1 2003-04-18 09:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/changelog (1.151): prepare 3.3.2
5 2003-04-17 17:47 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
7 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.35): Synchronize with 1.197
8 (version 3.3.1) and proof-reading by Philippe Batailler and Patrice
11 2003-04-17 17:43 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
13 * debian/changelog (1.150): Update french translation to version
16 2003-04-04 16:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
18 * debian/changelog (1.149): start next version
20 2003-04-04 14:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
22 * ChangeLog (1.15): update for next release
24 2003-04-04 14:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
26 * debian/changelog (1.148): 3.3.1 ready for release
28 2003-04-02 15:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
30 * debian/changelog (1.147): Josip's recent changes
32 2003-04-02 15:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
34 * debian/changelog (1.146): some of my recent changes
36 2003-04-02 15:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
38 * developers-reference.sgml (1.197): Sec "Multiple binary
39 packages": fix awkward wording about vim source package; closes:
40 #187143; some notes and FIXMES which need to be dealt with
42 2003-04-02 14:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
44 * common.ent (1.55): fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
46 2003-03-24 08:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
48 * common.ent (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.196): fixed up
49 the section on reporting bugs
51 2003-03-24 08:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
53 * developers-reference.sgml (1.195): improved the general bugs
56 2003-03-19 14:18 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
58 * developers-reference.sgml (1.194): added an id for linking to the
59 description of experimental, and sources.list lines for it
61 2003-03-14 11:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
63 * developers-reference.sgml (1.193): more noticeable separated
65 2003-03-01 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
67 * developers-reference.sgml (1.192), debian/changelog (1.145): the
68 synopsis formula changed to either <package-name> is a <synopsis>
69 or <package-name> is <synopsis> or <package-name> are <synopsis>
72 the synopsis itself should not start with an article
74 2003-03-01 13:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
76 * debian/: changelog (1.144), control (1.19): try to comply with
77 our own recommendations on package synopsis; improve the package
80 2003-02-26 17:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
82 * debian/: changelog (1.143), control (1.18): fixed package
83 descriptions, closes: #182614
85 2003-02-24 14:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
87 * debian/changelog (1.142): start next version
89 2003-02-24 13:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
91 * ChangeLog (1.14): update for next release
93 2003-02-24 13:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
95 * debian/changelog (1.141): prepare 3.3 for release
97 2003-02-24 13:12 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
99 * developers-reference.sgml (1.191): two little updates
101 2003-02-23 13:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
103 * debian/changelog (1.140): recent changes, date burn the changelog
104 entry -- I think we are ready for release
106 2003-02-23 13:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
108 * common.ent (1.53), developers-reference.sgml (1.190): primary
109 author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove emails
110 from other authors to prevent spam
112 2003-02-23 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
114 * developers-reference.sgml (1.189): bpp-debian-maint-scripts -
115 move down to where debconf is, no content changes at all
117 bpp-debian-control - more suggestions from IRC
119 2003-02-23 12:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
121 * Makefile (1.23): clean is cleaner
123 2003-02-23 12:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
125 * developers-reference.sgml (1.188): some changes to
126 bpp-debian-control from Sebastian Rittau
128 2003-02-23 03:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
130 * .cvsignore (1.7): [no log message]
132 2003-02-23 03:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
134 * developers-reference.sgml (1.187), debian/changelog (1.139):
135 rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
136 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, and discussions on bugs
139 2003-02-22 17:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
141 * developers-reference.sgml (1.186): another typo fix and a
142 clarification of my sentence
144 2003-02-22 17:12 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
146 * developers-reference.sgml (1.185): removed the extra copy of
147 life, universe and everything ;) and tidied up another paragraph
149 2003-02-22 16:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
151 * developers-reference.sgml (1.184): Sec bpp-archindepdata:
154 2003-02-22 15:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
156 * developers-reference.sgml (1.183): bpp-archindepdata: eliminate
157 leading space, no change in content at all
159 2003-02-22 15:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
161 * developers-reference.sgml (1.182): move bpp-debian-changelog to
162 be right after bpp-debian-control section
164 2003-02-22 15:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
166 * debian/: changelog (1.138), control (1.17), tocsubstvars (1.3):
167 proper escaping of single quotes in the pkg description/TOC
168 requires newest debhelper
170 2003-02-22 15:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
172 * common.ent (1.52), developers-reference.sgml (1.181):
173 s|bugs.debian.org|&bugs-host;|
174 s|<email>control@bugs.debian.org</email>|&email-bts-control;|
176 <sect1>When bugs are closed by new uploads -- minor editorial
179 <sect>Best practices for debian/changelog -- substantial editing,
180 although mostly editorial, few content changes
182 in "Tools", debdiff and dpkg-depcheck link to their package,
185 2003-02-22 14:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
187 * common.ent (1.51), developers-reference.sgml (1.180): tidied up
190 2003-02-22 13:54 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
192 * developers-reference.sgml (1.179): tidied up the vacation section
194 2003-02-22 13:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
196 * developers-reference.sgml (1.178): rephrased and expanded the
197 voting section a little bit
199 2003-02-22 13:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
201 * developers-reference.sgml (1.177): moved the remaining sections
202 that aren't just about uploads up one level
204 2003-02-19 05:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
206 * debian/rules (1.41): dpkg-parsechangelog is noisy when you make a
207 syntax error, but we don't need that noisiness here
209 2003-02-19 05:48 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
211 * developers-reference.sgml (1.176): plug bpp-debian-changelog a
214 2003-02-15 20:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
216 * developers-reference.sgml (1.175), debian/changelog (1.137):
217 minor typographical changes
219 2003-02-15 07:03 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
221 * developers-reference.sgml (1.174), debian/changelog (1.136):
222 added a link to the policy, and explained the current practice in
223 the synopsis section. this is a compromise as it doesn't expressly
224 conflict with Manoj's or jaq's POV :) closes: #174161
226 2003-02-15 06:29 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
228 * developers-reference.sgml (1.173), debian/changelog (1.135):
229 debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, closes: #172897
231 2003-02-14 10:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
233 * developers-reference.sgml (1.172): better phrased
235 2003-02-14 09:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
237 * developers-reference.sgml (1.171), debian/changelog (1.134):
238 added best practices for debian/changelog, based on a patch from
239 Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
241 2003-02-14 05:40 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
243 * developers-reference.sgml (1.170): another sentence to clarify it
246 2003-02-12 09:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
248 * developers-reference.sgml (1.169), debian/changelog (1.133):
249 added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
250 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
252 2003-01-27 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
254 * debian/: rules (1.40), tocsubstvars (1.2): use of tocsubstvars,
255 minor cosmetics and notes
257 2003-01-27 14:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
259 * debian/: .cvsignore (1.2), changelog (1.132): recent changes
261 2003-01-27 14:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
263 * debian/tocsubstvars (1.1): script to make the manual TOC into a
264 substvar for debian/control description use
266 2003-01-26 06:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
268 * debian/rules (1.39): :)
270 2003-01-26 04:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
272 * debian/control (1.16): multiple packages, use the english TOC for
273 all until we can use UTF8 data here
275 2003-01-26 04:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
277 * Makefile (1.22): top-level makefile deletes target on error
279 2003-01-26 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
281 * .cvsignore (1.6), developers-reference.desc (1.13),
282 developers-reference.fr.desc (1.2), developers-reference.ja.desc
283 (1.2), debian/.cvsignore (1.1), debian/changelog (1.131),
284 debian/compat (1.1), debian/developers-reference-fr.doc-base (1.1),
285 debian/developers-reference-ja.doc-base (1.1),
286 debian/developers-reference.doc-base (1.1), debian/postinst (1.8),
287 debian/prerm (1.7), debian/rules (1.38): convert to debhelper
288 (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer needed
290 split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
292 2003-01-22 20:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
294 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.34), developers-reference.ja.sgml
295 (1.12): removing old tags from translations. hope it isn't a major
298 2003-01-22 20:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
300 * developers-reference.sgml (1.168), common.ent (1.50):
301 file-bts-mailing (server-request) doesn't really provide more
302 information on override files, and file-bts-info (Developer) now
303 has a maintincorrect anchor in it, so use that
305 2003-01-22 20:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
307 * debian/TODO (1.7): oh, look, i fixed that.
309 2003-01-22 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
311 * debian/changelog (1.130): update
313 2003-01-22 19:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
315 * developers-reference.sgml (1.167): the ordering of sections and
316 their content in the packages chapter was SNAFU; this should fix
317 most of that. (note to translators: the bottom, larger part of this
318 diff is because of moving sections around, no content changes)
320 2003-01-22 17:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
322 * developers-reference.sgml (1.166): alleviating some of the
323 confusion with sections and subsections, prompted by Florian
324 Hinzmann's mail on -policy; fixing some weird sections (the package
325 uploads chapter needs more work...)
327 2003-01-19 17:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
329 * developers-reference.sgml (1.165): a better explanation for the
332 2003-01-19 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
334 * developers-reference.sgml (1.164): irc alias was updated to
335 freenode; mention oftc
337 2003-01-19 17:05 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
339 * common.ent (1.49), developers-reference.sgml (1.163): slightly
340 rearranged the db.d.o section
342 2003-01-19 16:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
344 * common.ent (1.48): hmm, www.d.o wasn't in the entity
346 2003-01-19 16:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
348 * developers-reference.sgml (1.162): describe/plug the testing web
351 2003-01-19 15:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
353 * developers-reference.desc (1.12), developers-reference.fr.desc
354 (1.1), developers-reference.ja.desc (1.1), debian/changelog
355 (1.129), debian/postinst (1.7), debian/prerm (1.6), debian/rules
356 (1.37): split translations into different doc-base files
358 2003-01-18 11:25 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
360 * developers-reference.sgml (1.161), debian/changelog (1.128): -
361 Updated the PTS doc with the "ddtp" keyword.
363 2003-01-02 12:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
365 * developers-reference.sgml (1.160): oops
367 2003-01-02 08:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
369 * developers-reference.sgml (1.159): updated sect1 multiple-patches
370 to have a better title/introduction and to mention dpatch (prompted
373 2003-01-02 04:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
375 * developers-reference.sgml (1.158): commented out changes only:
378 2003-01-02 04:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
380 * developers-reference.sgml (1.157), debian/changelog (1.127),
381 debian/copyright (1.5): update copyright year
383 2003-01-01 18:57 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
385 * debian/changelog (1.126): Update french version to latest
388 2003-01-01 18:54 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
390 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.33): Synchronize with 1.153 and
391 proofread by P. Batailler.
393 2002-12-21 14:03 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
395 * developers-reference.sgml (1.156): noted that debian-devel (not
396 -private! boo!) can be contacted to ask about a missing maintainer;
397 rephrased the stuff about conflicts and mentioned the ways of
398 resolving such issues
400 2002-12-21 13:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
402 * developers-reference.sgml (1.155): replaced the mia-qa section
403 with what Martin Michlmayr wrote, plus proofreading by myself
405 2002-12-21 13:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
407 * developers-reference.sgml (1.154): moved the contacting
408 maintainers section above the one about being unable to contact
409 maintainers (mmmh, logic)
411 2002-12-12 15:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
413 * developers-reference.sgml (1.153): replaced ASCII with plain
414 text, since not all plain text is ASCII
416 2002-12-12 13:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
418 * ChangeLog (1.13): update for next release
420 2002-12-12 13:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
422 * debian/changelog (1.125): prepare 3.2.2
424 2002-12-12 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
426 * developers-reference.sgml (1.152): Sec "Upstream home page": some
427 revisions based on discussion on policy list
429 Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
430 for best practices for documentation
432 Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
433 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
434 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
435 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
440 2002-12-12 13:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
442 * debian/rules (1.36): ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
444 2002-12-12 13:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
446 * debian/TODO (1.6): remove some todo items which are done
448 2002-12-09 14:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
450 * debian/: changelog (1.124), control (1.15): Policy compliance
451 checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
453 2002-12-09 08:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
455 * debian/changelog (1.123): update
457 2002-12-09 08:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
459 * common.ent (1.47): merged url-debian-mirror{s,ing}, the ftplist
460 page is deprecated and the mirror page lists all
462 2002-12-09 08:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
464 * developers-reference.sgml (1.151): slightly rewrote the mirrors
465 section and moved it below the description of the archive (seems
468 2002-12-09 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
470 * ChangeLog (1.12): update for next release
472 2002-12-09 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
474 * debian/changelog (1.122): prepare 3.2.1
476 2002-12-09 03:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
478 * Makefile (1.21): use the debiandoc2* tools for PS and PDF
481 2002-12-09 02:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
483 * debian/rules (1.35): stop shipping SGML source, what's the point,
484 this is a binary pkg, the SGML doesn't have the proper build
485 depends, you can't build it in those dirs anyway -- much better to
486 do 'apt-get source developers-reference'
488 2002-12-09 02:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
490 * debian/rules (1.34): eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure
491 it's not needed now with the DDP builder process, or if it is
492 needed, it's a probably that can be fixed by DDP folks
494 2002-12-09 02:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
496 * common.ent (1.46), developers-reference.sgml (1.150): - Sec
497 "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
498 descriptions" moved under there
499 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
500 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
501 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized
503 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other
505 the document where these tools are discussed
506 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
507 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder,
509 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
510 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to
512 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
513 - README-contrib added giving information for authors,
517 2002-12-09 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
519 * README-contrib (1.1): readme for contributores, including
522 2002-12-08 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
