988 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
989 (aph updated the original before me).
991 2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
993 * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
995 2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
997 * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
999 2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1001 * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
1003 2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1005 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
1007 2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1009 * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
1010 Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
1012 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
1013 Ch "The Debian Archive"
1015 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
1017 Ch "Package uploads"
1018 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
1019 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
1020 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1022 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
1023 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
1025 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
1026 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
1027 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
1028 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
1029 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
1030 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
1031 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
1033 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
1034 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
1036 2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1038 * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
1040 2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1042 * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
1043 new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
1044 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
1046 Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
1048 "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
1049 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
1050 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
1052 2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1054 * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
1056 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1058 * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
1060 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1062 * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
1064 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1066 * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
1067 link to New Maintainers' Guide
1068 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
1070 we add some info on sponsoring
1072 2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1074 * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
1076 2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1078 * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
1081 2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1083 * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
1084 are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
1087 2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1089 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
1091 2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1093 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
1095 2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1097 * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
1099 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1101 * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
1103 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1105 * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
1107 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1109 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
1111 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1113 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
1114 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1115 - Ch "Package uploads":
1116 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1117 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1118 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1119 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1120 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1121 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1123 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1125 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
1126 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1128 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1130 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
1133 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1135 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
1136 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1138 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1139 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
1140 info on the dh-* pkgs
1141 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1142 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1143 - other minor wording changes
1145 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1147 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
1149 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1151 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
1154 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1156 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
1159 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1161 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
1162 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore,
1163 talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
1165 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1167 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
1170 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1172 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
1173 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
1175 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1177 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
1180 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1182 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
1184 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1186 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
1188 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1190 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
1192 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1194 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1195 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
1197 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1199 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
1200 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
1201 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
1203 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1205 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
1206 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1207 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
1209 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1211 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
1213 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1215 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
1216 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
1218 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1220 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
1221 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
1223 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1225 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
1226 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
1227 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1229 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1231 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
1233 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1235 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
1238 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
1240 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
1241 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
1243 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1245 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
1246 real change needed, updated french version number)
1248 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1250 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
1253 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1255 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
1256 'General Public license'
1258 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1260 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
1263 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1265 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
1266 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
1268 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1270 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
1272 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1274 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
1275 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
1276 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
1277 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
1278 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
1280 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1282 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
1284 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1286 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
1288 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1290 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
1292 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1294 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
1296 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1298 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
1300 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1302 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
1303 about picking the distribution
1305 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1307 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
1308 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
1310 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1312 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
1313 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
1316 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1318 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
1319 experimental (better late than never)
1321 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1323 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
1324 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
1325 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
1326 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
1327 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
1330 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1332 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
1333 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
1334 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
1335 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
1337 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1339 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
1341 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1343 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
1345 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1347 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
1350 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1352 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
1355 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1357 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
1358 developers-reference.sgml.
1360 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1362 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
1363 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1365 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1367 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
1369 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1371 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
1372 James Troup, part of #102626
1374 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1376 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
1377 that changes a lot !
1379 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1381 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
1384 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1386 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
1388 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1390 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
1391 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
1393 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1395 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
1396 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
1398 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1400 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
1402 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1404 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
1406 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1408 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
1410 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1412 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
1415 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1417 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
1418 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
1420 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1422 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
1423 explains how people.d.o works
1425 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1427 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
1428 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
1430 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1432 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
1433 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1435 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1437 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1438 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
1439 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
1440 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
1442 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1444 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
1445 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1446 forwarding bugs upstream
1450 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1452 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
1453 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
1454 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
1458 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1460 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
1461 small typo in a link
1463 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1465 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
1468 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1470 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
1472 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1474 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
1477 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1479 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
1481 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1483 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
1484 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
1486 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1488 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
1490 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1492 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
1494 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1496 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
1498 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1500 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
1502 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1504 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
1507 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1509 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1510 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
1512 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1514 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
1517 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1519 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
1521 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1523 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
1525 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1527 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
1530 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1532 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
1534 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1536 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
1537 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
1538 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
1540 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1542 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1543 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
1545 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1547 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
1549 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1551 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
1552 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
1554 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1556 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
1557 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
1559 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1561 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
1562 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
1563 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
1566 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1568 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
1569 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
1571 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1573 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
1575 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1577 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
1578 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
1579 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1581 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
1583 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1584 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1587 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1589 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
1592 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1594 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
1596 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1598 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
1599 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
1601 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1603 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
1605 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1607 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
1608 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
1610 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1612 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
1614 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1616 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
1618 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1620 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
1621 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
1623 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1625 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
1626 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
1628 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1630 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
1631 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
1632 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
1634 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1636 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
1637 files which no longer exist
1639 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1641 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
1642 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
1645 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1647 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
1648 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1649 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1651 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1653 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
1656 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1658 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
1661 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1663 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
1664 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1666 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1668 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
1669 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1670 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1671 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1674 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1676 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1677 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1679 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1681 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
1682 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
1683 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
1685 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1687 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
1688 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
1689 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
1690 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
1691 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
1692 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
1693 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
1694 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
1695 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1697 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1699 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
1702 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1704 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
1705 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
1707 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1709 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
1710 source-depends stuff
1712 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1714 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
1716 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1718 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
1719 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1721 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
1725 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1727 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
1728 doc-base file for FHS
1730 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1732 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
1734 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1736 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
1738 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1740 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
1741 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
1743 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1745 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
1746 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
1747 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
1749 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1751 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
1752 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
1754 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1756 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
1757 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
1758 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
1759 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
1760 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
1761 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
1762 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
1763 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
1764 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
1766 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1768 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
1770 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1772 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
1774 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1776 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
1777 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1779 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1781 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
1784 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1786 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
1788 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1790 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
1792 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1794 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
1796 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1798 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
1800 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1802 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
1804 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1806 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
1807 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
1808 purge the constitution
1810 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1812 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
1814 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1816 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
1817 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
1818 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
1820 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1822 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
1823 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
1826 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1828 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
1831 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1833 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
1834 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
1836 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1838 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
1840 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1842 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
1844 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1846 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
1847 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
1849 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1851 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
1853 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1855 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
1856 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
1857 developers-reference.sgml
1859 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1861 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
1862 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
1864 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1866 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
1867 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
1868 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
1870 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1872 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
1874 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1876 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
1878 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1880 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
1883 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1885 * common.ent (1.1): file added
1887 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1889 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
1891 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
1893 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
1895 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1897 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
1899 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1901 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
1902 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
1905 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1907 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
1909 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1911 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
1912 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
1913 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
1914 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1916 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1918 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
1921 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1923 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
1924 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
1927 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1929 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
1931 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1933 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1935 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1937 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
1939 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1941 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
1942 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1943 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1944 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1945 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1946 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
1948 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
1951 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
1953 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
1957 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1959 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
1960 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
1961 supported architecture in Linux
1963 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
1965 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1966 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
1968 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
1970 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
1973 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
1975 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1976 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1977 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
1980 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
1982 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1983 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
1985 a normal developer may have access.
1987 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1989 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
1991 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1993 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
1994 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
1995 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
1997 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1999 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
2000 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
2001 correct address for PGP key updates
2003 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2005 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
2006 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
2009 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2011 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
2013 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2015 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
2017 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2019 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
2021 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2023 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
2025 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2027 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
2028 debiandoc-sgml output naming
2030 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2032 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
2033 debian-constitution docreg files
2035 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2037 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
2038 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
2039 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
2041 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
2042 <keyring-maint> instead)
2043 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
2045 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2047 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
2048 extensions and PDF file
2050 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2052 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
2054 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2056 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
2059 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2061 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
2063 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2065 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
2066 2.6.1 when I release officially)
2068 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2070 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
2072 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2074 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
2075 Document -- typo correction
2077 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
2079 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2081 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
2083 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2085 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
2087 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2089 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
2091 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2093 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
2095 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2097 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
2098 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
2099 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
2101 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
2103 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
2105 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
2108 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
2110 tighten up the language a bit
2111 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
2113 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
2115 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
2117 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
2119 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
2121 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
2123 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
2125 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
2126 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
2128 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
2131 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
2133 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
2135 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
2137 about how to depart Debian gracefully
2138 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
2139 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
2140 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
2142 number of available packages
2143 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
2144 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
2146 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2148 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
2150 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2152 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
2154 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2156 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
2159 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2161 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
2162 docdir for Bug#31034
2164 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2166 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
2169 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2171 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
2173 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2175 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
2177 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2179 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
2180 from Incoming": tiny section added
2181 * some PGP-centricity removed
2182 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
2184 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
2185 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
2187 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
2188 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
2190 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
2193 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2195 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
2196 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
2198 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2200 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
2203 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2205 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
2206 SGML timestamping, not current date
2208 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2210 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
2213 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2215 * debian/control (1.4): name change
2217 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2219 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
2221 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2223 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
2227 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2229 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
2231 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2233 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
2234 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
2235 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
2237 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
2238 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
2241 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
2243 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2245 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
2247 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2249 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
2251 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2253 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
2255 remove URL to fragment identifier
2257 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2259 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
2261 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2263 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
2264 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
2265 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
2267 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2269 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
2271 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2273 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
2275 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2277 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
2278 changelog, I'm too tired...
2280 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2282 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
2283 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
2287 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2289 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
2291 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2293 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
2297 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2299 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
2301 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2303 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
2306 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2308 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
2310 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2312 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
2314 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2316 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
2318 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2320 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
2321 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
2323 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
2326 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
2328 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2330 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
2332 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2334 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
2336 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2338 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
2340 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2342 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
2345 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2347 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
2348 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
2350 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
2352 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
2354 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2356 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
2358 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2360 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
2362 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2364 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
2366 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2368 * Makefile (1.1): initial
2370 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2372 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
2374 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2376 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
2377 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
2378 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
2379 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
2380 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
2382 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
2383 should and should not be included in this Reference.
2385 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
2386 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
2388 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
2390 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
2392 Little corrections here and there.
2394 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2396 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
2397 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
2398 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
2400 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2402 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
2404 fix dependancy for build
2406 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2408 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
2409 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
2410 "distribution" and the like
2412 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2414 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
2416 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2418 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
2421 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2423 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
2425 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2427 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
2429 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2431 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
2433 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2435 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
2437 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2439 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
2441 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2443 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
2445 format the SGML like I like it
2447 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2449 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
2451 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2453 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
2454 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
2456 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2458 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
2459 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
2461 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2463 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
2464 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
2465 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
2466 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
2467 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\
2469 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2471 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
2472 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
2473 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
2474 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision