1 2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2
5 2002-11-27 21:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
7 * developers-reference.sgml (1.141): Sec "Handling debconf
8 translations", updates from Martin Quinson for po-debconf with
9 minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
11 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
13 * developers-reference.desc (1.10): doc-base file includes French
16 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
18 * developers-reference.sgml (1.140): debsign invocation was
19 slightly wrong, closes: #170523
21 2002-11-18 14:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
23 * Makefile (1.19): updated PUBLISHDIR
25 2002-11-12 23:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
27 * ChangeLog (1.9): update for next release
29 2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
31 * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1
33 2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
35 * common.ent (1.42), developers-reference.sgml (1.139),
36 debian/changelog (1.117): fix some bad URLs, notably the testing
37 FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now
39 2002-11-11 13:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
41 * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix
42 a grammar typo, closes: #166098
44 2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
46 * debian/changelog (1.115): don't use caps or fullstops in
47 changelog entries -- a bug I fixed
49 2002-11-11 13:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
51 * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
55 * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114):
58 2002-10-10 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
60 * developers-reference.sgml (1.136): the version of dpkg-dev that
61 supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that; also
62 rephrased the sentence better while i was at it
64 2002-10-10 17:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
66 * debian/changelog (1.113): update
68 2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
70 * common.ent (1.40), developers-reference.sgml (1.135):
71 fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably
72 address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing
75 2002-09-21 10:58 hertzog
77 * developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): -
78 Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative
79 maintenance". Closes: #161488
81 2002-09-19 07:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
83 * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change
85 2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
87 * common.ent (1.39), developers-reference.sgml (1.133): updated IRC
88 stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403
90 2002-09-11 12:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
92 * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and
93 editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf
95 2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
97 * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release
99 2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
101 * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes
103 2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
105 * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
106 editorial review -- no new content
108 2002-09-09 06:08 hertzog
110 * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
113 2002-09-09 05:46 hertzog
115 * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
116 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
118 2002-09-08 14:42 hertzog
120 * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
121 debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
122 replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the
123 paragraph about security upload in the section explaining source
124 NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling security-related
125 bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the Technical Committee
126 web page (in the "Bug housekeeping" section). closes: #151365 -
127 Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
128 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the
129 comment about uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's
130 packages overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a
131 reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
132 descriptions". closes: #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice
133 section for "Packages using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 -
134 Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
135 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
137 2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
139 * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the
140 when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
141 Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
145 * developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
146 to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
147 without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
149 2002-08-29 11:36 hertzog
151 * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
152 debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
153 handling security related bugs.
155 2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
157 * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts
158 section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing
159 <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially
160 confusing without that)
162 2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
164 * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's
167 2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
169 * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32),
170 developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml
171 (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
173 2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
175 * debian/changelog (1.106): update
177 2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
179 * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added
182 2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
184 * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists
185 section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of
186 the core mailing lists
188 2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
190 * debian/changelog (1.105): update
192 2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
194 * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following
195 Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only
198 2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
200 * debian/changelog (1.104): updated
202 2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
204 * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated
205 (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the
206 Debian servers section
208 2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
210 * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
213 2002-06-24 15:28 hertzog
215 * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
216 Applied several patches.
218 2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
220 * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph
222 2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
224 * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
225 Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
227 2002-06-19 15:58 hertzog
229 * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
230 New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
231 "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427
233 2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
235 * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
238 2002-06-15 20:30 hertzog
240 * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
241 descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
244 2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
246 * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release
248 2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
250 * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
253 2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
255 * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
258 2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
260 * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
261 awkward wordings fixed
263 2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
265 * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
267 2002-06-10 03:31 hertzog
269 * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
270 debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
271 translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
273 2002-06-08 16:29 hertzog
275 * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
276 debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
277 patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other
278 specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
279 quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
281 2002-05-23 20:17 hertzog
283 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
284 debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
285 "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
286 chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the
287 being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
288 devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
290 2002-05-23 16:03 hertzog
292 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
293 Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
294 for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
295 fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
296 content of each of those sections to help the writers.
