1 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
3 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
6 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
8 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
11 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
13 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
14 developers-reference.sgml.
16 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
18 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
19 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
21 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
23 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
25 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
27 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
28 James Troup, part of #102626
30 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
32 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
35 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
37 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
40 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
42 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
44 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
46 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
47 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
49 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
51 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
52 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
54 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
56 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
58 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
60 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
62 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
64 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
66 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
68 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
71 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
73 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
74 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
76 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
78 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
79 explains how people.d.o works
81 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
83 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
84 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
86 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
88 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
89 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
91 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
93 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
94 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
95 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
96 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
98 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
100 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
101 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
102 forwarding bugs upstream
106 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
108 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
109 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
110 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
114 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
116 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
119 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
121 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
124 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
126 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
128 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
130 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
133 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
135 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
137 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
139 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
140 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
142 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
144 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
146 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
148 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
150 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
152 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
154 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
156 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
158 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
160 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
163 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
165 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
166 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
168 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
170 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
173 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
175 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
177 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
179 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
181 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
183 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
186 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
188 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
190 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
192 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
193 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
194 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
196 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
198 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
199 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
201 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
203 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
205 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
207 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
208 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
210 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
212 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
213 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
215 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
217 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
218 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
219 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
222 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
224 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
225 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
227 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
229 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
231 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
233 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
234 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
235 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
237 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
239 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
240 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
243 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
245 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
248 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
250 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
252 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
254 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
255 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
257 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
259 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
261 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
263 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
264 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
266 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
268 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
270 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
272 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
274 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
276 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
277 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
279 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
281 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
282 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
284 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
286 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
287 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
288 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
290 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
292 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
293 files which no longer exist
295 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
297 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
298 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
301 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
303 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
304 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
305 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
307 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
309 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
312 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
314 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
317 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
319 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
320 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
322 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
324 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
325 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
326 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
327 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
330 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
332 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
333 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
335 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
337 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
338 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
339 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
341 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
343 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
344 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
345 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
346 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
347 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
348 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
349 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
350 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
351 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
353 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
355 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
358 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
360 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
361 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
363 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
365 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
368 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
370 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
372 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
374 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
375 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
377 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
381 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
383 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
384 doc-base file for FHS
386 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
388 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
390 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
392 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
394 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
396 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
397 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
399 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
401 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
402 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
403 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
405 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
407 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
408 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
410 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
412 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
413 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
414 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
415 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
416 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
417 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
418 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
419 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
420 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
422 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
424 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
426 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
428 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
430 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
432 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
433 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
435 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
437 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
440 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
442 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
444 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
446 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
448 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
450 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
452 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
454 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
456 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
458 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
460 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
462 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
463 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
464 purge the constitution
466 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
468 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
470 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
472 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
473 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
474 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
476 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
478 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
479 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
482 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
484 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
487 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
489 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
490 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
492 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
494 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
496 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
498 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
500 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
502 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
503 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
505 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
507 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
509 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
511 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
512 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
513 developers-reference.sgml
515 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
517 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
518 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
520 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
522 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
523 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
524 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
526 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
528 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
530 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
532 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
534 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
536 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
539 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
541 * common.ent (1.1): file added
543 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
545 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
547 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
549 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
551 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
553 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
555 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
557 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
558 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
561 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
563 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
565 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
567 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
568 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
569 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
570 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
572 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
574 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
577 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
579 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
580 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
583 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
585 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
587 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
589 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
591 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
593 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
595 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
597 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
598 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
599 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
600 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
601 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
602 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
604 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
607 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
609 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
613 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
615 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
616 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
617 supported architecture in Linux
619 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
621 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
622 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
624 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
626 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
629 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
631 with intro; demoted server sections under that
632 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
633 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
636 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
638 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
639 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
641 a normal developer may have access.
643 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
645 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
647 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
649 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
650 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
651 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
653 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
655 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
656 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
657 correct address for PGP key updates
659 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
661 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
662 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
665 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
667 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
669 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
671 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
673 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
675 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
677 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
679 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
681 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
683 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
684 debiandoc-sgml output naming
686 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
688 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
689 debian-constitution docreg files
691 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
693 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
694 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
695 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
697 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
698 <keyring-maint> instead)
699 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
701 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
703 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
704 extensions and PDF file
706 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
708 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
710 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
712 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
714 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
716 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
719 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
721 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
722 2.6.1 when I release officially)
724 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
726 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
728 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
730 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
731 Document -- typo correction
733 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
735 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
737 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
739 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
741 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
743 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
745 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
747 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
749 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
751 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
753 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
754 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
755 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
757 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
759 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
761 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
764 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
766 tighten up the language a bit
767 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
769 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
771 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
773 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
775 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
777 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
779 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
781 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
782 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
784 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
787 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
789 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
791 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
793 about how to depart Debian gracefully
794 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
795 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
796 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
798 number of available packages
799 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
800 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
802 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
804 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
806 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
808 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
810 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
812 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
815 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
817 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
820 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
822 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
825 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
827 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
829 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
831 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
833 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
835 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
836 from Incoming": tiny section added
837 * some PGP-centricity removed
838 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
840 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
841 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
843 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
844 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
846 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
849 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
851 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
852 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
854 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
856 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
859 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
861 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
862 SGML timestamping, not current date
864 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
866 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
869 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
871 * debian/control (1.4): name change
873 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
875 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
877 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
879 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
883 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
885 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
887 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
889 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
890 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
891 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
893 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
894 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
897 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
899 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
901 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
903 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
905 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
907 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
909 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
911 remove URL to fragment identifier
913 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
915 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
917 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
919 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
920 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
921 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
923 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
925 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
927 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
929 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
931 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
933 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
934 changelog, I'm too tired...
936 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
938 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
939 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
943 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
945 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
947 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
949 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
953 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
955 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
957 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
959 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
962 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
964 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
966 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
968 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
970 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
972 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
974 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
976 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
977 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
979 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
982 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
984 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
986 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
988 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
990 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
992 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
994 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
996 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
998 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
1001 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1003 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
1004 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
1006 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
1008 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
1010 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1012 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
1014 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1016 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
1018 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1020 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
1022 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1024 * Makefile (1.1): initial
1026 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1028 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
1030 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1032 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
1033 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
1034 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
1035 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
1036 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
1038 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
1039 should and should not be included in this Reference.
1041 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
1042 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1044 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1046 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1048 Little corrections here and there.
1050 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1052 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
1053 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
1054 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
1056 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1058 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
1060 fix dependancy for build
1062 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1064 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
1065 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
1066 "distribution" and the like
1068 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1070 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
1072 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1074 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
1077 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1079 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
1081 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1083 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
1085 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1087 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
1089 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1091 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
1093 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1095 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
1097 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1099 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
1101 format the SGML like I like it
1103 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1105 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
1107 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1109 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
1110 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
1112 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1114 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
1115 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
1117 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1119 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
1120 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
1121 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
1122 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision
1124 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1126 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
1127 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
1128 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
1129 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
1130 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\