+2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2
+
+2002-11-27 21:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.141): Sec "Handling debconf
+ translations", updates from Martin Quinson for po-debconf with
+ minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
+
+2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.desc (1.10): doc-base file includes French
+ and Japanese files
+
+2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.140): debsign invocation was
+ slightly wrong, closes: #170523
+
+2002-11-18 14:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * Makefile (1.19): updated PUBLISHDIR
+
+2002-11-12 23:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * ChangeLog (1.9): update for next release
+
+2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1
+
+2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.42), developers-reference.sgml (1.139),
+ debian/changelog (1.117): fix some bad URLs, notably the testing
+ FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now
+
+2002-11-11 13:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix
+ a grammar typo, closes: #166098
+
+2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.115): don't use caps or fullstops in
+ changelog entries -- a bug I fixed
+
+2002-11-11 13:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
+
+2002-10-21 12:07 mdz
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114):
+ Security updates
+
+2002-10-10 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.136): the version of dpkg-dev that
+ supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that; also
+ rephrased the sentence better while i was at it
+
+2002-10-10 17:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.113): update
+
+2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.40), developers-reference.sgml (1.135):
+ fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably
+ address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing
+ stuff.
+
+2002-09-21 10:58 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): -
+ Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative
+ maintenance". Closes: #161488
+
+2002-09-19 07:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change
+
+2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.39), developers-reference.sgml (1.133): updated IRC
+ stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403
+
+2002-09-11 12:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and
+ editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf
+
+2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release
+
+2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes
+
+2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
+ editorial review -- no new content
+
+2002-09-09 06:08 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
+ in the BSP section.
+
+2002-09-09 05:46 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
+ - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
+
+2002-09-08 14:42 hertzog
+
+ * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
+ debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
+ replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the
+ paragraph about security upload in the section explaining source
+ NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling security-related
+ bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the Technical Committee
+ web page (in the "Bug housekeeping" section). closes: #151365 -
+ Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
+ stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the
+ comment about uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's
+ packages overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a
+ reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
+ descriptions". closes: #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice
+ section for "Packages using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 -
+ Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
+ replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
+
+2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the
+ when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
+ Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
+
+2002-08-29 11:47 mdz
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
+ to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
+ without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
+
+2002-08-29 11:36 hertzog
+
+ * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
+ debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
+ handling security related bugs.
+
+2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts
+ section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing
+ <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially
+ confusing without that)
+
+2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's
+ always
+
+2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32),
+ developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml
+ (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
+
+2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.106): update
+
+2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added
+ debian-project
+
+2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists
+ section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of
+ the core mailing lists
+
+2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.105): update
+
+2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following
+ Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only
+ service names.
+
+2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.104): updated
+
+2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated
+ (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the
+ Debian servers section
+
+2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
+ the changelog
+
+2002-06-24 15:28 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
+ Applied several patches.
+
+2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph
+
+2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
+ Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
+
+2002-06-19 15:58 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
+ New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
+ "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427
+
+2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
+ dupload variables
+
+2002-06-15 20:30 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
+ descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
+ first letter.
+
+2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release
+
+2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
+ changelog entries
+
+2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
+ maintenance"
+
+2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
+ awkward wordings fixed
+
+2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
+
+2002-06-10 03:31 hertzog
+
+ * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
+ debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
+ translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
+
+2002-06-08 16:29 hertzog
+
+ * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
+ debian/changelog (1.98): - 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 ...
+
+2002-05-23 20:17 hertzog
+
+ * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
+ debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
+ "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
+ chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the
+ being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
+ devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
+
+2002-05-23 16:03 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
+ Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
+ for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
+ fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
+ content of each of those sections to help the writers.
+
+2002-05-12 04:36 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
+ Reporting"
+
+2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
+ site build process.
+
+ I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does not
+ exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict
+ with the current common.ent.
+
+ I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
+ I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
+
+ Now DDP site shall build :)
+
+2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
+ debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
+ us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
+
+ tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
+ directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
+ work-around with <...>
+
+ fix some awkward working from recent updates
+
+2002-05-10 16:27 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
+ descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
+
+2002-05-09 18:24 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - 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.
+
+2002-05-09 13:43 hertzog
+
+ * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
+ debian/changelog (1.93): - Various 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 pains 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".
+
+2002-05-09 05:45 hertzog
+
+ * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
+ debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
+ "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
+ directory. closes: #135562, #136774
+
+2002-05-08 18:27 hertzog
+
+ * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
+ debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain 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
+
+2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
+
+2002-05-08 11:34 hertzog
+
+ * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
+ debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated 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
+
+2002-05-08 06:29 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
+ Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
+ descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
+ #129848
+
+2002-05-07 18:39 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
+
+2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
+ the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
+
+2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
+ check and some awkward grammar
+
+2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
+
+2002-05-06 19:25 hertzog
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
+ Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
+ all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
+ changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
+ mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
+ about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of
+ package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
+
+2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
+
+ * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
+ (aph updated the original before me).
+
+2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
+
+2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
+
+2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
+
+2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
+
+ * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
+
+2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
+ Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
+ the former chapters
+ Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
+ Ch "The Debian Archive"
+
+ - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
+ chapters
+ Ch "Package uploads"
+ Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
+ Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
+ Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
+ Packages"
+ Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
+ Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
+
+ - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
+ to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
+ Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
+ Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
+ Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
+ 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
+
+2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
+
+2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
+ new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
+ to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
+ "Interaction with
+ Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
+ to Sec
+ "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
+ - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
+ - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
+
+2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
+
+2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
+
+2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
+
+2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
+ link to New Maintainers' Guide
+ - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
+ Sponsors",
+ we add some info on sponsoring
+
+2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
+
+2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
+ is a co-maintainer
+
+2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
+ are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
+ right
+
+2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
+
+ * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
+
+2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
+
+ * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
+
+2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
+
+2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
+
+2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
+
2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
* debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
* developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
entity.
-2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha <kov@debian.org>
+2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers