1 2004-02-29 11:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/changelog (1.172): prepare next release, more or less "as
6 2003-10-19 21:09 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
8 * developers-reference.sgml (1.223), debian/changelog (1.171): -
9 More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a
13 2003-08-30 06:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
15 * developers-reference.sgml (1.222): nitpicking
17 2003-08-29 11:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
19 * Makefile (1.25): split prepare from ChangeLog rules
21 2003-08-29 11:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
23 * debian/changelog (1.170): remove conflict artifact
25 2003-08-28 15:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
27 * developers-reference.sgml (1.221): cleanup patch from Adam
28 Garside, some of it fine tuned by myself, closes: #203202
30 2003-08-28 14:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
32 * developers-reference.sgml (1.220): cleanup patch from Adam
33 Garside, some of it fine tuned by myself, closes: #202499
35 2003-08-28 14:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
37 * developers-reference.sgml (1.219): updated a policy chapter name,
40 2003-08-26 14:47 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
42 * developers-reference.sgml (1.218): Per Bartosz Fe?ski aka fEnIo
43 <fenio@o2.pl>: typo "to to" --> "to"
45 2003-07-30 19:17 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
47 * debian/changelog (1.169): More security updates
49 2003-07-30 19:14 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
51 * developers-reference.sgml (1.217): - Don't upload security
52 updates directly to stable - Always include an external reference
53 in security changelog entries - Be careful not to re-use a
54 version number in security uploads
56 2003-07-24 11:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
58 * debian/changelog (1.168): consistency
60 2003-07-17 20:43 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
62 * debian/changelog (1.167): Update french translation to version
65 2003-07-17 20:41 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
67 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.38): Synchronize with 1.216 and
68 proof-reading by Patrice Karatchentzeff
70 2003-07-11 05:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
72 * developers-reference.sgml (1.216): thinko reported by Neil Spring
74 2003-07-11 05:18 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
76 * developers-reference.sgml (1.215): typo reported by Neil Spring
78 2003-07-02 12:05 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
80 * developers-reference.sgml (1.214), debian/changelog (1.166):
83 2003-07-02 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
85 * debian/changelog (1.165): updates
87 2003-07-02 07:33 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
89 * common.ent (1.59), developers-reference.sgml (1.213):
90 rearranged/updated the mailing lists section
92 2003-07-02 07:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
94 * developers-reference.sgml (1.212): thinko
96 2003-07-02 07:10 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
98 * developers-reference.sgml (1.211): various language issues fixed,
99 based on a patch from Romain FRANCOISE
101 2003-07-02 06:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
103 * developers-reference.sgml (1.210): tiny cleanups
105 2003-07-02 06:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
107 * developers-reference.sgml (1.209): a bit of a stylistic
108 clarification -- forwarding is primary, the rest is secondary
110 2003-07-01 14:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
112 * common.ent (1.58): remove spurious CDATA notation
114 2003-06-20 13:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
116 * developers-reference.sgml (1.208): s/entity/ENTITY/
118 2003-06-20 13:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
120 * common.ent (1.57): ampersand in URL should be &
122 2003-06-20 13:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
124 * common.ent (1.56): s/entity/ENTITY/ (debiandoc-tidy)
126 2003-06-17 14:33 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
128 * Makefile (1.24): removed .fr from build while broken
130 2003-06-16 04:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
132 * debian/changelog (1.164): 3.3.3 is released; start 3.3.4 working
133 version in case anyone wants to commit stuff
135 2003-06-16 04:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
137 * ChangeLog (1.18): update for next release
139 2003-06-16 04:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
141 * debian/: changelog (1.163), control (1.21): check compliance with
142 Policy version 3.5.10
144 2003-06-16 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
146 * developers-reference.sgml (1.207), debian/changelog (1.162): Sec
147 "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming"; closes:
150 2003-06-16 04:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
152 * developers-reference.sgml (1.206), debian/changelog (1.161): Sec
153 "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
155 2003-06-16 03:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
157 * debian/changelog (1.160): [no log message]
159 2003-06-16 03:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
161 * developers-reference.sgml (1.205): Secs "Uploads to
162 {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make it clear
163 these are special cases
165 2003-06-16 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
167 * developers-reference.sgml (1.204): Sec "Distribution directories"
168 renamed "Distributions"