524 * developers-reference.sgml (1.149): Internationalized
525 documentation had the wrong sectional capitalization
527 2002-12-07 02:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
529 * ChangeLog (1.11): update for next release
531 2002-12-07 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
533 * debian/changelog (1.121): all my recent changes, and call it
536 2002-12-07 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
538 * common.ent (1.45), developers-reference.sgml (1.148): Sec "Best
539 practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit here to
540 Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include a POSIX
541 shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
544 2002-12-07 01:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
546 * Makefile (1.20): validation suffix rule now requires version.ent
548 2002-12-07 01:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
550 * developers-reference.sgml (1.147): remove debget from tools
551 section, add notes on more tools to document
553 2002-12-07 01:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
555 * debian/prerm (1.5): don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX,
556 hardcode /usr/sbin/install-docs
558 2002-12-07 01:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
560 * debian/postinst (1.6): why even have a case stmt -- strip it down
563 2002-12-07 01:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
565 * debian/rules (1.33): produce md5sums file; break out a 'test'
568 2002-12-07 01:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
570 * debian/postinst (1.5): move configure stuff under configure case;
571 don't make usr/doc symlink
573 2002-12-06 15:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
575 * common.ent (1.44), developers-reference.sgml (1.146): - Sec
576 "Common situations" renamed to "Common packaging situations" - Sec
577 "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
578 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages - Sec "Writing
579 useful descriptions" heavily edited
581 2002-12-06 05:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
583 * translation-status (1.4): damn cvs keywords, inhibit
585 2002-12-06 05:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
587 * developers-reference.sgml (1.145): - Ch "Packaging Practices"
588 rewritten intro - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to
589 "Best Practices for debian/rules", and write an intro - Sec
590 "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving arguments
591 for and against debhelper, mostly for :) - Sec "Package with
592 multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source versus patching at
593 build time" and rewritten - Sec "Multiple binary packages"
594 rewritten - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
595 "Internationalization" section, and some edits - Sec
596 "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
597 "Internationalization" - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed
598 to "Common Situations" - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake"
599 rewritten - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in
602 2002-12-06 05:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
604 * translation-status (1.3): retab, no content changes
606 2002-12-06 04:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
608 * translation-status (1.2): adapt script to local context, strip
609 out useless -V option too
611 2002-12-06 04:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
613 * common.ent (1.43): doc-check reference for best-practices, doc
616 2002-12-06 04:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
618 * developers-reference.desc (1.11): expand the doc-base abstract
621 2002-12-06 04:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
623 * translation-status (1.1): translation status checking tool, based
624 on documentation/doc-check from boot-floppies source, rev 1.12
626 2002-12-05 18:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
628 * developers-reference.sgml (1.144): fix typo, closes: #171781
630 2002-12-05 16:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
632 * developers-reference.sgml (1.143): typo fix, thanks Alfie Costa
634 2002-12-03 11:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
636 * debian/changelog (1.120): update
638 2002-12-03 11:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
640 * developers-reference.sgml (1.142): added spaces between ©
641 and the first year (wonder if that was intentional?); merged a bit
642 misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian section and
643 adjusted links; added the missing description of dh-make and
646 2002-11-27 21:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
648 * ChangeLog (1.10): update for next release
650 2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
652 * debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2
654 2002-11-27 21:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
656 * developers-reference.sgml (1.141): Sec "Handling debconf
657 translations", updates from Martin Quinson for po-debconf with
658 minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
660 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
662 * developers-reference.desc (1.10): doc-base file includes French
665 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
667 * developers-reference.sgml (1.140): debsign invocation was
668 slightly wrong, closes: #170523
670 2002-11-18 14:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
672 * Makefile (1.19): updated PUBLISHDIR
674 2002-11-12 23:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
676 * ChangeLog (1.9): update for next release
678 2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
680 * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1
682 2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
684 * common.ent (1.42), developers-reference.sgml (1.139),
685 debian/changelog (1.117): fix some bad URLs, notably the testing
686 FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now
688 2002-11-11 13:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
690 * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix
691 a grammar typo, closes: #166098
693 2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
695 * debian/changelog (1.115): don't use caps or fullstops in
696 changelog entries -- a bug I fixed
698 2002-11-11 13:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
700 * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
702 2002-10-21 12:07 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
704 * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114):
707 2002-10-10 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
709 * developers-reference.sgml (1.136): the version of dpkg-dev that
710 supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that; also
711 rephrased the sentence better while i was at it
713 2002-10-10 17:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
715 * debian/changelog (1.113): update
717 2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
719 * common.ent (1.40), developers-reference.sgml (1.135):
720 fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably
721 address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing
724 2002-09-21 10:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
726 * developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): -
727 Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative
728 maintenance". Closes: #161488
730 2002-09-19 07:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
732 * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change
734 2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
736 * common.ent (1.39), developers-reference.sgml (1.133): updated IRC
