X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ChangeLog;h=dcf298df9c5ac3b3597bb6331fe3dcc01c5b9691;hb=a2c790cb659d425284a524ce8dfd748dbc84f511;hp=73547bac794d1ac2c2729c880420b12b872690e3;hpb=e1b49defbfe713f801a544aa538ad68f1ecd617d;p=developers-reference.git diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 73547ba..dcf298d 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,552 @@ +2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2 + +2002-11-27 21:14 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.desc (1.10): doc-base file includes French + and Japanese files + +2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.140): debsign invocation was + slightly wrong, closes: #170523 + +2002-11-18 14:53 Josip Rodin + + * Makefile (1.19): updated PUBLISHDIR + +2002-11-12 23:23 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.9): update for next release + +2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1 + +2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix + a grammar typo, closes: #166098 + +2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * 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 + + * 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 + + * debian/changelog (1.113): update + +2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin + + * 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 + + * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change + +2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and + editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf + +2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release + +2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes + +2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts + section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing + s around some references to it (which were potentially + confusing without that) + +2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's + always + +2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin + + * 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 + + * debian/changelog (1.106): update + +2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin + + * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added + debian-project + +2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin + + * 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 + + * debian/changelog (1.105): update + +2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin + + * 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 + + * debian/changelog (1.104): updated + +2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin + + * 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 + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph + +2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin + + * 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 + + * 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 + + * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release + +2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's + changelog entries + +2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative + maintenance" + +2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some + awkward wordings fixed + +2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP + site build process. + + I saw simple typos (missing ";") and -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 + + * 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 with for files and + directories; since and 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/, + http://bugs.debian.org/ 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 + + * 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 + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell + check and some awkward grammar + +2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes. + +2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed + +2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes + +2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92. + +2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/* + +2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps + +2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes + +2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer + +2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page + +2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj + is a co-maintainer + +2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections. + +2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88. + +2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections + +2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release + +2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo + 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo @@ -129,7 +678,7 @@ * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an entity. -2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha +2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha Silva * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers