+developers-reference (2.12) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Adam Di Carlo:
+ - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
+ - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
+ * NOT YET READY FOR RELEASE
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 3 May 2002 13:19:22 -0400
+
+developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Antoine Hulin:
+ - some grammar corrections
+ - update French translation
+ * Martin Michlmayr:
+ - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
+ anymore; closes: #135559
+ - also talk about dput a tiny bit
+ * Adam Di Carlo:
+ - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
+ - improve the intro
+ - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
+ that would be welcome)
+ - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
+ - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
+ - dput: new section, closes: #129378
+ - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
+ - dpkg-dev-el: new section
+ - other minor wording changes
+ - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
+ - Ch "Package uploads":
+ - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
+ - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
+ - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
+ - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
+ - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
+ - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
+ * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
+
+developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * from Martin Michlmayr
+ - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
+ review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
+ - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
+ closes: #133951
+ - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
+ closes: #133955
+ - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
+ closes: #133953
+ - fix some typos, closes: #133956
+ * Adam Di Carlo:
+ - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
+ there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
+ find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
+ - minor build tweaks
+ - minor cosmetics
+ - isolate a few more language-independent bits
+ * from Chris Tillman
+ - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
+ closes: #126924
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Josip Rodin:
+ - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
+ about that subject
+ - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
+ security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
+ - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
+ - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
+ about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
+ talking about uploading to distributions
+ - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
+ - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
+ - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
+ * Antoine Hulin:
+ - French translation updated
+ * Adam Di Carlo:
+ - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
+ - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
+ - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
+
+developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * from Josip Rodin:
+ - a few more strong words about sponsoring
+ - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
+ developers
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
+
+developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * French updates
+ * fix a typo in a link
+ * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
+ update documentation accordingly
+ closes: #101676
+ * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
+ forwarding bugs upstream
+ closes: #98312
+ * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
+ entities which should be used
+ * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
+ * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
+
+developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
+ * French version: completely up-to-date now
+ * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
+ * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
+ changelog.Debian.gz
+ * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
+ closes: #93727
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
+
+developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
+ Policy
+ * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
+ this translation needs updating
+ * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
+ practices (closes: Bug#88623)
+ * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
+ (closes: Bug#89694)
+ * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
+ * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
+ reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
+ Bertolissio.
+ * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
+ included yet, however
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
+
+developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
+ (closes: Bug#86505)
+ * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
+ * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
+ (closes: Bug#85933)
+ * Makefile: clean is cleaner
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * build and provide French and Japanese versions
+ * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
+ * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
+ of date)
+ * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Josip Rodin:
+ - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
+ - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
+ - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
+ most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
+ software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
+ mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
+ month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
+ the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
+ updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
+ URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
+ - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
+ important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
+ details fixed
+ - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
+ sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
+ - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
+ required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
+ it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
+ smaller fixes
+ - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
+ (closes: Bug#80896)
+ * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
+ * update copyright notice for 2001
+ * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
+ * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
+ * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
+ (closes: Bug#69435)
+ * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
+ (closes: Bug#72810)
+ * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
+ <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
+
+ * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
+ Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
+ * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
+ * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
+ * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
+ * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
+ * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
+ * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
+ could be used if necessary
+ * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
+ mention the rsync dupload method
+ * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
+ better
+ * other small corrections
+ * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
+ * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
+ lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
+ * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
+ to the db.d.o CGI
+ * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
+
+ * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
+ in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
+
developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
* I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
* move to 3-level version number:
- top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
+ top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
"major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
-- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
Local variables:
-mode: debian-changelog
mode: auto-fill
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