737 stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403
739 2002-09-11 12:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
741 * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and
742 editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf
744 2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
746 * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release
748 2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
750 * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes
752 2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
754 * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
755 editorial review -- no new content
757 2002-09-09 06:08 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
759 * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
762 2002-09-09 05:46 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
764 * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
765 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
767 2002-09-08 14:42 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
769 * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
770 debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
771 replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the
772 paragraph about security upload in the section explaining source
773 NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling security-related
774 bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the Technical Committee
775 web page (in the "Bug housekeeping" section). closes: #151365 -
776 Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
777 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the
778 comment about uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's
779 packages overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a
780 reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
781 descriptions". closes: #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice
782 section for "Packages using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 -
783 Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
784 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
786 2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
788 * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the
789 when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
790 Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
792 2002-08-29 11:47 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
794 * developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
795 to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
796 without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
798 2002-08-29 11:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
800 * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
801 debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
802 handling security related bugs.
804 2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
806 * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts
807 section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing
808 <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially
809 confusing without that)
811 2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
813 * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's
816 2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
818 * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32),
819 developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml
820 (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
822 2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
824 * debian/changelog (1.106): update
826 2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
828 * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added
831 2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
833 * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists
834 section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of
835 the core mailing lists
837 2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
839 * debian/changelog (1.105): update
841 2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
843 * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following
844 Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only
847 2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
849 * debian/changelog (1.104): updated
851 2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
853 * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated
854 (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the
855 Debian servers section
857 2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
859 * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
862 2002-06-24 15:28 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
864 * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
865 Applied several patches.
867 2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
869 * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph
871 2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
873 * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
874 Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
876 2002-06-19 15:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
878 * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
879 New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
880 "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427
882 2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
884 * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
887 2002-06-15 20:30 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
889 * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
890 descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
893 2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
895 * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release
897 2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
899 * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
902 2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
904 * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
907 2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
909 * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
910 awkward wordings fixed
912 2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
914 * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
916 2002-06-10 03:31 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
918 * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
919 debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
920 translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
922 2002-06-08 16:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
924 * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
925 debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
926 patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other
927 specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
928 quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
930 2002-05-23 20:17 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
932 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
933 debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
934 "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
935 chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the
936 being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
937 devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
939 2002-05-23 16:03 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
941 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
942 Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
943 for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
944 fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
945 content of each of those sections to help the writers.