298 2002-05-12 04:36 hertzog
300 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
303 2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
305 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
308 I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does not
309 exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict
310 with the current common.ent.
312 I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
313 I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
315 Now DDP site shall build :)
317 2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
319 * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
320 debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
321 us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
323 tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
324 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
325 work-around with <...>
327 fix some awkward working from recent updates
329 2002-05-10 16:27 hertzog
331 * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
332 descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
334 2002-05-09 18:24 hertzog
336 * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
337 "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco
338 Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New Section
339 "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo
340 Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
342 2002-05-09 13:43 hertzog
344 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
345 debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
346 "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
347 login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the
348 example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list
349 of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections"
350 section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian
351 archive. It's just a generic information field of the package and
352 nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental since it
353 doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec "When to do a
354 source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest the use of
355 the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to
356 explain the need to integrate the changes introduced by NMUs.
357 Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a NMU. -
358 Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in
359 new Section "The Package Tracking System".
361 2002-05-09 05:45 hertzog
363 * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
364 debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
365 "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
366 directory. closes: #135562, #136774
368 2002-05-08 18:27 hertzog
370 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
371 debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
372 removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about software
373 subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section "Contacting
374 other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging" Document the
375 package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 - New Section
376 "Package's information" under Resources Document
377 http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
378 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility. - Sec
379 "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com -
380 Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
382 2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
384 * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
386 2002-05-08 11:34 hertzog
388 * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
389 debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
390 is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some cruft
391 in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts.
394 2002-05-08 06:29 hertzog
396 * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
397 Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
398 descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
401 2002-05-07 18:39 hertzog
403 * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
405 2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
407 * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
408 the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
410 2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
412 * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
413 check and some awkward grammar
415 2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
417 * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
419 2002-05-06 19:25 hertzog
421 * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
422 Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
423 all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
424 changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
425 mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
426 about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of
427 package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
429 2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
431 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
432 (aph updated the original before me).
434 2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
436 * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
438 2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
440 * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
442 2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
444 * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
446 2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
448 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
450 2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
452 * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
453 Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
455 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
456 Ch "The Debian Archive"
458 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
461 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
462 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
463 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
465 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
466 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
468 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
469 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
470 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
471 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
472 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
473 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
474 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
476 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
477 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
479 2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
481 * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
483 2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
485 * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
486 new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
487 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
489 Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
491 "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
492 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
493 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
495 2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
497 * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
499 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
501 * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
503 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
505 * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
507 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
509 * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
510 link to New Maintainers' Guide
511 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
513 we add some info on sponsoring
515 2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
517 * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
519 2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
521 * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
524 2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
526 * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
527 are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
530 2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
532 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
534 2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
536 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
538 2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
540 * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
542 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
544 * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
546 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
548 * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
550 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
552 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
554 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
556 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
557 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
558 - Ch "Package uploads":
559 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
560 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
561 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
562 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
563 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
564 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
566 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
568 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
569 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
571 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
573 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
576 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
578 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
579 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
581 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
582 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
583 info on the dh-* pkgs
584 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
585 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
586 - other minor wording changes
588 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
590 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
592 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
594 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
597 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
599 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
602 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
604 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
605 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore,
606 talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
608 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
610 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
613 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
615 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
616 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
618 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
620 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
623 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
625 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
627 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
629 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
631 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
633 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
635 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
637 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
638 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
640 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
642 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
643 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
644 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
646 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
648 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
649 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
650 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
652 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
654 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
656 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
658 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
659 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
661 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
663 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
664 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
666 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
668 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
669 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
670 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
672 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
674 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
676 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
678 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
681 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
683 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
684 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
686 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
688 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
689 real change needed, updated french version number)
691 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
693 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
696 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
698 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
699 'General Public license'
701 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
703 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
706 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
708 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
709 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
711 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
713 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
715 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
717 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
718 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
719 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
720 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
721 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
723 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
725 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
727 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
729 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
731 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
733 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
735 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
737 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
739 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
741 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
743 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
745 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
746 about picking the distribution
748 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
750 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
751 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
753 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
755 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
756 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
759 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
761 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
762 experimental (better late than never)
764 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
766 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
767 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
768 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
769 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
770 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
773 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
775 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
776 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
777 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
778 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
780 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
782 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
784 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
786 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
788 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
790 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
793 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
795 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
798 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
800 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
801 developers-reference.sgml.
