1 2003-04-04 14:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/changelog (1.148): 3.3.1 ready for release
5 2003-04-02 15:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
7 * debian/changelog (1.147): Josip's recent changes
9 2003-04-02 15:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
11 * debian/changelog (1.146): some of my recent changes
13 2003-04-02 15:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
15 * developers-reference.sgml (1.197): Sec "Multiple binary
16 packages": fix awkward wording about vim source package; closes:
17 #187143; some notes and FIXMES which need to be dealt with
19 2003-04-02 14:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
21 * common.ent (1.55): fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
23 2003-03-24 08:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
25 * common.ent (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.196): fixed up
26 the section on reporting bugs
28 2003-03-24 08:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
30 * developers-reference.sgml (1.195): improved the general bugs
33 2003-03-19 14:18 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
35 * developers-reference.sgml (1.194): added an id for linking to the
36 description of experimental, and sources.list lines for it
38 2003-03-14 11:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
40 * developers-reference.sgml (1.193): more noticeable separated
42 2003-03-01 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
44 * developers-reference.sgml (1.192), debian/changelog (1.145): the
45 synopsis formula changed to either <package-name> is a <synopsis>
46 or <package-name> is <synopsis> or <package-name> are <synopsis>
49 the synopsis itself should not start with an article
51 2003-03-01 13:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
53 * debian/: changelog (1.144), control (1.19): try to comply with
54 our own recommendations on package synopsis; improve the package
57 2003-02-26 17:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
59 * debian/: changelog (1.143), control (1.18): fixed package
60 descriptions, closes: #182614
62 2003-02-24 14:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
64 * debian/changelog (1.142): start next version
66 2003-02-24 13:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
68 * ChangeLog (1.14): update for next release
70 2003-02-24 13:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
72 * debian/changelog (1.141): prepare 3.3 for release
74 2003-02-24 13:12 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
76 * developers-reference.sgml (1.191): two little updates
78 2003-02-23 13:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
80 * debian/changelog (1.140): recent changes, date burn the changelog
81 entry -- I think we are ready for release
83 2003-02-23 13:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
85 * common.ent (1.53), developers-reference.sgml (1.190): primary
86 author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove emails
87 from other authors to prevent spam
89 2003-02-23 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
91 * developers-reference.sgml (1.189): bpp-debian-maint-scripts -
92 move down to where debconf is, no content changes at all
94 bpp-debian-control - more suggestions from IRC
96 2003-02-23 12:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
98 * Makefile (1.23): clean is cleaner
100 2003-02-23 12:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
102 * developers-reference.sgml (1.188): some changes to
103 bpp-debian-control from Sebastian Rittau
105 2003-02-23 03:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
107 * .cvsignore (1.7): [no log message]
109 2003-02-23 03:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
111 * developers-reference.sgml (1.187), debian/changelog (1.139):
112 rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
113 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, and discussions on bugs
116 2003-02-22 17:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
118 * developers-reference.sgml (1.186): another typo fix and a
119 clarification of my sentence
121 2003-02-22 17:12 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
123 * developers-reference.sgml (1.185): removed the extra copy of
124 life, universe and everything ;) and tidied up another paragraph
126 2003-02-22 16:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
128 * developers-reference.sgml (1.184): Sec bpp-archindepdata:
131 2003-02-22 15:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
133 * developers-reference.sgml (1.183): bpp-archindepdata: eliminate
134 leading space, no change in content at all
136 2003-02-22 15:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
138 * developers-reference.sgml (1.182): move bpp-debian-changelog to
139 be right after bpp-debian-control section
141 2003-02-22 15:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
143 * debian/: changelog (1.138), control (1.17), tocsubstvars (1.3):
144 proper escaping of single quotes in the pkg description/TOC
145 requires newest debhelper
147 2003-02-22 15:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
149 * common.ent (1.52), developers-reference.sgml (1.181):
150 s|bugs.debian.org|&bugs-host;|
151 s|<email>control@bugs.debian.org</email>|&email-bts-control;|
153 <sect1>When bugs are closed by new uploads -- minor editorial
156 <sect>Best practices for debian/changelog -- substantial editing,
157 although mostly editorial, few content changes