947 2002-05-12 04:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
949 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
952 2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
954 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
957 I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does not
958 exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict
959 with the current common.ent.
961 I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
962 I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
964 Now DDP site shall build :)
966 2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
968 * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
969 debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
970 us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
972 tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
973 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
974 work-around with <...>
976 fix some awkward working from recent updates
978 2002-05-10 16:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
980 * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
981 descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
983 2002-05-09 18:24 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
985 * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
986 "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco
987 Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New Section
988 "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo
989 Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
991 2002-05-09 13:43 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
993 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
994 debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
995 "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
996 login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the
997 example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list
998 of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections"
999 section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian
1000 archive. It's just a generic information field of the package and
1001 nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental since it
1002 doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec "When to do a
1003 source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest the use of
1004 the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to
1005 explain the need to integrate the changes introduced by NMUs.
1006 Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a NMU. -
1007 Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in
1008 new Section "The Package Tracking System".
1010 2002-05-09 05:45 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1012 * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
1013 debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
1014 "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
1015 directory. closes: #135562, #136774
1017 2002-05-08 18:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1019 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
1020 debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
1021 removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about software
1022 subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section "Contacting
1023 other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging" Document the
1024 package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 - New Section
1025 "Package's information" under Resources Document
1026 http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1027 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility. - Sec
1028 "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com -
1029 Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1031 2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1033 * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
1035 2002-05-08 11:34 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1037 * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
1038 debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
1039 is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some cruft
1040 in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts.
1043 2002-05-08 06:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1045 * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
1046 Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
1047 descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
1050 2002-05-07 18:39 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1052 * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
1054 2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1056 * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
1057 the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
1059 2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1061 * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
1062 check and some awkward grammar
1064 2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1066 * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
1068 2002-05-06 19:25 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1070 * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
1071 Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
1072 all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
1073 changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
1074 mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
1075 about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of
1076 package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
1078 2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1080 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
1081 (aph updated the original before me).
1083 2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1085 * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
1087 2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1089 * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
1091 2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1093 * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
1095 2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1097 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
1099 2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1101 * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
1102 Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
1104 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
1105 Ch "The Debian Archive"
1107 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
1109 Ch "Package uploads"
1110 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
1111 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
1112 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1114 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
1115 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
1117 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
1118 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
1119 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
1120 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
1121 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
1122 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
1123 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
1125 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
1126 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
1128 2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1130 * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
1132 2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1134 * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
1135 new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
1136 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
1138 Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
1140 "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
1141 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
1142 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
1144 2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1146 * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
1148 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1150 * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
1152 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1154 * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
1156 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1158 * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
1159 link to New Maintainers' Guide
1160 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
1162 we add some info on sponsoring
1164 2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1166 * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
1168 2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1170 * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
1173 2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1175 * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
1176 are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
1179 2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1181 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
1183 2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1185 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
1187 2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1189 * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
1191 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1193 * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
1195 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1197 * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
1199 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1201 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
1203 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1205 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
1206 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1207 - Ch "Package uploads":
1208 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1209 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1210 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1211 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1212 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1213 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1215 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1217 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
1218 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1220 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1222 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
1225 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1227 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
1228 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1230 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1231 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
1232 info on the dh-* pkgs
1233 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1234 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1235 - other minor wording changes
1237 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1239 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
1241 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1243 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
1246 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1248 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
1251 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1253 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
1254 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore,
1255 talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
1257 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1259 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
1262 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1264 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
1265 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
1267 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1269 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
1272 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1274 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
1276 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1278 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
1280 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1282 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
1284 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1286 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1287 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
1289 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1291 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
1292 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
1293 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
1295 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1297 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
1298 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1299 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
1301 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1303 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
1305 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1307 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
1308 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
1310 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1312 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
1313 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
1315 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1317 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
1318 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
1319 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1321 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1323 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
1325 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1327 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
1330 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
1332 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
1333 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
1335 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1337 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
1338 real change needed, updated french version number)
1340 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1342 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
1345 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1347 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
1348 'General Public license'
1350 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1352 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
1355 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1357 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
1358 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
1360 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1362 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
1364 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1366 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
1367 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
1368 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
1369 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
1370 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
1372 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1374 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
1376 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1378 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
1380 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1382 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
1384 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1386 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
1388 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1390 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
1392 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1394 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
1395 about picking the distribution
1397 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1399 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
1400 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
1402 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1404 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
1405 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
1408 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1410 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
1411 experimental (better late than never)
1413 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1415 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
1416 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
1417 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
1418 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
1419 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
1422 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1424 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
1425 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
1426 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
1427 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
1429 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1431 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
1433 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1435 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
1437 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1439 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
1442 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1444 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
1447 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1449 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
1450 developers-reference.sgml.