170 Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
171 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
174 2003-06-16 02:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
176 * debian/changelog (1.159): changes so far
178 2003-06-16 02:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
180 * developers-reference.sgml (1.203): fix debconf-devel(7) man page
181 section; closes: #189512
183 2003-06-16 02:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
185 * developers-reference.sgml (1.202): Sec "Managing sponsored
186 packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd; closes: #192417
188 2003-06-16 02:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
190 * debian/changelog (1.158): cosmetics, mark as not yet released
192 2003-06-12 11:58 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
194 * developers-reference.sgml (1.201), debian/changelog (1.157): Use
195 dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch target
197 2003-06-12 11:31 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
199 * debian/changelog (1.156): Security updates
201 2003-06-12 08:59 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
203 * developers-reference.sgml (1.200): Misc. clarifications and
204 additions to the section on security bugs
206 Deprecate security uploads to stable, and point to the security
209 2003-05-24 16:25 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
211 * developers-reference.sgml (1.199), debian/changelog (1.155): -
212 Documented how to add custom content to the PTS.
214 2003-05-04 11:09 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
216 * developers-reference.sgml (1.198), debian/changelog (1.154): -
217 Updated PTS documentation. - Added a paragraph about the PTS web
220 2003-05-04 10:32 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
222 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.37): put </translator> to prevent
223 errors under older debiandoc-sgml
225 2003-05-01 19:00 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
227 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.36): Corrections thanks to Michel
230 2003-05-01 18:58 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
232 * debian/changelog (1.153): Minor corrections to french translation
234 2003-04-18 09:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
236 * ChangeLog (1.17): update for next release
238 2003-04-18 09:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
240 * debian/: changelog (1.152), control (1.20): debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76
243 2003-04-18 09:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
245 * ChangeLog (1.16): update for next release
247 2003-04-18 09:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
249 * debian/changelog (1.151): prepare 3.3.2
251 2003-04-17 17:47 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
253 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.35): Synchronize with 1.197
254 (version 3.3.1) and proof-reading by Philippe Batailler and
255 Patrice Karatchentzeff
257 2003-04-17 17:43 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
259 * debian/changelog (1.150): Update french translation to version
262 2003-04-04 16:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
264 * debian/changelog (1.149): start next version
266 2003-04-04 14:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
268 * ChangeLog (1.15): update for next release
270 2003-04-04 14:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
272 * debian/changelog (1.148): 3.3.1 ready for release
274 2003-04-02 15:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
276 * debian/changelog (1.147): Josip's recent changes
278 2003-04-02 15:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
280 * debian/changelog (1.146): some of my recent changes
282 2003-04-02 15:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
284 * developers-reference.sgml (1.197): Sec "Multiple binary
285 packages": fix awkward wording about vim source package; closes:
286 #187143; some notes and FIXMES which need to be dealt with
288 2003-04-02 14:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
290 * common.ent (1.55): fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
292 2003-03-24 08:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
294 * common.ent (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.196): fixed up
295 the section on reporting bugs
297 2003-03-24 08:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
299 * developers-reference.sgml (1.195): improved the general bugs
302 2003-03-19 14:18 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
304 * developers-reference.sgml (1.194): added an id for linking to the
305 description of experimental, and sources.list lines for it
307 2003-03-14 11:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
309 * developers-reference.sgml (1.193): more noticeable separated
311 2003-03-01 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
313 * developers-reference.sgml (1.192), debian/changelog (1.145): the
314 synopsis formula changed to either <package-name> is a
315 <synopsis> or <package-name> is <synopsis> or <package-name>
316 are <synopsis> closes: #182956
318 the synopsis itself should not start with an article
320 2003-03-01 13:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
322 * debian/: changelog (1.144), control (1.19): try to comply with
323 our own recommendations on package synopsis; improve the package
326 2003-02-26 17:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
328 * debian/: changelog (1.143), control (1.18): fixed package
329 descriptions, closes: #182614
331 2003-02-24 14:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
333 * debian/changelog (1.142): start next version
335 2003-02-24 13:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
337 * ChangeLog (1.14): update for next release
339 2003-02-24 13:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
341 * debian/changelog (1.141): prepare 3.3 for release
343 2003-02-24 13:12 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
345 * developers-reference.sgml (1.191): two little updates
347 2003-02-23 13:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
349 * debian/changelog (1.140): recent changes, date burn the changelog
350 entry -- I think we are ready for release
352 2003-02-23 13:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
354 * common.ent (1.53), developers-reference.sgml (1.190): primary
355 author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove emails
356 from other authors to prevent spam
358 2003-02-23 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
360 * developers-reference.sgml (1.189): bpp-debian-maint-scripts -
361 move down to where debconf is, no content changes at all
363 bpp-debian-control - more suggestions from IRC
365 2003-02-23 12:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
367 * Makefile (1.23): clean is cleaner
369 2003-02-23 12:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
371 * developers-reference.sgml (1.188): some changes to
372 bpp-debian-control from Sebastian Rittau
374 2003-02-23 03:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
376 * .cvsignore (1.7): [no log message]
378 2003-02-23 03:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
380 * developers-reference.sgml (1.187), debian/changelog (1.139):
381 rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
382 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, and discussions on bugs
385 2003-02-22 17:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
387 * developers-reference.sgml (1.186): another typo fix and a
388 clarification of my sentence
390 2003-02-22 17:12 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
392 * developers-reference.sgml (1.185): removed the extra copy of
393 life, universe and everything ;) and tidied up another paragraph
395 2003-02-22 16:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
397 * developers-reference.sgml (1.184): Sec bpp-archindepdata:
400 2003-02-22 15:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
402 * developers-reference.sgml (1.183): bpp-archindepdata: eliminate
403 leading space, no change in content at all
405 2003-02-22 15:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
407 * developers-reference.sgml (1.182): move bpp-debian-changelog to
408 be right after bpp-debian-control section
410 2003-02-22 15:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
412 * debian/: changelog (1.138), control (1.17), tocsubstvars (1.3):
413 proper escaping of single quotes in the pkg description/TOC
414 requires newest debhelper
416 2003-02-22 15:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
418 * common.ent (1.52), developers-reference.sgml (1.181):
419 s|bugs.debian.org|&bugs-host;|
420 s|<email>control@bugs.debian.org</email>|&email-bts-control;|
422 <sect1>When bugs are closed by new uploads -- minor editorial
425 <sect>Best practices for debian/changelog -- substantial editing,
426 although mostly editorial, few content changes
428 in "Tools", debdiff and dpkg-depcheck link to their package,
431 2003-02-22 14:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
433 * common.ent (1.51), developers-reference.sgml (1.180): tidied up
436 2003-02-22 13:54 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
438 * developers-reference.sgml (1.179): tidied up the vacation section
440 2003-02-22 13:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
442 * developers-reference.sgml (1.178): rephrased and expanded the
443 voting section a little bit
445 2003-02-22 13:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
447 * developers-reference.sgml (1.177): moved the remaining sections
448 that aren't just about uploads up one level
450 2003-02-19 05:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
452 * debian/rules (1.41): dpkg-parsechangelog is noisy when you make a
453 syntax error, but we don't need that noisiness here
455 2003-02-19 05:48 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
457 * developers-reference.sgml (1.176): plug bpp-debian-changelog a
460 2003-02-15 20:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
462 * developers-reference.sgml (1.175), debian/changelog (1.137):
463 minor typographical changes
465 2003-02-15 07:03 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
467 * developers-reference.sgml (1.174), debian/changelog (1.136):
468 added a link to the policy, and explained the current practice in
469 the synopsis section. this is a compromise as it doesn't
470 expressly conflict with Manoj's or jaq's POV :) closes: #174161
472 2003-02-15 06:29 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
474 * developers-reference.sgml (1.173), debian/changelog (1.135):
475 debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, closes: #172897
477 2003-02-14 10:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
479 * developers-reference.sgml (1.172): better phrased
481 2003-02-14 09:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
483 * developers-reference.sgml (1.171), debian/changelog (1.134):
484 added best practices for debian/changelog, based on a patch from
485 Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
487 2003-02-14 05:40 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
489 * developers-reference.sgml (1.170): another sentence to clarify it
492 2003-02-12 09:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
494 * developers-reference.sgml (1.169), debian/changelog (1.133):
495 added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
496 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
498 2003-01-27 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
500 * debian/: rules (1.40), tocsubstvars (1.2): use of tocsubstvars,
501 minor cosmetics and notes
503 2003-01-27 14:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
505 * debian/: .cvsignore (1.2), changelog (1.132): recent changes
507 2003-01-27 14:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
509 * debian/tocsubstvars (1.1): script to make the manual TOC into a
510 substvar for debian/control description use
512 2003-01-26 06:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
514 * debian/rules (1.39): :)
516 2003-01-26 04:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
518 * debian/control (1.16): multiple packages, use the english TOC for
519 all until we can use UTF8 data here
521 2003-01-26 04:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
523 * Makefile (1.22): top-level makefile deletes target on error
525 2003-01-26 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
527 * .cvsignore (1.6), developers-reference.desc (1.13),
528 developers-reference.fr.desc (1.2), developers-reference.ja.desc
529 (1.2), debian/.cvsignore (1.1), debian/changelog (1.131),
530 debian/compat (1.1), debian/developers-reference-fr.doc-base
531 (1.1), debian/developers-reference-ja.doc-base (1.1),
532 debian/developers-reference.doc-base (1.1), debian/postinst
533 (1.8), debian/prerm (1.7), debian/rules (1.38): convert to
534 debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer needed
536 split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
538 2003-01-22 20:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
540 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.34), developers-reference.ja.sgml
541 (1.12): removing old tags from translations. hope it isn't a
542 major screwup for .ja
544 2003-01-22 20:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
546 * developers-reference.sgml (1.168), common.ent (1.50):
547 file-bts-mailing (server-request) doesn't really provide more
548 information on override files, and file-bts-info (Developer) now
549 has a maintincorrect anchor in it, so use that
551 2003-01-22 20:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
553 * debian/TODO (1.7): oh, look, i fixed that.
555 2003-01-22 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
557 * debian/changelog (1.130): update
559 2003-01-22 19:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
561 * developers-reference.sgml (1.167): the ordering of sections and
562 their content in the packages chapter was SNAFU; this should fix
563 most of that. (note to translators: the bottom, larger part of
564 this diff is because of moving sections around, no content
567 2003-01-22 17:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
569 * developers-reference.sgml (1.166): alleviating some of the
570 confusion with sections and subsections, prompted by Florian
571 Hinzmann's mail on -policy; fixing some weird sections (the
572 package uploads chapter needs more work...)
574 2003-01-19 17:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
576 * developers-reference.sgml (1.165): a better explanation for the
579 2003-01-19 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
581 * developers-reference.sgml (1.164): irc alias was updated to
582 freenode; mention oftc
584 2003-01-19 17:05 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
586 * common.ent (1.49), developers-reference.sgml (1.163): slightly
587 rearranged the db.d.o section
589 2003-01-19 16:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
591 * common.ent (1.48): hmm, www.d.o wasn't in the entity
593 2003-01-19 16:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
595 * developers-reference.sgml (1.162): describe/plug the testing web
598 2003-01-19 15:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
600 * developers-reference.desc (1.12), developers-reference.fr.desc
601 (1.1), developers-reference.ja.desc (1.1), debian/changelog
602 (1.129), debian/postinst (1.7), debian/prerm (1.6), debian/rules
603 (1.37): split translations into different doc-base files
605 2003-01-18 11:25 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
607 * developers-reference.sgml (1.161), debian/changelog (1.128): -
608 Updated the PTS doc with the "ddtp" keyword.
610 2003-01-02 12:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
612 * developers-reference.sgml (1.160): oops
614 2003-01-02 08:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
616 * developers-reference.sgml (1.159): updated sect1 multiple-patches
617 to have a better title/introduction and to mention dpatch
618 (prompted by Joerg Jaspert)
620 2003-01-02 04:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
622 * developers-reference.sgml (1.158): commented out changes only:
625 2003-01-02 04:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
627 * developers-reference.sgml (1.157), debian/changelog (1.127),
628 debian/copyright (1.5): update copyright year
630 2003-01-01 18:57 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
632 * debian/changelog (1.126): Update french version to latest
635 2003-01-01 18:54 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
637 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.33): Synchronize with 1.153 and
638 proofread by P. Batailler.
640 2002-12-21 14:03 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
642 * developers-reference.sgml (1.156): noted that debian-devel (not
643 -private! boo!) can be contacted to ask about a missing
644 maintainer; rephrased the stuff about conflicts and mentioned the
645 ways of resolving such issues
647 2002-12-21 13:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
649 * developers-reference.sgml (1.155): replaced the mia-qa section
650 with what Martin Michlmayr wrote, plus proofreading by myself
652 2002-12-21 13:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
654 * developers-reference.sgml (1.154): moved the contacting
655 maintainers section above the one about being unable to contact
656 maintainers (mmmh, logic)
658 2002-12-12 15:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
660 * developers-reference.sgml (1.153): replaced ASCII with plain
661 text, since not all plain text is ASCII
663 2002-12-12 13:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
665 * ChangeLog (1.13): update for next release
667 2002-12-12 13:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
669 * debian/changelog (1.125): prepare 3.2.2
671 2002-12-12 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
673 * developers-reference.sgml (1.152): Sec "Upstream home page": some
674 revisions based on discussion on policy list
676 Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
677 for best practices for documentation
679 Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
680 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
681 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual
682 now covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
687 2002-12-12 13:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
689 * debian/rules (1.36): ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
691 2002-12-12 13:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
693 * debian/TODO (1.6): remove some todo items which are done
695 2002-12-09 14:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
697 * debian/: changelog (1.124), control (1.15): Policy compliance
698 checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
700 2002-12-09 08:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
702 * debian/changelog (1.123): update
704 2002-12-09 08:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
706 * common.ent (1.47): merged url-debian-mirror{s,ing}, the ftplist
707 page is deprecated and the mirror page lists all
709 2002-12-09 08:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
711 * developers-reference.sgml (1.151): slightly rewrote the mirrors
712 section and moved it below the description of the archive (seems
715 2002-12-09 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
717 * ChangeLog (1.12): update for next release
719 2002-12-09 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
721 * debian/changelog (1.122): prepare 3.2.1
723 2002-12-09 03:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
725 * Makefile (1.21): use the debiandoc2* tools for PS and PDF
728 2002-12-09 02:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
730 * debian/rules (1.35): stop shipping SGML source, what's the point,
731 this is a binary pkg, the SGML doesn't have the proper build
732 depends, you can't build it in those dirs anyway -- much better
733 to do 'apt-get source developers-reference'
735 2002-12-09 02:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
737 * debian/rules (1.34): eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure
738 it's not needed now with the DDP builder process, or if it is
739 needed, it's a probably that can be fixed by DDP folks
741 2002-12-09 02:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
743 * common.ent (1.46), developers-reference.sgml (1.150): - Sec
744 "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
745 descriptions" moved under there
746 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
747 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
748 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized
750 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other
752 the document where these tools are discussed
753 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
754 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder,
756 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
757 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down
759 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
760 - README-contrib added giving information for authors,
764 2002-12-09 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
766 * README-contrib (1.1): readme for contributores, including
769 2002-12-08 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
771 * developers-reference.sgml (1.149): Internationalized
772 documentation had the wrong sectional capitalization
774 2002-12-07 02:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
776 * ChangeLog (1.11): update for next release
778 2002-12-07 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
780 * debian/changelog (1.121): all my recent changes, and call it
783 2002-12-07 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
785 * common.ent (1.45), developers-reference.sgml (1.148): Sec "Best
786 practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit here to
787 Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include a
788 POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the
789 PATH, closes: #150384
791 2002-12-07 01:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
793 * Makefile (1.20): validation suffix rule now requires version.ent
795 2002-12-07 01:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
797 * developers-reference.sgml (1.147): remove debget from tools
798 section, add notes on more tools to document
800 2002-12-07 01:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
802 * debian/prerm (1.5): don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX,
803 hardcode /usr/sbin/install-docs
805 2002-12-07 01:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
807 * debian/postinst (1.6): why even have a case stmt -- strip it down
810 2002-12-07 01:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
812 * debian/rules (1.33): produce md5sums file; break out a 'test'
815 2002-12-07 01:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
817 * debian/postinst (1.5): move configure stuff under configure case;
818 don't make usr/doc symlink
820 2002-12-06 15:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
822 * common.ent (1.44), developers-reference.sgml (1.146): - Sec
823 "Common situations" renamed to "Common packaging situations" -
824 Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
825 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages - Sec "Writing
826 useful descriptions" heavily edited
828 2002-12-06 05:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
830 * translation-status (1.4): damn cvs keywords, inhibit
832 2002-12-06 05:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
834 * developers-reference.sgml (1.145): - Ch "Packaging Practices"
835 rewritten intro - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed
836 to "Best Practices for debian/rules", and write an intro - Sec
837 "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
838 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :) - Sec "Package
839 with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source versus
840 patching at build time" and rewritten - Sec "Multiple binary
841 packages" rewritten - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved
842 under an "Internationalization" section, and some edits - Sec
843 "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
844 "Internationalization" - Sec "Specific packaging practices"
845 renamed to "Common Situations" - Sec "Packages using
846 autoconf/automake" rewritten - Sec "Configuration management"
847 moved forward in practices chapter
849 2002-12-06 05:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
851 * translation-status (1.3): retab, no content changes
853 2002-12-06 04:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
855 * translation-status (1.2): adapt script to local context, strip
856 out useless -V option too
858 2002-12-06 04:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
860 * common.ent (1.43): doc-check reference for best-practices, doc
863 2002-12-06 04:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
865 * developers-reference.desc (1.11): expand the doc-base abstract
868 2002-12-06 04:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
870 * translation-status (1.1): translation status checking tool, based
871 on documentation/doc-check from boot-floppies source, rev 1.12
873 2002-12-05 18:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
875 * developers-reference.sgml (1.144): fix typo, closes: #171781
877 2002-12-05 16:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
879 * developers-reference.sgml (1.143): typo fix, thanks Alfie Costa
881 2002-12-03 11:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
883 * debian/changelog (1.120): update
885 2002-12-03 11:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
887 * developers-reference.sgml (1.142): added spaces between ©
888 and the first year (wonder if that was intentional?); merged a
889 bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian section
890 and adjusted links; added the missing description of dh-make and
893 2002-11-27 21:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
895 * ChangeLog (1.10): update for next release
897 2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
899 * debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2
901 2002-11-27 21:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
903 * developers-reference.sgml (1.141): Sec "Handling debconf
904 translations", updates from Martin Quinson for po-debconf with
905 minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
907 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
909 * developers-reference.desc (1.10): doc-base file includes French
912 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
914 * developers-reference.sgml (1.140): debsign invocation was
915 slightly wrong, closes: #170523
917 2002-11-18 14:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
919 * Makefile (1.19): updated PUBLISHDIR
921 2002-11-12 23:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
923 * ChangeLog (1.9): update for next release
925 2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
927 * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1
929 2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
931 * common.ent (1.42), developers-reference.sgml (1.139),
932 debian/changelog (1.117): fix some bad URLs, notably the testing
933 FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now
935 2002-11-11 13:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
937 * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix
938 a grammar typo, closes: #166098
940 2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
942 * debian/changelog (1.115): don't use caps or fullstops in
943 changelog entries -- a bug I fixed
945 2002-11-11 13:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
947 * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
949 2002-10-21 12:07 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
951 * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114):
954 2002-10-10 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
956 * developers-reference.sgml (1.136): the version of dpkg-dev that
957 supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that; also
958 rephrased the sentence better while i was at it
960 2002-10-10 17:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
962 * debian/changelog (1.113): update
964 2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
966 * common.ent (1.40), developers-reference.sgml (1.135):
967 fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably
968 address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing
971 2002-09-21 10:58 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
973 * developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): -
974 Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative
975 maintenance". Closes: #161488
977 2002-09-19 07:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
979 * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change
981 2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
983 * common.ent (1.39), developers-reference.sgml (1.133): updated IRC
984 stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403
986 2002-09-11 12:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
988 * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and
989 editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf
991 2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
993 * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release
995 2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
997 * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes
999 2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1001 * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
1002 editorial review -- no new content
1004 2002-09-09 06:08 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1006 * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
1009 2002-09-09 05:46 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1011 * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
1012 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
1014 2002-09-08 14:42 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1016 * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
1017 debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
1018 replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the
1019 paragraph about security upload in the section explaining
1020 source NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling
1021 security-related bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the
1022 Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug housekeeping"
1023 section). closes: #151365 - Explain uploads to
1024 testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly stable-security and
1025 testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the comment about
1026 uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's packages
1027 overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a reference to
1028 debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful descriptions". closes:
1029 #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages
1030 using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 - Documented
1031 associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key replication
1032 and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
1034 2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1036 * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the
1037 when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
1038 Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
1040 2002-08-29 11:47 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
1042 * developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
1043 to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
1044 without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
1046 2002-08-29 11:36 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1048 * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
1049 debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
1050 handling security related bugs.
1052 2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1054 * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts
1055 section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing
1056 <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially
1057 confusing without that)
1059 2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1061 * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's
1064 2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1066 * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32),
1067 developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml
1068 (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
1070 2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1072 * debian/changelog (1.106): update
1074 2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1076 * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added
1079 2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1081 * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists
1082 section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of
1083 the core mailing lists
1085 2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1087 * debian/changelog (1.105): update
1089 2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1091 * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following
1092 Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only
1095 2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1097 * debian/changelog (1.104): updated
1099 2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1101 * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated
1102 (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the
1103 Debian servers section
1105 2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1107 * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
1110 2002-06-24 15:28 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1112 * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
1113 Applied several patches.
1115 2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1117 * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph
1119 2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1121 * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
1122 Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
1124 2002-06-19 15:58 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1126 * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
1127 New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
1128 "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes:
1131 2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1133 * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
1136 2002-06-15 20:30 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1138 * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
1139 descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
1142 2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1144 * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release
1146 2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1148 * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
1151 2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1153 * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
1156 2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1158 * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
1159 awkward wordings fixed
1161 2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1163 * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
1165 2002-06-10 03:31 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1167 * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
1168 debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
1169 translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
1171 2002-06-08 16:29 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1173 * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
1174 debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
1175 patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other
1176 specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
1177 quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
1179 2002-05-23 20:17 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1181 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
1182 debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
1183 "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
1184 chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in
1185 the being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
1186 devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1188 2002-05-23 16:03 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1190 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
1191 Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
1192 for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
1193 fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
1194 content of each of those sections to help the writers.
1196 2002-05-12 04:36 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1198 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
1201 2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
1203 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
1206 I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does
1207 not exist in English. This was good iontension but used in
1208 conflict with the current common.ent.
1210 I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
1211 I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
1213 Now DDP site shall build :)
1215 2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1217 * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
1218 debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
1219 us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
1221 tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
1222 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look
1223 right, work-around with <...>
1225 fix some awkward working from recent updates
1227 2002-05-10 16:27 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1229 * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
1230 descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
1232 2002-05-09 18:24 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1234 * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
1235 "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1236 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New
1237 Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco
1238 Paolo Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
1240 2002-05-09 13:43 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1242 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
1243 debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
1244 "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1245 login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the
1246 example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list
1247 of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections"
1248 section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian
1249 archive. It's just a generic information field of the package
1250 and nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental
1251 since it doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec
1252 "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1253 the use of the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the
1254 NMUs" to explain the need to integrate the changes introduced
1255 by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a
1256 NMU. - Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". -
1257 Stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System".
1259 2002-05-09 05:45 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1261 * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
1262 debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
1263 "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the
1264 DELAYED directory. closes: #135562, #136774
1266 2002-05-08 18:27 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1268 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
1269 debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
1270 removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about
1271 software subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section
1272 "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
1273 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 -
1274 New Section "Package's information" under Resources Document
1275 http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1276 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility. - Sec
1277 "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
1278 - Sec "Handling bugs": added
1279 http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1281 2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1283 * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
1285 2002-05-08 11:34 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1287 * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
1288 debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
1289 is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some
1290 cruft in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing
1291 scripts. Closes: #129445
1293 2002-05-08 06:29 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1295 * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
1296 Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
1297 descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
1300 2002-05-07 18:39 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1302 * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
1304 2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1306 * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
1307 the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
1309 2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1311 * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
1312 check and some awkward grammar
1314 2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1316 * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
1318 2002-05-06 19:25 Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1320 * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
1321 Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
1322 all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
1323 changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
1324 mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
1325 about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal
1326 of package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
1328 2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1330 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
1331 (aph updated the original before me).
1333 2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1335 * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
1337 2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1339 * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
1341 2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1343 * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
1345 2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1347 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
1349 2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1351 * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
1352 Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
1354 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
1355 Ch "The Debian Archive"
1357 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
1359 Ch "Package uploads"
1360 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
1361 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
1362 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1364 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
1365 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed
1368 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to
1370 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
1371 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
1372 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
1373 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
1374 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
1375 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
1377 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
1378 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
1380 2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1382 * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
1384 2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1386 * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
1387 new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
1388 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
1390 Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
1392 "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
1393 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
1394 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
1396 2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1398 * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
1400 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1402 * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
1404 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1406 * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
1408 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1410 * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
1411 link to New Maintainers' Guide
1412 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
1414 we add some info on sponsoring
1416 2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1418 * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
1420 2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1422 * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
1425 2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1427 * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
1428 are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
1431 2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1433 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
1435 2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1437 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
1439 2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1441 * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
1443 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1445 * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
1447 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1449 * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
1451 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1453 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
1455 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1457 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
1458 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1459 - Ch "Package uploads":
1460 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1461 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1462 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1463 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1464 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1465 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1467 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1469 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
1470 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1472 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1474 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
1477 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1479 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
1480 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1482 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1483 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
1484 info on the dh-* pkgs
1485 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1486 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1487 - other minor wording changes
1489 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1491 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
1493 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1495 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
1498 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1500 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
1503 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1505 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
1506 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1507 anymore, talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
1509 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1511 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
1514 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1516 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
1517 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
1519 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1521 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
1524 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1526 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
1528 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1530 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
1532 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1534 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
1536 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1538 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1539 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
1541 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1543 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
1544 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
1545 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
1547 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1549 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
1550 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1551 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
1553 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1555 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
1557 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1559 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
1560 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
1562 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1564 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
1565 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
1567 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1569 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
1570 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
1571 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1573 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1575 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
1577 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1579 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
1582 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
1584 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
1585 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
1587 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1589 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
1590 real change needed, updated french version number)
1592 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1594 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
1597 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1599 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
1600 'General Public license'
1602 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1604 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
1607 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1609 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
1610 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
1612 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1614 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
1616 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1618 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
1619 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
1620 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
1621 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
1622 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
1624 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1626 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
1628 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1630 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
1632 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1634 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
1636 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1638 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
1640 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1642 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
1644 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1646 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
1647 about picking the distribution
1649 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1651 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
1652 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
1654 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1656 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
1657 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
1660 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1662 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
1663 experimental (better late than never)
1665 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1667 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
1668 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
1669 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
1670 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
1671 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which
1674 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1676 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sƩvƩritƩ" by
1677 "gravitƩ" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
1678 "gravitƩ" is also used on the debian website, this replacement
1679 also helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
1681 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1683 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
1685 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1687 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
1689 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1691 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
1694 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1696 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
1699 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1701 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
1702 developers-reference.sgml.
1704 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1706 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
1707 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1709 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1711 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
1713 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1715 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
1716 James Troup, part of #102626
1718 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1720 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
1721 that changes a lot !
1723 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1725 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
1728 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1730 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
1732 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1734 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
1735 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
1737 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1739 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
1740 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
1742 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1744 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
1746 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1748 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
1750 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1752 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
1754 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1756 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
1759 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1761 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
1762 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
1764 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1766 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
1767 explains how people.d.o works
1769 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1771 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
1772 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
1774 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1776 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
1777 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1779 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1781 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1782 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
1783 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
1784 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
1786 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1788 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
1789 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1790 forwarding bugs upstream
1794 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1796 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
1797 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
1798 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
1802 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1804 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
1805 small typo in a link
1807 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1809 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
1812 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1814 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
1816 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1818 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
1821 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1823 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
1825 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1827 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
1828 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
1830 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1832 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
1834 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1836 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
1838 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1840 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
1842 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1844 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
1846 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1848 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
1851 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1853 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1854 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
1856 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1858 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
1861 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1863 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
1865 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1867 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
1869 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1871 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
1874 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1876 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
1878 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1880 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
1881 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
1882 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
1884 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1886 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1887 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
1889 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1891 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
1893 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1895 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
1896 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
1898 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1900 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
1901 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
1903 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1905 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
1906 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
1907 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and
1910 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1912 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
1913 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
1915 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1917 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
1919 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1921 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
1922 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
1923 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1925 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
1927 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1928 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1931 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1933 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
1936 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1938 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
1940 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1942 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
1943 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes:
1946 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1948 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
1950 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1952 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
1953 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
1955 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1957 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
1959 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1961 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
1963 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1965 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
1966 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
1968 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1970 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
1971 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
1973 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1975 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
1976 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
1977 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
1979 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1981 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
1982 files which no longer exist
1984 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1986 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
1987 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
1990 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1992 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
1993 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1994 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1996 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1998 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
2001 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2003 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
2006 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2008 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
2009 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
2011 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2013 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
2014 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
2015 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
2016 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
2019 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2021 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
2022 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
2024 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2026 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only Ā«Ā»
2027 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
2028 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
2030 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2032 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
2033 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to
2034 a generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path
2035 to it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie"
2036 (somewhat vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive
2037 waiting time since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks
2038 to hours regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also
2039 more often the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
2040 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
2042 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2044 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
2047 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2049 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
2050 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
2052 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2054 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
2055 source-depends stuff
2057 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2059 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
2061 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2063 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
2064 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
2066 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from
2070 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2072 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
2073 doc-base file for FHS
2075 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2077 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
2079 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2081 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
2083 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2085 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
2086 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
2088 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2090 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
2091 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
2092 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
2094 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2096 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
2097 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
2099 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2101 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
2102 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
2103 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
2104 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master
2105 move; noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all
2106 other machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL;
2107 reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
2108 mention the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <->
2109 non-us, canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
2111 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2113 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
2115 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2117 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
2119 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2121 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
2122 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
2124 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2126 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
2129 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2131 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
2133 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2135 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
2137 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2139 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
2141 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2143 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
2145 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2147 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
2149 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2151 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
2152 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
2153 purge the constitution
2155 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2157 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
2159 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2161 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
2162 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
2163 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
2165 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
2167 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
2168 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with
2169 debiandoc-sgml 1.1.40.