159 in "Tools", debdiff and dpkg-depcheck link to their package,
162 2003-02-22 14:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
164 * common.ent (1.51), developers-reference.sgml (1.180): tidied up
167 2003-02-22 13:54 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
169 * developers-reference.sgml (1.179): tidied up the vacation section
171 2003-02-22 13:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
173 * developers-reference.sgml (1.178): rephrased and expanded the
174 voting section a little bit
176 2003-02-22 13:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
178 * developers-reference.sgml (1.177): moved the remaining sections
179 that aren't just about uploads up one level
181 2003-02-19 05:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
183 * debian/rules (1.41): dpkg-parsechangelog is noisy when you make a
184 syntax error, but we don't need that noisiness here
186 2003-02-19 05:48 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
188 * developers-reference.sgml (1.176): plug bpp-debian-changelog a
191 2003-02-15 20:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
193 * developers-reference.sgml (1.175), debian/changelog (1.137):
194 minor typographical changes
196 2003-02-15 07:03 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
198 * developers-reference.sgml (1.174), debian/changelog (1.136):
199 added a link to the policy, and explained the current practice in
200 the synopsis section. this is a compromise as it doesn't expressly
201 conflict with Manoj's or jaq's POV :) closes: #174161
203 2003-02-15 06:29 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
205 * developers-reference.sgml (1.173), debian/changelog (1.135):
206 debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, closes: #172897
208 2003-02-14 10:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
210 * developers-reference.sgml (1.172): better phrased
212 2003-02-14 09:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
214 * developers-reference.sgml (1.171), debian/changelog (1.134):
215 added best practices for debian/changelog, based on a patch from
216 Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
218 2003-02-14 05:40 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
220 * developers-reference.sgml (1.170): another sentence to clarify it
223 2003-02-12 09:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
225 * developers-reference.sgml (1.169), debian/changelog (1.133):
226 added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
227 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
229 2003-01-27 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
231 * debian/: rules (1.40), tocsubstvars (1.2): use of tocsubstvars,
232 minor cosmetics and notes
234 2003-01-27 14:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
236 * debian/: .cvsignore (1.2), changelog (1.132): recent changes
238 2003-01-27 14:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
240 * debian/tocsubstvars (1.1): script to make the manual TOC into a
241 substvar for debian/control description use
243 2003-01-26 06:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
245 * debian/rules (1.39): :)
247 2003-01-26 04:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
249 * debian/control (1.16): multiple packages, use the english TOC for
250 all until we can use UTF8 data here
252 2003-01-26 04:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
254 * Makefile (1.22): top-level makefile deletes target on error
256 2003-01-26 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
258 * .cvsignore (1.6), developers-reference.desc (1.13),
259 developers-reference.fr.desc (1.2), developers-reference.ja.desc
260 (1.2), debian/.cvsignore (1.1), debian/changelog (1.131),
261 debian/compat (1.1), debian/developers-reference-fr.doc-base (1.1),
262 debian/developers-reference-ja.doc-base (1.1),
263 debian/developers-reference.doc-base (1.1), debian/postinst (1.8),
264 debian/prerm (1.7), debian/rules (1.38): convert to debhelper
265 (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer needed
267 split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
269 2003-01-22 20:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
271 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.34), developers-reference.ja.sgml
272 (1.12): removing old tags from translations. hope it isn't a major
275 2003-01-22 20:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
277 * developers-reference.sgml (1.168), common.ent (1.50):
278 file-bts-mailing (server-request) doesn't really provide more
279 information on override files, and file-bts-info (Developer) now
280 has a maintincorrect anchor in it, so use that
282 2003-01-22 20:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
284 * debian/TODO (1.7): oh, look, i fixed that.
286 2003-01-22 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
288 * debian/changelog (1.130): update
290 2003-01-22 19:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
292 * developers-reference.sgml (1.167): the ordering of sections and
293 their content in the packages chapter was SNAFU; this should fix
294 most of that. (note to translators: the bottom, larger part of this
295 diff is because of moving sections around, no content changes)
297 2003-01-22 17:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
299 * developers-reference.sgml (1.166): alleviating some of the
300 confusion with sections and subsections, prompted by Florian
301 Hinzmann's mail on -policy; fixing some weird sections (the package
302 uploads chapter needs more work...)
