1 2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes
5 2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
7 * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
8 editorial review -- no new content
10 2002-09-09 06:08 hertzog
12 * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
15 2002-09-09 05:46 hertzog
17 * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
18 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
20 2002-09-08 14:42 hertzog
22 * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
23 debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
24 replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the
25 paragraph about security upload in the section explaining source
26 NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling security-related
27 bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the Technical Committee
28 web page (in the "Bug housekeeping" section). closes: #151365 -
29 Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
30 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the
31 comment about uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's
32 packages overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a
33 reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
34 descriptions". closes: #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice
35 section for "Packages using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 -
36 Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
37 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
39 2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
41 * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the
42 when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
43 Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
47 * developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
48 to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
49 without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
51 2002-08-29 11:36 hertzog
53 * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
54 debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
55 handling security related bugs.
57 2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
59 * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts
60 section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing
61 <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially
62 confusing without that)
64 2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
66 * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's
69 2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
71 * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32),
72 developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml
73 (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
75 2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
77 * debian/changelog (1.106): update
79 2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
81 * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added
84 2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
86 * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists
87 section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of
88 the core mailing lists
90 2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
92 * debian/changelog (1.105): update
94 2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
96 * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following
97 Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only
100 2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
102 * debian/changelog (1.104): updated
104 2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
106 * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated
107 (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the
108 Debian servers section
110 2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
112 * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
115 2002-06-24 15:28 hertzog
117 * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
118 Applied several patches.
120 2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
122 * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph
124 2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
126 * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
127 Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
129 2002-06-19 15:58 hertzog
131 * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
132 New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
133 "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427
135 2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
137 * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
140 2002-06-15 20:30 hertzog
142 * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
143 descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
146 2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
148 * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release
150 2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
152 * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
155 2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
157 * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
160 2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
162 * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
163 awkward wordings fixed
165 2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
167 * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
169 2002-06-10 03:31 hertzog
171 * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
172 debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
173 translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
175 2002-06-08 16:29 hertzog
177 * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
178 debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
179 patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other
180 specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
181 quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
183 2002-05-23 20:17 hertzog
185 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
186 debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
187 "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
188 chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the
189 being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
190 devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
192 2002-05-23 16:03 hertzog
194 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
195 Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
196 for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
197 fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
198 content of each of those sections to help the writers.
200 2002-05-12 04:36 hertzog
202 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
205 2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com>
207 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
210 I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does not
211 exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict
212 with the current common.ent.
214 I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
215 I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
217 Now DDP site shall build :)
219 2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
221 * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
222 debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
223 us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
225 tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
226 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
227 work-around with <...>
229 fix some awkward working from recent updates
231 2002-05-10 16:27 hertzog
233 * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
234 descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
236 2002-05-09 18:24 hertzog
238 * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
239 "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco
240 Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New Section
241 "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo
242 Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
244 2002-05-09 13:43 hertzog
246 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
247 debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
248 "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
249 login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the
250 example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list
251 of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections"
252 section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian
253 archive. It's just a generic information field of the package and
254 nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental since it
255 doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec "When to do a
256 source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest the use of
257 the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to
258 explain the need to integrate the changes introduced by NMUs.
259 Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a NMU. -
260 Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in
261 new Section "The Package Tracking System".
263 2002-05-09 05:45 hertzog
265 * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
266 debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
267 "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
268 directory. closes: #135562, #136774
270 2002-05-08 18:27 hertzog
272 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
273 debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
274 removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about software
275 subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section "Contacting
276 other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging" Document the
277 package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 - New Section
278 "Package's information" under Resources Document
279 http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
280 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility. - Sec
281 "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com -
282 Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
284 2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
286 * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
288 2002-05-08 11:34 hertzog
290 * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
291 debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
292 is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some cruft
293 in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts.
296 2002-05-08 06:29 hertzog
298 * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
299 Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
300 descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
303 2002-05-07 18:39 hertzog
305 * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
307 2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
309 * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
310 the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
312 2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
314 * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
315 check and some awkward grammar
317 2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
319 * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
321 2002-05-06 19:25 hertzog
323 * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
324 Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
325 all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
326 changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
327 mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
328 about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of
329 package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
331 2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
333 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
334 (aph updated the original before me).