803 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
805 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
806 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
808 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
810 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
812 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
814 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
815 James Troup, part of #102626
817 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
819 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
822 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
824 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
827 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
829 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
831 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
833 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
834 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
836 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
838 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
839 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
841 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
843 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
845 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
847 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
849 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
851 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
853 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
855 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
858 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
860 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
861 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
863 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
865 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
866 explains how people.d.o works
868 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
870 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
871 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
873 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
875 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
876 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
878 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
880 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
881 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
882 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
883 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
885 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
887 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
888 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
889 forwarding bugs upstream
893 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
895 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
896 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
897 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
901 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
903 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
906 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
908 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
911 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
913 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
915 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
917 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
920 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
922 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
924 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
926 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
927 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
929 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
931 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
933 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
935 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
937 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
939 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
941 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
943 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
945 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
947 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
950 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
952 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
953 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
955 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
957 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
960 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
962 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
964 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
966 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
968 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
970 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
973 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
975 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
977 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
979 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
980 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
981 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
983 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
985 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
986 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
988 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
990 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
992 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
994 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
995 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
997 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
999 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
1000 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
1002 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1004 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
1005 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
1006 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
1009 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1011 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
1012 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
1014 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1016 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
1018 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1020 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
1021 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
1022 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1024 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
1026 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1027 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1030 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1032 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
1035 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1037 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
1039 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1041 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
1042 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
1044 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1046 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
1048 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1050 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
1051 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
1053 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1055 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
1057 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1059 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
1061 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1063 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
1064 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
1066 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1068 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
1069 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
1071 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1073 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
1074 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
1075 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
1077 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1079 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
1080 files which no longer exist
1082 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1084 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
1085 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
1088 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1090 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
1091 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1092 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1094 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1096 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
1099 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1101 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
1104 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1106 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
1107 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1109 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1111 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
1112 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1113 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1114 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1117 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1119 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1120 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1122 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1124 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
1125 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
1126 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
1128 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1130 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
1131 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
1132 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
1133 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
1134 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
1135 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
1136 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
1137 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
1138 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1140 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1142 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
1145 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1147 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
1148 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
1150 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1152 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
1153 source-depends stuff
1155 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1157 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
1159 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1161 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
1162 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1164 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
1168 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1170 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
1171 doc-base file for FHS
1173 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1175 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
1177 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1179 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
1181 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1183 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
1184 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
1186 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1188 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
1189 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
1190 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
1192 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1194 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
1195 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
1197 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1199 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
1200 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
1201 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
1202 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
1203 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
1204 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
1205 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
1206 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
1207 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
1209 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1211 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
1213 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1215 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
1217 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1219 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
1220 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1222 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1224 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
1227 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1229 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
1231 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1233 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
1235 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1237 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
1239 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1241 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
1243 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1245 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
1247 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1249 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
1250 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
1251 purge the constitution
1253 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1255 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
1257 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1259 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
1260 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
1261 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
1263 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1265 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
1266 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
1269 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1271 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
1274 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1276 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
1277 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
1279 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1281 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
1283 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1285 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
1287 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1289 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
1290 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
1292 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1294 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
1296 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1298 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
1299 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
1300 developers-reference.sgml
1302 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1304 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
1305 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
1307 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1309 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
1310 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
1311 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
1313 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1315 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
1317 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1319 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
1321 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1323 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
1326 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1328 * common.ent (1.1): file added
1330 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1332 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
1334 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
1336 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
1338 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1340 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
1342 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1344 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
1345 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
1348 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1350 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
1352 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1354 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
1355 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
1356 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
1357 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1359 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1361 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
1364 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1366 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
1367 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
1370 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1372 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
1374 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1376 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1378 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1380 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
1382 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1384 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
1385 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1386 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1387 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1388 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1389 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
1391 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
1394 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
1396 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
1400 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1402 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
1403 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
1404 supported architecture in Linux
1406 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
1408 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1409 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
1411 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
1413 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
1416 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
1418 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1419 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1420 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
1423 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
1425 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1426 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
1428 a normal developer may have access.
1430 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1432 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
1434 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1436 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
1437 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
1438 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
1440 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1442 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
1443 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
1444 correct address for PGP key updates
1446 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1448 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
1449 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
1452 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1454 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
1456 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1458 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
1460 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1462 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
1464 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1466 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
1468 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1470 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
1471 debiandoc-sgml output naming
1473 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1475 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
1476 debian-constitution docreg files
1478 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1480 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
1481 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1482 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
1484 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1485 <keyring-maint> instead)
1486 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1488 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1490 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
1491 extensions and PDF file
1493 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1495 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
1497 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1499 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
1501 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1503 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
1506 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1508 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
1509 2.6.1 when I release officially)
1511 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1513 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
1515 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1517 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
1518 Document -- typo correction
1520 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
1522 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1524 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
1526 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1528 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
1530 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1532 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
1534 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1536 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
1538 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1540 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
1541 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1542 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
1544 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
1546 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
1548 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
1551 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
1553 tighten up the language a bit
1554 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
1556 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
1558 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
1560 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1562 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
1564 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
1566 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
1568 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1569 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
1571 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
1574 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
1576 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
1578 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
1580 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1581 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1582 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1583 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
1585 number of available packages
1586 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1587 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1589 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1591 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
1593 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1595 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
1597 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1599 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
1602 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1604 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
1605 docdir for Bug#31034
1607 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1609 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
1612 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1614 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
1616 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1618 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
1620 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1622 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
1623 from Incoming": tiny section added
1624 * some PGP-centricity removed
1625 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
1627 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
1628 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
1630 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1631 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
1633 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
1636 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1638 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
1639 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
1641 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1643 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
1646 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1648 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
1649 SGML timestamping, not current date
1651 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1653 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
1656 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1658 * debian/control (1.4): name change
1660 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1662 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
1664 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1666 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
1670 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1672 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
1674 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1676 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
1677 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
1678 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
1680 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1681 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
1684 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1686 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1688 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
1690 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1692 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
1694 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1696 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
1698 remove URL to fragment identifier
1700 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1702 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
1704 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1706 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
1707 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1708 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1710 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1712 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
1714 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1716 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
1718 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1720 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
1721 changelog, I'm too tired...
1723 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1725 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
1726 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
1730 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1732 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
1734 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1736 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
1740 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1742 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
1744 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1746 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
1749 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1751 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
1753 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1755 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
1757 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1759 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
1761 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1763 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
1764 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1766 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1769 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
1771 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1773 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
1775 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1777 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
1779 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1781 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
1783 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1785 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
1788 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1790 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
1791 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
1793 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
1795 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
1797 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1799 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
1801 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1803 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
1805 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1807 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
1809 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1811 * Makefile (1.1): initial
1813 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1815 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
1817 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1819 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
1820 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
1821 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
1822 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
1823 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
1825 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
1826 should and should not be included in this Reference.
1828 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
1829 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1831 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1833 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1835 Little corrections here and there.
1837 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1839 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
1840 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
1841 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
1843 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1845 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
1847 fix dependancy for build
1849 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1851 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
1852 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
1853 "distribution" and the like
1855 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1857 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
1859 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1861 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
1864 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1866 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
1868 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1870 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
1872 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1874 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
1876 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1878 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
1880 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1882 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
1884 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1886 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
1888 format the SGML like I like it
1890 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1892 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
1894 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1896 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
1897 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
1899 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1901 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
1902 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
1904 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1906 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
1907 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
1908 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
1909 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision
1911 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1913 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
1914 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
1915 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
1916 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
1917 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\