304 2003-01-19 17:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
306 * developers-reference.sgml (1.165): a better explanation for the
309 2003-01-19 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
311 * developers-reference.sgml (1.164): irc alias was updated to
312 freenode; mention oftc
314 2003-01-19 17:05 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
316 * common.ent (1.49), developers-reference.sgml (1.163): slightly
317 rearranged the db.d.o section
319 2003-01-19 16:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
321 * common.ent (1.48): hmm, www.d.o wasn't in the entity
323 2003-01-19 16:42 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
325 * developers-reference.sgml (1.162): describe/plug the testing web
328 2003-01-19 15:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
330 * developers-reference.desc (1.12), developers-reference.fr.desc
331 (1.1), developers-reference.ja.desc (1.1), debian/changelog
332 (1.129), debian/postinst (1.7), debian/prerm (1.6), debian/rules
333 (1.37): split translations into different doc-base files
335 2003-01-18 11:25 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
337 * developers-reference.sgml (1.161), debian/changelog (1.128): -
338 Updated the PTS doc with the "ddtp" keyword.
340 2003-01-02 12:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
342 * developers-reference.sgml (1.160): oops
344 2003-01-02 08:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
346 * developers-reference.sgml (1.159): updated sect1 multiple-patches
347 to have a better title/introduction and to mention dpatch (prompted
350 2003-01-02 04:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
352 * developers-reference.sgml (1.158): commented out changes only:
355 2003-01-02 04:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
357 * developers-reference.sgml (1.157), debian/changelog (1.127),
358 debian/copyright (1.5): update copyright year
360 2003-01-01 18:57 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
362 * debian/changelog (1.126): Update french version to latest
365 2003-01-01 18:54 Fr?d?ric Bothamy <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
367 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.33): Synchronize with 1.153 and
368 proofread by P. Batailler.
370 2002-12-21 14:03 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
372 * developers-reference.sgml (1.156): noted that debian-devel (not
373 -private! boo!) can be contacted to ask about a missing maintainer;
374 rephrased the stuff about conflicts and mentioned the ways of
375 resolving such issues
377 2002-12-21 13:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
379 * developers-reference.sgml (1.155): replaced the mia-qa section
380 with what Martin Michlmayr wrote, plus proofreading by myself
382 2002-12-21 13:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
384 * developers-reference.sgml (1.154): moved the contacting
385 maintainers section above the one about being unable to contact
386 maintainers (mmmh, logic)
388 2002-12-12 15:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
390 * developers-reference.sgml (1.153): replaced ASCII with plain
391 text, since not all plain text is ASCII
393 2002-12-12 13:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
395 * ChangeLog (1.13): update for next release
397 2002-12-12 13:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
399 * debian/changelog (1.125): prepare 3.2.2
401 2002-12-12 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
403 * developers-reference.sgml (1.152): Sec "Upstream home page": some
404 revisions based on discussion on policy list
406 Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
407 for best practices for documentation
409 Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
410 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
411 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
412 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
417 2002-12-12 13:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
419 * debian/rules (1.36): ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
421 2002-12-12 13:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
423 * debian/TODO (1.6): remove some todo items which are done
425 2002-12-09 14:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
427 * debian/: changelog (1.124), control (1.15): Policy compliance
428 checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
430 2002-12-09 08:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
432 * debian/changelog (1.123): update
434 2002-12-09 08:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
436 * common.ent (1.47): merged url-debian-mirror{s,ing}, the ftplist
437 page is deprecated and the mirror page lists all
439 2002-12-09 08:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
441 * developers-reference.sgml (1.151): slightly rewrote the mirrors
442 section and moved it below the description of the archive (seems
445 2002-12-09 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
447 * ChangeLog (1.12): update for next release
449 2002-12-09 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
451 * debian/changelog (1.122): prepare 3.2.1
453 2002-12-09 03:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
455 * Makefile (1.21): use the debiandoc2* tools for PS and PDF
458 2002-12-09 02:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
460 * debian/rules (1.35): stop shipping SGML source, what's the point,
461 this is a binary pkg, the SGML doesn't have the proper build
462 depends, you can't build it in those dirs anyway -- much better to
463 do 'apt-get source developers-reference'
465 2002-12-09 02:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
467 * debian/rules (1.34): eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure
468 it's not needed now with the DDP builder process, or if it is
469 needed, it's a probably that can be fixed by DDP folks
471 2002-12-09 02:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
473 * common.ent (1.46), developers-reference.sgml (1.150): - Sec
474 "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
475 descriptions" moved under there
476 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
477 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
478 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized
480 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other
482 the document where these tools are discussed
483 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
484 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder,
486 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
487 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to
489 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
490 - README-contrib added giving information for authors,
494 2002-12-09 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
496 * README-contrib (1.1): readme for contributores, including
499 2002-12-08 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
501 * developers-reference.sgml (1.149): Internationalized
502 documentation had the wrong sectional capitalization
504 2002-12-07 02:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
506 * ChangeLog (1.11): update for next release
508 2002-12-07 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
510 * debian/changelog (1.121): all my recent changes, and call it
513 2002-12-07 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
515 * common.ent (1.45), developers-reference.sgml (1.148): Sec "Best
516 practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit here to
517 Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include a POSIX
518 shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
521 2002-12-07 01:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
523 * Makefile (1.20): validation suffix rule now requires version.ent
525 2002-12-07 01:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
527 * developers-reference.sgml (1.147): remove debget from tools
528 section, add notes on more tools to document
530 2002-12-07 01:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
532 * debian/prerm (1.5): don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX,
533 hardcode /usr/sbin/install-docs