336 2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
338 * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
340 2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
342 * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
344 2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
346 * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
348 2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
350 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
352 2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
354 * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
355 Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
357 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
358 Ch "The Debian Archive"
360 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
363 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
364 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
365 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
367 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
368 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
370 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
371 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
372 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
373 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
374 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
375 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
376 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
378 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
379 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
381 2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
383 * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
385 2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
387 * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
388 new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
389 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
391 Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
393 "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
394 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
395 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
397 2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
399 * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
401 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
403 * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
405 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
407 * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
409 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
411 * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
412 link to New Maintainers' Guide
413 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
415 we add some info on sponsoring
417 2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
419 * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
421 2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
423 * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
426 2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
428 * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
429 are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
432 2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
434 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
436 2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
438 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
440 2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
442 * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
444 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
446 * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
448 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
450 * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
452 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
454 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
456 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
458 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
459 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
460 - Ch "Package uploads":
461 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
462 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
463 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
464 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
465 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
466 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
468 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
470 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
471 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
473 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
475 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
478 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
480 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
481 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
483 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
484 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
485 info on the dh-* pkgs
486 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
487 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
488 - other minor wording changes
490 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
492 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
494 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
496 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
499 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
501 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
504 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
506 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
507 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore,
508 talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
510 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
512 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
515 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
517 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
518 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
520 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
522 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
525 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
527 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
529 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
531 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
533 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
535 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
537 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
539 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
540 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
542 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
544 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
545 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
546 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
548 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
550 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
551 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
552 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
554 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
556 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
558 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
560 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
561 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
563 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
565 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
566 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
568 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
570 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
571 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
572 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
574 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
576 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
578 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
580 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
583 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha <kov@debian.org>
585 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
586 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
588 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
590 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
591 real change needed, updated french version number)
593 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
595 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
598 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
600 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
601 'General Public license'
603 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
605 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
608 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
610 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
611 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
613 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
615 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
617 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
619 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
620 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
621 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
622 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
623 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
625 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
627 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
629 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
631 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
633 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
635 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
637 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
639 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
641 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
643 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
645 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
647 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
648 about picking the distribution
650 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
652 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
653 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
655 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
657 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
658 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
661 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
663 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
664 experimental (better late than never)
666 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
668 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
669 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
670 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
671 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
672 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
675 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
677 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
678 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
679 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
680 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
682 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
684 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
686 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
688 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
690 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
692 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
695 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
697 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
700 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
702 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
703 developers-reference.sgml.
705 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
707 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
708 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
710 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
712 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
714 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
716 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
717 James Troup, part of #102626
719 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
721 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
724 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
726 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
729 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
731 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
733 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
735 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
736 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
738 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
740 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
741 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
743 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
745 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
747 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
749 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
751 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
753 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
755 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
757 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
760 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
762 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
763 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
765 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
767 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
768 explains how people.d.o works
770 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
772 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
773 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
775 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
777 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
778 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
780 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
782 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
783 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
784 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
785 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
787 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
789 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
790 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
791 forwarding bugs upstream
795 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
797 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
798 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
799 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
803 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
805 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
808 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
810 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
813 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
815 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
817 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
819 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
822 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
824 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
826 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
828 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
829 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
831 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
833 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
835 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
837 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
839 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
841 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
843 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
845 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
847 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
849 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
852 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
854 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
855 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
857 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
859 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
862 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
864 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
866 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
868 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
870 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
872 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
875 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
877 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
879 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
881 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
882 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
883 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
885 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
887 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
888 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
890 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
892 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
894 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
896 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
897 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
899 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
901 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
902 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
904 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
906 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
907 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
908 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
911 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
913 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
914 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
916 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
918 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
920 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
922 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
923 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
924 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
926 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
928 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
929 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
932 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
934 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
937 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
939 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
941 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
943 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
944 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
946 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
948 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
950 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
952 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
953 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
955 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
957 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
959 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
961 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
963 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
965 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
966 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
968 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
970 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
971 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
973 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
975 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
976 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
977 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
979 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
981 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
982 files which no longer exist
984 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
986 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
987 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
990 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
992 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
993 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
994 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
996 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
998 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
1001 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1003 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
1006 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1008 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
1009 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1011 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1013 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
1014 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1015 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1016 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1019 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1021 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1022 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1024 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1026 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
1027 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
1028 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
1030 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1032 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
1033 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
1034 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
1035 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
1036 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
1037 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
1038 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
1039 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
1040 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1042 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1044 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
1047 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1049 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
1050 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
1052 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1054 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
1055 source-depends stuff
1057 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1059 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
1061 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1063 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
1064 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1066 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
1070 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1072 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
1073 doc-base file for FHS
1075 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1077 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
1079 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1081 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
1083 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1085 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
1086 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
1088 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1090 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
1091 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
1092 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
1094 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1096 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
1097 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
1099 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1101 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
1102 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
1103 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
1104 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
1105 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
1106 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
1107 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
1108 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
1109 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
1111 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1113 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
1115 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1117 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
1119 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1121 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
1122 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1124 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1126 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
1129 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1131 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
1133 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1135 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
1137 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1139 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
1141 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1143 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
1145 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1147 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
1149 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1151 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
1152 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
1153 purge the constitution
1155 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1157 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
1159 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1161 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
1162 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
1163 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
1165 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1167 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
1168 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
1171 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1173 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
1176 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1178 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
1179 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
1181 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1183 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
1185 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1187 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
1189 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1191 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
1192 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
1194 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1196 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
1198 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1200 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
1201 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
1202 developers-reference.sgml
1204 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1206 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
1207 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
1209 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1211 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
1212 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
1213 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
1215 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1217 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
1219 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1221 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
1223 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1225 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
1228 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1230 * common.ent (1.1): file added
1232 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1234 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
1236 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
1238 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
1240 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1242 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
1244 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1246 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
1247 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
1250 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1252 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
1254 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1256 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
1257 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
1258 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
1259 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1261 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1263 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
1266 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1268 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
1269 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
1272 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1274 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
1276 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1278 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1280 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1282 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
1284 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1286 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
1287 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1288 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1289 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1290 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1291 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
1293 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
1296 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
1298 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
1302 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1304 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
1305 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
1306 supported architecture in Linux
1308 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
1310 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1311 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
1313 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
1315 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
1318 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
1320 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1321 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1322 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
1325 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
1327 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1328 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
1330 a normal developer may have access.
1332 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1334 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
1336 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1338 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
1339 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
1340 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
1342 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1344 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
1345 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
1346 correct address for PGP key updates
1348 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1350 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
1351 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
1354 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1356 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
1358 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1360 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
1362 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1364 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
1366 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1368 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
1370 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1372 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
1373 debiandoc-sgml output naming
1375 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1377 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
1378 debian-constitution docreg files
1380 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1382 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
1383 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1384 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
1386 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1387 <keyring-maint> instead)
1388 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1390 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1392 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
1393 extensions and PDF file
1395 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1397 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
1399 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1401 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
1403 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1405 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
1408 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1410 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
1411 2.6.1 when I release officially)
1413 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1415 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
1417 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1419 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
1420 Document -- typo correction
1422 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
1424 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1426 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
1428 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1430 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
1432 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1434 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
1436 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1438 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
1440 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1442 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
1443 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1444 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
1446 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
1448 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
1450 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
1453 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
1455 tighten up the language a bit
1456 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
1458 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
1460 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
1462 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1464 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
1466 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
1468 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
1470 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1471 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
1473 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
1476 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
1478 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
1480 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
1482 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1483 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1484 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1485 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
1487 number of available packages
1488 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1489 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1491 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1493 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
1495 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1497 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
1499 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1501 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
1504 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1506 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
1507 docdir for Bug#31034
1509 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1511 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
1514 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1516 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
1518 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1520 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
1522 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1524 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
1525 from Incoming": tiny section added
1526 * some PGP-centricity removed
1527 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
1529 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
1530 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
1532 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1533 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
1535 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
1538 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1540 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
1541 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
1543 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1545 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
1548 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1550 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
1551 SGML timestamping, not current date
1553 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1555 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
1558 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1560 * debian/control (1.4): name change
1562 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1564 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
1566 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1568 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
1572 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1574 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
1576 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1578 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
1579 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
1580 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
1582 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1583 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
1586 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1588 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1590 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
1592 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1594 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
1596 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1598 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
1600 remove URL to fragment identifier
1602 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1604 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
1606 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1608 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
1609 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1610 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1612 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1614 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
1616 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1618 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
1620 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1622 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
1623 changelog, I'm too tired...
1625 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1627 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
1628 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
1632 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1634 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
1636 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1638 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
1642 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1644 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
1646 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1648 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
1651 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1653 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
1655 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1657 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
1659 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1661 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
1663 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1665 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
1666 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1668 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1671 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
1673 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1675 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
1677 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1679 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
1681 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1683 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
1685 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1687 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
1690 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1692 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
1693 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
1695 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
1697 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
1699 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1701 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
1703 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1705 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
1707 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1709 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
1711 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1713 * Makefile (1.1): initial
1715 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1717 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
1719 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1721 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
1722 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
1723 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
1724 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
1725 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
1727 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
1728 should and should not be included in this Reference.
1730 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
1731 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1733 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1735 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1737 Little corrections here and there.
1739 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1741 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
1742 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
1743 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
1745 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1747 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
1749 fix dependancy for build
1751 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1753 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
1754 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
1755 "distribution" and the like
1757 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1759 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
1761 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1763 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
1766 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1768 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
1770 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1772 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
1774 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1776 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
1778 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1780 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
1782 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1784 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
1786 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1788 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
1790 format the SGML like I like it
1792 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1794 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
1796 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1798 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
1799 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
1801 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1803 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
1804 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
1806 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1808 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
1809 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
1810 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
1811 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision
1813 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1815 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
1816 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
1817 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
1818 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
1819 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\