X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2Fchangelog;h=71e7d5ad37b24bfa4c458216aae8295b9530c747;hb=7852b1d86b09ce0914084236a5abc24ba69bf7b3;hp=7aee344adea23a9d7dce913b68696fc2f63a83c6;hpb=b830d3eaa0ed11cecffb7d52da115e3bb4379b40;p=developers-reference.git diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 7aee344..71e7d5a 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,176 @@ +developers-reference (2.6.0.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency + * Sec. "Fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool + * minor typo correction from Tril + * add abstract to docbook file + + -- Adam Di Carlo Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:03:28 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation! + * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's + own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a + source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool + descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being + Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for + porters. + * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and + tighten up the language a bit + * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint' + of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit + w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394) + * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not + official policy + * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate + some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root + account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new + sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs" + * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for + package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot + and devscripts + * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small + right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification, + warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks + about how to depart Debian gracefully + * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052) + * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file + * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update + number of available packages + * use new way of notating multiple copyrights + * change elements to where appropriate + + -- Adam Di Carlo Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low + + * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML + (closes Bug#31034) + + -- Adam Di Carlo Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low + + * not officially released + * more spelling corrections + * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup) + + -- Adam Di Carlo Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * not officially released + * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added + * some PGP-centricity removed + * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok + * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to + 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a + tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be + non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing + by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties + + -- Adam Di Carlo Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * not officially released + * maintainer name change (but it's still me) + * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter + discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out + of existance. New TOC for this section is: + * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters + + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU + + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU + o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter + + 6.3 How to do an NMU + o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering + o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry + o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS + o 6.3.4 Building the NMU + + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters + + * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved + to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning + Packages". + * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this + practice + * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can + take a couple of weeks + * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit + is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff'; + add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so + excited about it and can't wait + * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look + at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package + from the archive + * show *full* TOC, including sect2 + * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections + + * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild + * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed + * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date + + -- Adam Di Carlo Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500 + +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 + "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. + Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that + will be 2.6.0... + + * use new tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock) + * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k' + * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested + by James Troup) + * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript + version + * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since + debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml) + * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root + * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice + to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together + * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0 + + * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of + severity 'E' + * "Mailing Lists and Servers": + - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS; + mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master + - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss + how to put up your own web pages on va or master + - "The CVS server": new section added + - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about + how to mirror + * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial + application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers + whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention + that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP + v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions + with respect to GPG. + * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato' + * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making + it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff; + mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there + a canonical location?) + * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new + package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit + * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export + controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and + chiark + * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the + changes file" + * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White + (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical? + * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run + 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa' + + -- Adam P. Harris Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500 + developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text