removed obsolete, needless dupload variables

[developers-reference.git] / debian / changelog

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
       Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
       Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
 
       Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
       Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
 

-    - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties

     - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
     - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources

+    - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
+      for one package

 
     - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
     - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
 
     - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
     - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",


@@ -35,10 +36,82 @@ developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
     - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
     - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
     - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
     - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
     - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
     - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.

+    - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
+      directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
+      work-around with &lt;...&gt;
+    - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir

     - update copyright date
     - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
     - update copyright date
     - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule

+    - spell check and grammar corrections
+    - s/GPG/GnuPG/
+
+  * Raphael Hertzog:
+    - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
+      closes: #110310
+    - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
+      recompile"; closes: #102626
+    - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
+    - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
+      Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
+      chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
+    - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
+      closes: #123586
+    - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
+    - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
+    - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages; 
+      closes: #130255
+    - updates the note about software subject to US patents; 
+      closes: #142798
+    - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
+      Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
+    - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
+      Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
+      http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
+    - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
+    - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
+    - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
+      also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
+    - spelling fixes
+    - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
+      login@debian.org
+    - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
+      of a Debian archive
+    - updated the list of available architectures.
+    - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
+      to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
+      of the package and nothing more.
+    - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
+      any pain to the ftpmasters.
+    - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
+      the use of the delayed queue.
+    - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
+      the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
+      be upset by a NMU.
+    - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
+    - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
+    - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
+      Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
+    - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
+      Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
+    - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
+    - new Sec "Voting"
+    - new Sec "Documentation"
+    - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
+    - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
+      "Being kind to porter" too
+    - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
+    - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
+    - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
+      "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
+      "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
+      can be improved
+    - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
+      Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!

 
 

- -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Sun,  5 May 2002 17:57:42 -0400
+  * Antoine Hulin:
+    - update French translation
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400

 
 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
 
 
 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low