1452 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1454 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
1455 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1457 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1459 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
1461 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1463 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
1464 James Troup, part of #102626
1466 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1468 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
1469 that changes a lot !
1471 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1473 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
1476 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1478 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
1480 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1482 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
1483 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
1485 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1487 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
1488 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
1490 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1492 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
1494 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1496 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
1498 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1500 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
1502 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1504 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
1507 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1509 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
1510 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
1512 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1514 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
1515 explains how people.d.o works
1517 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1519 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
1520 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
1522 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1524 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
1525 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1527 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1529 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1530 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
1531 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
1532 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
1534 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1536 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
1537 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1538 forwarding bugs upstream
1542 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1544 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
1545 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
1546 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
1550 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1552 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
1553 small typo in a link
1555 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1557 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
1560 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1562 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
1564 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1566 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
1569 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1571 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
1573 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1575 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
1576 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
1578 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1580 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
1582 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1584 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
1586 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1588 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
1590 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1592 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
1594 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1596 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
1599 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1601 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1602 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
1604 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1606 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
1609 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1611 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
1613 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1615 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
1617 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1619 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
1622 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1624 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
1626 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1628 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
1629 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
1630 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
1632 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1634 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1635 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
1637 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1639 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
1641 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1643 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
1644 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
1646 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1648 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
1649 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
1651 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1653 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
1654 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
1655 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
1658 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1660 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
1661 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
1663 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1665 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
1667 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1669 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
1670 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
1671 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1673 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
1675 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1676 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1679 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1681 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
1684 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1686 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
1688 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1690 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
1691 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
1693 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1695 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
1697 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1699 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
1700 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
1702 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1704 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
1706 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1708 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
1710 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1712 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
1713 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
1715 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1717 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
1718 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
1720 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1722 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
1723 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
1724 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
1726 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1728 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
1729 files which no longer exist
1731 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1733 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
1734 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
1737 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1739 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
1740 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1741 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1743 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1745 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
1748 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1750 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
1753 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1755 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
1756 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1758 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1760 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
1761 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1762 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1763 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1766 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1768 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1769 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1771 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1773 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
1774 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
1775 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
1777 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1779 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
1780 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
1781 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
1782 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
1783 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
1784 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
1785 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
1786 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
1787 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1789 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1791 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
1794 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1796 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
1797 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
1799 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1801 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
1802 source-depends stuff
1804 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1806 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
1808 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1810 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
1811 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1813 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
1817 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1819 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
1820 doc-base file for FHS
1822 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1824 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
1826 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1828 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
1830 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1832 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
1833 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
1835 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1837 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
1838 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
1839 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
1841 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1843 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
1844 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
1846 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1848 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
1849 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
1850 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
1851 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
1852 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
1853 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
1854 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
1855 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
1856 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
1858 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1860 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
1862 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1864 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
1866 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1868 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
1869 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1871 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1873 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
1876 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1878 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
1880 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1882 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
1884 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1886 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
1888 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1890 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
1892 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1894 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
1896 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1898 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
1899 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
1900 purge the constitution
1902 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1904 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
1906 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1908 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
1909 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
1910 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
1912 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1914 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
1915 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
1918 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1920 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
1923 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1925 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
1926 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
1928 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1930 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
1932 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1934 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
1936 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1938 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
1939 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
1941 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1943 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
1945 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1947 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
1948 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
1949 developers-reference.sgml
1951 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1953 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
1954 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
1956 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1958 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
1959 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
1960 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
1962 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1964 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
1966 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1968 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
1970 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1972 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
1975 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1977 * common.ent (1.1): file added
1979 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1981 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
1983 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
1985 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
1987 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1989 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
1991 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1993 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
1994 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
1997 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1999 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
2001 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2003 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
2004 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
2005 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
2006 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
2008 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2010 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
2013 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2015 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
2016 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
2019 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2021 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
2023 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2025 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
2027 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2029 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
2031 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2033 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
2034 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
2035 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
2036 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
2037 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
2038 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
2040 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
2043 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
2045 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
2049 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2051 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
2052 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
2053 supported architecture in Linux
2055 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
2057 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
2058 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
2060 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
2062 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
2065 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
2067 with intro; demoted server sections under that
2068 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
2069 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
2072 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
2074 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
2075 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
2077 a normal developer may have access.
2079 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2081 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
2083 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2085 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
2086 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
2087 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
2089 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2091 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
2092 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
2093 correct address for PGP key updates
2095 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2097 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
2098 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
2101 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2103 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
2105 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2107 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
2109 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2111 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
2113 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2115 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
2117 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2119 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
2120 debiandoc-sgml output naming
2122 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2124 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
2125 debian-constitution docreg files
2127 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2129 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
2130 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
2131 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
2133 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
2134 <keyring-maint> instead)
2135 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
2137 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2139 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
2140 extensions and PDF file
2142 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2144 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
2146 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2148 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
2151 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2153 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
2155 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2157 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
2158 2.6.1 when I release officially)
2160 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2162 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
2164 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2166 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
2167 Document -- typo correction
2169 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
2171 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2173 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
2175 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2177 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
2179 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2181 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
2183 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2185 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
2187 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2189 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
2190 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
2191 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
2193 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
2195 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
2197 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
2200 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
2202 tighten up the language a bit
2203 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
2205 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
2207 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
2209 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
2211 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
2213 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
2215 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
2217 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
2218 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
2220 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
2223 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
2225 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
2227 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
2229 about how to depart Debian gracefully
2230 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
2231 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
2232 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
2234 number of available packages
2235 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
2236 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
2238 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2240 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
2242 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2244 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
2246 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2248 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
2251 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2253 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
2254 docdir for Bug#31034
2256 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2258 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
2261 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2263 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
2265 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2267 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
2269 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2271 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
2272 from Incoming": tiny section added
2273 * some PGP-centricity removed
2274 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
2276 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
2277 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
2279 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
2280 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
2282 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
2285 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2287 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
2288 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
2290 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2292 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
2295 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2297 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
2298 SGML timestamping, not current date
2300 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2302 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
2305 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2307 * debian/control (1.4): name change
2309 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2311 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
2313 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2315 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
2319 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2321 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
2323 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2325 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
2326 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
2327 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
2329 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
2330 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
2333 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
2335 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2337 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
2339 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2341 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
2343 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2345 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
2347 remove URL to fragment identifier
2349 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2351 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
2353 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2355 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
2356 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
2357 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
2359 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2361 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
2363 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2365 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
2367 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2369 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
2370 changelog, I'm too tired...
2372 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2374 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
2375 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
2379 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2381 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
2383 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2385 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
2389 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2391 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
2393 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2395 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
2398 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2400 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
2402 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2404 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
2406 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2408 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
2410 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2412 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
2413 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
2415 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
2418 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
2420 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2422 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
2424 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2426 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
2428 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2430 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
2432 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2434 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
2437 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2439 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
2440 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
2442 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
2444 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
2446 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2448 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
2450 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2452 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
2454 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2456 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
2458 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2460 * Makefile (1.1): initial
2462 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2464 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
2466 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2468 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
2469 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
2470 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
2471 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
2472 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
2474 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
2475 should and should not be included in this Reference.
2477 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
2478 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
2480 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
2482 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
2484 Little corrections here and there.
2486 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2488 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
2489 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
2490 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
2492 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2494 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
2496 fix dependancy for build
2498 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2500 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
2501 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
2502 "distribution" and the like
2504 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2506 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
2508 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2510 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
2513 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2515 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
2517 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2519 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
2521 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2523 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
2525 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2527 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
2529 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2531 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
2533 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2535 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
2537 format the SGML like I like it
2539 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2541 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
2543 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2545 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
2546 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
2548 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2550 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
2551 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
2553 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2555 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
2556 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
2557 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
2558 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
2559 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\
2561 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2563 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
2564 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
2565 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
2566 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision