1 2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
6 2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
8 * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
11 2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
13 * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
14 awkward wordings fixed
16 2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
18 * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
20 2002-06-10 03:31 hertzog
22 * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
23 debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
24 translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
26 2002-06-08 16:29 hertzog
28 * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
29 debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
30 patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other
31 specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
32 quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
34 2002-05-23 20:17 hertzog
36 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
37 debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
38 "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
39 chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the
40 being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
41 devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
43 2002-05-23 16:03 hertzog
45 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
46 Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
47 for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
48 fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
49 content of each of those sections to help the writers.
51 2002-05-12 04:36 hertzog
53 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
56 2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com>
58 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
61 I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does not
62 exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict
63 with the current common.ent.
65 I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
66 I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
68 Now DDP site shall build :)
70 2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
72 * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
73 debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
74 us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
76 tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
77 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
78 work-around with <...>
80 fix some awkward working from recent updates
82 2002-05-10 16:27 hertzog
84 * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
85 descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
87 2002-05-09 18:24 hertzog
89 * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
90 "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco
91 Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New Section
92 "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo
93 Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
95 2002-05-09 13:43 hertzog
97 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
98 debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
99 "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
100 login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the
101 example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list
102 of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections"
103 section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian
104 archive. It's just a generic information field of the package and
105 nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental since it
106 doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec "When to do a
107 source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest the use of
108 the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to
109 explain the need to integrate the changes introduced by NMUs.
110 Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a NMU. -
111 Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in
112 new Section "The Package Tracking System".
114 2002-05-09 05:45 hertzog
116 * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
117 debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
118 "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
119 directory. closes: #135562, #136774
121 2002-05-08 18:27 hertzog
123 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
124 debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
125 removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about software
126 subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section "Contacting
127 other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging" Document the
128 package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 - New Section
129 "Package's information" under Resources Document
130 http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
131 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility. - Sec
132 "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com -
133 Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
135 2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
137 * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
139 2002-05-08 11:34 hertzog
141 * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
142 debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
143 is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some cruft
144 in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts.
147 2002-05-08 06:29 hertzog
149 * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
150 Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
151 descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
154 2002-05-07 18:39 hertzog
156 * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
158 2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
160 * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
161 the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
163 2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
165 * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
166 check and some awkward grammar
168 2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
170 * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
172 2002-05-06 19:25 hertzog
174 * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
175 Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
176 all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
177 changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
178 mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
179 about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of
180 package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
182 2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
184 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
185 (aph updated the original before me).
187 2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
189 * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
191 2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
193 * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
195 2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
197 * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
199 2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
201 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
203 2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
205 * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
206 Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
208 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
209 Ch "The Debian Archive"
211 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
214 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
215 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
216 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
218 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
219 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
221 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
222 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
223 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
224 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
225 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
226 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
227 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
229 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
230 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
232 2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
234 * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
236 2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
238 * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
239 new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
240 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
242 Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
244 "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
245 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
246 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
248 2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
250 * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
252 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
254 * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
256 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
258 * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
260 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
262 * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
263 link to New Maintainers' Guide
264 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
266 we add some info on sponsoring
268 2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
270 * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
272 2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
274 * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
277 2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
279 * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
280 are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
283 2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
285 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
287 2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
289 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
291 2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
293 * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
295 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
297 * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
299 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
301 * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
303 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
305 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
307 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
309 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
310 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
311 - Ch "Package uploads":
312 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
313 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
314 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
315 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
316 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
317 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
319 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
321 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
322 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
324 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
326 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
329 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
331 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
332 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
334 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
335 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
336 info on the dh-* pkgs
337 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
338 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
339 - other minor wording changes
341 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
343 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
345 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
347 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
350 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
352 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
355 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
357 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
358 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore,
359 talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
361 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
363 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
366 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
368 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
369 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
371 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
373 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
376 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
378 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
380 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
382 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
384 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
386 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
388 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
390 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
391 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
393 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
395 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
396 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
397 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
399 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
401 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
402 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
403 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
405 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
407 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
409 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
411 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
412 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
414 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
416 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
417 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
419 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
421 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
422 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
423 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
425 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
427 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
429 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
431 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
434 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha <kov@debian.org>
436 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
437 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
439 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
441 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
442 real change needed, updated french version number)
444 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
446 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
449 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
451 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
452 'General Public license'
454 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
456 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
459 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
461 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
462 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
464 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
466 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
468 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
470 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
471 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
472 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
473 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
474 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
476 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
478 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
480 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
482 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
484 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
486 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
488 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
490 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
492 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
494 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
496 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
498 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
499 about picking the distribution
501 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
503 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
504 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
506 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
508 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
509 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
512 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
514 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
515 experimental (better late than never)
517 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
519 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
520 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
521 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
522 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
523 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
526 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
528 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
529 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
530 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
531 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
533 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
535 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
537 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
539 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
541 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
543 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
546 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
548 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
551 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
553 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
554 developers-reference.sgml.
556 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
558 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
559 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
561 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
563 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
565 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
567 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
568 James Troup, part of #102626
570 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
572 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
575 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
577 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
580 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
582 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
584 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
586 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
587 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
589 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
591 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
592 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
594 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
596 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
598 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
600 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
602 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
604 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
606 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
608 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
611 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
613 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
614 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
616 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
618 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
619 explains how people.d.o works
621 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
623 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
624 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
626 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
628 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
629 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
631 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
633 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
634 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
635 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
636 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
638 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
640 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
641 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
642 forwarding bugs upstream
646 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
648 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
649 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
650 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
654 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
656 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
659 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
661 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
664 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
666 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
668 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
670 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
673 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
675 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
677 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
679 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
680 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
682 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
684 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
686 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
688 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
690 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
692 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
694 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
696 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
698 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
700 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
703 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
705 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
706 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
708 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
710 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
713 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
715 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
717 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
719 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
721 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
723 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
726 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
728 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
730 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
732 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
733 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
734 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
736 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
738 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
739 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
741 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
743 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
745 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
747 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
748 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
750 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
752 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
753 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
755 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
757 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
758 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
759 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
762 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
764 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
765 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
767 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
769 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
771 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
773 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
774 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
775 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
777 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
779 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
780 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
783 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
785 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
788 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
790 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
792 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
794 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
795 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
797 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
799 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
801 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
803 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
804 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
806 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
808 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
810 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
812 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
814 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
816 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
817 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
819 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
821 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
822 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
824 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
826 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
827 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
828 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
830 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
832 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
833 files which no longer exist
835 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
837 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
838 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
841 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
843 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
844 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
845 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
847 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
849 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
852 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
854 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
857 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
859 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
860 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
862 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
864 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
865 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
866 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
867 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
870 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
872 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
873 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
875 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
877 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
878 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
879 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
881 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
883 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
884 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
885 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
886 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
887 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
888 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
889 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
890 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
891 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
893 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
895 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
898 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
900 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
901 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
903 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
905 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
908 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
910 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
912 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
914 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
915 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
917 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
921 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
923 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
924 doc-base file for FHS
926 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
928 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
930 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
932 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
934 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
936 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
937 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
939 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
941 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
942 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
943 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
945 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
947 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
948 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
950 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
952 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
953 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
954 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
955 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
956 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
957 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
958 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
959 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
960 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
962 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
964 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
966 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
968 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
970 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
972 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
973 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
975 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
977 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
980 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
982 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
984 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
986 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
988 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
990 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
992 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
994 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
996 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
998 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
1000 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1002 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
1003 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
1004 purge the constitution
1006 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1008 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
1010 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1012 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
1013 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
1014 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
1016 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1018 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
1019 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
1022 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1024 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
1027 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1029 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
1030 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
1032 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1034 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
1036 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1038 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
1040 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1042 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
1043 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
1045 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1047 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
1049 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1051 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
1052 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
1053 developers-reference.sgml
1055 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1057 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
1058 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
1060 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1062 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
1063 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
1064 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
1066 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1068 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
1070 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1072 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
1074 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1076 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
1079 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1081 * common.ent (1.1): file added
1083 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1085 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
1087 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
1089 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
1091 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1093 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
1095 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1097 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
1098 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
1101 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1103 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
1105 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1107 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
1108 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
1109 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
1110 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1112 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1114 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
1117 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1119 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
1120 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
1123 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1125 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
1127 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1129 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1131 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1133 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
1135 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1137 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
1138 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1139 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1140 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1141 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1142 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
1144 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
1147 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
1149 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
1153 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1155 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
1156 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
1157 supported architecture in Linux
1159 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
1161 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1162 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
1164 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
1166 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
1169 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
1171 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1172 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1173 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
1176 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
1178 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1179 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
1181 a normal developer may have access.
1183 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1185 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
1187 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1189 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
1190 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
1191 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
1193 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1195 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
1196 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
1197 correct address for PGP key updates
1199 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1201 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
1202 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
1205 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1207 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
1209 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1211 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
1213 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1215 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
1217 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1219 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
1221 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1223 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
1224 debiandoc-sgml output naming
1226 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1228 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
1229 debian-constitution docreg files
1231 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1233 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
1234 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1235 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
1237 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1238 <keyring-maint> instead)
1239 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1241 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1243 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
1244 extensions and PDF file
1246 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1248 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
1250 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1252 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
1254 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1256 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
1259 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1261 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
1262 2.6.1 when I release officially)
1264 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1266 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
1268 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1270 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
1271 Document -- typo correction
1273 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
1275 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1277 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
1279 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1281 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
1283 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1285 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
1287 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1289 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
1291 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1293 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
1294 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1295 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
1297 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
1299 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
1301 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
1304 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
1306 tighten up the language a bit
1307 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
1309 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
1311 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
1313 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1315 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
1317 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
1319 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
1321 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1322 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
1324 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
1327 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
1329 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
1331 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
1333 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1334 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1335 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1336 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
1338 number of available packages
1339 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1340 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1342 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1344 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
1346 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1348 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
1350 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1352 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
1355 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1357 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
1358 docdir for Bug#31034
1360 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1362 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
1365 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1367 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
1369 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1371 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
1373 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1375 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
1376 from Incoming": tiny section added
1377 * some PGP-centricity removed
1378 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
1380 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
1381 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
1383 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1384 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
1386 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
1389 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1391 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
1392 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
1394 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1396 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
1399 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1401 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
1402 SGML timestamping, not current date
1404 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1406 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
1409 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1411 * debian/control (1.4): name change
1413 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1415 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
1417 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1419 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
1423 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1425 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
1427 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1429 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
1430 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
1431 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
1433 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1434 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
1437 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1439 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1441 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
1443 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1445 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
1447 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1449 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
1451 remove URL to fragment identifier
1453 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1455 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
1457 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1459 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
1460 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1461 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1463 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1465 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
1467 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1469 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
1471 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1473 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
1474 changelog, I'm too tired...
1476 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1478 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
1479 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
1483 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1485 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
1487 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1489 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
1493 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1495 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
1497 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1499 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
1502 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1504 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
1506 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1508 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
1510 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1512 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
1514 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1516 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
1517 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1519 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1522 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
1524 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1526 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
1528 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1530 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
1532 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1534 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
1536 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1538 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
1541 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1543 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
1544 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
1546 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
1548 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
1550 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1552 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
1554 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1556 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
1558 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1560 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
1562 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1564 * Makefile (1.1): initial
1566 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1568 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
1570 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1572 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
1573 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
1574 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
1575 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
1576 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
1578 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
1579 should and should not be included in this Reference.
1581 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
1582 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1584 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1586 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1588 Little corrections here and there.
1590 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1592 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
1593 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
1594 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
1596 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1598 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
1600 fix dependancy for build
1602 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1604 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
1605 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
1606 "distribution" and the like
1608 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1610 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
1612 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1614 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
1617 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1619 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
1621 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1623 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
1625 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1627 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
1629 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1631 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
1633 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1635 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
1637 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1639 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
1641 format the SGML like I like it
1643 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1645 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
1647 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1649 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
1650 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
1652 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1654 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
1655 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
1657 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1659 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
1660 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
1661 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
1662 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision
1664 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1666 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
1667 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
1668 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
1669 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
1670 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\