2171 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
2173 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
2176 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
2178 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
2179 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
2181 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
2183 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
2185 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2187 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
2189 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2191 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
2192 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
2194 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2196 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
2198 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2200 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
2201 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
2202 developers-reference.sgml
2204 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2206 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
2207 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
2209 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2211 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
2212 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules
2213 (1.20): 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
2215 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2217 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
2219 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2221 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
2223 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2225 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
2228 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2230 * common.ent (1.1): file added
2232 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2234 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
2236 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
2238 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
2240 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2242 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
2244 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2246 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
2247 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
2250 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2252 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
2254 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2256 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
2257 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
2258 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild
2259 in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
2261 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2263 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
2266 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2268 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
2269 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO
2272 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2274 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
2276 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2278 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
2280 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2282 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
2284 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2286 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
2287 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
2288 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
2289 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
2290 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
2291 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
2293 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
2296 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
2298 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
2302 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2304 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
2305 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
2306 supported architecture in Linux
2308 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
2310 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
2311 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
2313 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
2315 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
2318 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
2320 with intro; demoted server sections under that
2321 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
2322 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
2325 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
2327 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
2328 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
2330 a normal developer may have access.
2332 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2334 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
2336 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2338 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
2339 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
2340 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each
2343 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2345 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
2346 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
2347 correct address for PGP key updates
2349 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2351 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
2352 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
2355 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2357 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
2359 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2361 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
2363 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2365 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
2367 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2369 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
2371 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2373 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
2374 debiandoc-sgml output naming
2376 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2378 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
2379 debian-constitution docreg files
2381 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2383 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
2384 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
2385 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note
2387 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks
2389 <keyring-maint> instead)
2390 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec.
2393 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2395 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
2396 extensions and PDF file
2398 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2400 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
2402 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2404 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
2406 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2408 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
2411 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2413 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
2414 2.6.1 when I release officially)
2416 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2418 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
2420 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2422 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
2423 Document -- typo correction
2425 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
2427 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2429 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
2431 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2433 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
2435 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2437 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
2439 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2441 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
2443 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2445 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
2446 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
2447 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When
2449 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
2451 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section.
2453 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
2456 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
2458 tighten up the language a bit
2459 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an
2461 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a
2463 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
2465 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is
2468 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
2470 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from
2472 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
2474 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
2475 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
2477 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
2480 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
2482 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
2484 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines,
2486 about how to depart Debian gracefully
2487 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
2488 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
2489 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
2491 number of available packages
2492 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
2493 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
2495 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2497 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
2499 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2501 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
2503 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2505 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
2508 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2510 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
2511 docdir for Bug#31034
2513 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2515 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
2518 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2520 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
2522 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2524 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
2526 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2528 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
2529 from Incoming": tiny section added
2530 * some PGP-centricity removed
2531 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages
2533 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU
2535 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for
2537 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
2538 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
2540 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
2543 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2545 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
2546 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
2548 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2550 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
2553 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2555 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
2556 SGML timestamping, not current date
2558 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2560 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
2563 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2565 * debian/control (1.4): name change
2567 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2569 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
2571 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2573 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
2577 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2579 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
2581 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2583 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
2584 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
2585 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
2587 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
2588 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases"
2589 integrated out of existance
2591 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
2593 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2595 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
2597 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2599 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
2601 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2603 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
2605 remove URL to fragment identifier
2607 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2609 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
2611 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2613 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
2614 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
2615 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
2617 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2619 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
2621 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2623 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
2625 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2627 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
2628 changelog, I'm too tired...
2630 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2632 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
2633 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
2637 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2639 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
2641 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2643 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
2647 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2649 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
2651 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2653 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
2656 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2658 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
2660 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2662 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
2664 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2666 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
2668 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2670 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
2671 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
2673 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
2676 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
2678 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2680 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
2682 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2684 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
2686 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2688 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
2690 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2692 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
2695 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2697 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
2698 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
2700 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
2702 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
2704 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2706 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
2708 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2710 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
2712 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2714 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
2716 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2718 * Makefile (1.1): initial
2720 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2722 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
2724 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2726 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
2727 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective
2728 new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability,
2729 coverage, and organization. Significant changes were patched
2730 back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use them.
2733 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
2734 should and should not be included in this Reference.
2736 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
2737 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
2739 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
2741 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
2743 Little corrections here and there.
2745 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2747 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
2748 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
2749 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
2751 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2753 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
2755 fix dependancy for build
2757 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2759 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
2760 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section"
2761 and "distribution" and the like
2763 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2765 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
2767 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2769 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
2772 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2774 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
2776 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2778 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
2780 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2782 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
2784 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2786 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
2788 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2790 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
2792 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2794 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
2796 format the SGML like I like it
2798 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2800 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
2802 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2804 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
2805 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
2807 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2809 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
2810 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
2812 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2814 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
2815 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
2816 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst
2817 (1.1), debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision
2819 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2821 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
2822 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
2823 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
2824 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
2825 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\