535 2002-12-07 01:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
537 * debian/postinst (1.6): why even have a case stmt -- strip it down
540 2002-12-07 01:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
542 * debian/rules (1.33): produce md5sums file; break out a 'test'
545 2002-12-07 01:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
547 * debian/postinst (1.5): move configure stuff under configure case;
548 don't make usr/doc symlink
550 2002-12-06 15:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
552 * common.ent (1.44), developers-reference.sgml (1.146): - Sec
553 "Common situations" renamed to "Common packaging situations" - Sec
554 "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
555 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages - Sec "Writing
556 useful descriptions" heavily edited
558 2002-12-06 05:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
560 * translation-status (1.4): damn cvs keywords, inhibit
562 2002-12-06 05:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
564 * developers-reference.sgml (1.145): - Ch "Packaging Practices"
565 rewritten intro - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to
566 "Best Practices for debian/rules", and write an intro - Sec
567 "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving arguments
568 for and against debhelper, mostly for :) - Sec "Package with
569 multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source versus patching at
570 build time" and rewritten - Sec "Multiple binary packages"
571 rewritten - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
572 "Internationalization" section, and some edits - Sec
573 "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
574 "Internationalization" - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed
575 to "Common Situations" - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake"
576 rewritten - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in
579 2002-12-06 05:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
581 * translation-status (1.3): retab, no content changes
583 2002-12-06 04:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
585 * translation-status (1.2): adapt script to local context, strip
586 out useless -V option too
588 2002-12-06 04:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
590 * common.ent (1.43): doc-check reference for best-practices, doc
593 2002-12-06 04:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
595 * developers-reference.desc (1.11): expand the doc-base abstract
598 2002-12-06 04:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
600 * translation-status (1.1): translation status checking tool, based
601 on documentation/doc-check from boot-floppies source, rev 1.12
603 2002-12-05 18:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
605 * developers-reference.sgml (1.144): fix typo, closes: #171781
607 2002-12-05 16:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
609 * developers-reference.sgml (1.143): typo fix, thanks Alfie Costa
611 2002-12-03 11:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
613 * debian/changelog (1.120): update
615 2002-12-03 11:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
617 * developers-reference.sgml (1.142): added spaces between ©
618 and the first year (wonder if that was intentional?); merged a bit
619 misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian section and
620 adjusted links; added the missing description of dh-make and
623 2002-11-27 21:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
625 * ChangeLog (1.10): update for next release
627 2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
629 * debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2
631 2002-11-27 21:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
633 * developers-reference.sgml (1.141): Sec "Handling debconf
634 translations", updates from Martin Quinson for po-debconf with
635 minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
637 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
639 * developers-reference.desc (1.10): doc-base file includes French
642 2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
644 * developers-reference.sgml (1.140): debsign invocation was
645 slightly wrong, closes: #170523
647 2002-11-18 14:53 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
649 * Makefile (1.19): updated PUBLISHDIR
651 2002-11-12 23:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
653 * ChangeLog (1.9): update for next release
655 2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
657 * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1
659 2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
661 * common.ent (1.42), developers-reference.sgml (1.139),
662 debian/changelog (1.117): fix some bad URLs, notably the testing
663 FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now
665 2002-11-11 13:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
667 * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix
668 a grammar typo, closes: #166098
670 2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
672 * debian/changelog (1.115): don't use caps or fullstops in
673 changelog entries -- a bug I fixed
675 2002-11-11 13:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
677 * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
679 2002-10-21 12:07 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
681 * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114):
684 2002-10-10 17:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
686 * developers-reference.sgml (1.136): the version of dpkg-dev that
687 supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that; also
688 rephrased the sentence better while i was at it
690 2002-10-10 17:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
692 * debian/changelog (1.113): update
694 2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
696 * common.ent (1.40), developers-reference.sgml (1.135):
697 fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably
698 address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing
701 2002-09-21 10:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
703 * developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): -
704 Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative
705 maintenance". Closes: #161488
707 2002-09-19 07:01 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
709 * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change
711 2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
713 * common.ent (1.39), developers-reference.sgml (1.133): updated IRC
714 stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403
716 2002-09-11 12:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
718 * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and
719 editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf
721 2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
723 * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release
725 2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
727 * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes
729 2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
731 * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
732 editorial review -- no new content
734 2002-09-09 06:08 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
736 * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
739 2002-09-09 05:46 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
741 * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
742 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
744 2002-09-08 14:42 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
746 * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
747 debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
748 replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the
749 paragraph about security upload in the section explaining source
750 NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling security-related
751 bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the Technical Committee
752 web page (in the "Bug housekeeping" section). closes: #151365 -
753 Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
754 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the
755 comment about uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's
756 packages overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a
757 reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
758 descriptions". closes: #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice
759 section for "Packages using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 -
760 Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
761 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
763 2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
765 * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the
766 when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
767 Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
769 2002-08-29 11:47 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
771 * developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
772 to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
773 without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
775 2002-08-29 11:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
777 * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
778 debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
779 handling security related bugs.
781 2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
783 * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts
784 section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing
785 <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially
786 confusing without that)
788 2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
790 * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's
793 2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
795 * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32),
796 developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml
797 (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
799 2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
801 * debian/changelog (1.106): update
803 2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
805 * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added
808 2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
810 * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists
811 section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of
812 the core mailing lists
814 2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
816 * debian/changelog (1.105): update
818 2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
820 * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following
821 Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only
824 2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
826 * debian/changelog (1.104): updated
828 2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
830 * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated
831 (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the
832 Debian servers section
834 2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
836 * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
839 2002-06-24 15:28 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
841 * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
842 Applied several patches.
844 2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
846 * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph
848 2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
850 * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
851 Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
853 2002-06-19 15:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
855 * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
856 New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
857 "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427
859 2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
861 * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
864 2002-06-15 20:30 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
866 * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
867 descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
870 2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
872 * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release
874 2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
876 * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's
879 2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
881 * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative
884 2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
886 * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some
887 awkward wordings fixed
889 2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
891 * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
893 2002-06-10 03:31 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
895 * common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
896 debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
897 translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
899 2002-06-08 16:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
901 * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
902 debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
903 patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other
904 specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
905 quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
907 2002-05-23 20:17 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
909 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
910 debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
911 "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources
912 chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the
913 being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
914 devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
916 2002-05-23 16:03 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
918 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
919 Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
920 for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either
921 fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
922 content of each of those sections to help the writers.
924 2002-05-12 04:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
926 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
929 2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
931 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP
934 I saw simple typos (missing ";") and <ftppath>-tags which does not
935 exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict
936 with the current common.ent.
938 I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C).
939 I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me.
941 Now DDP site shall build :)
943 2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
945 * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105),
946 debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org,
947 us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
949 tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
950 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
951 work-around with <...>
953 fix some awkward working from recent updates
955 2002-05-10 16:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
957 * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
958 descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
960 2002-05-09 18:24 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
962 * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
963 "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco
964 Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New Section
965 "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo
966 Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
968 2002-05-09 13:43 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
970 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
971 debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
972 "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
973 login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the
974 example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list
975 of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections"
976 section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian
977 archive. It's just a generic information field of the package and
978 nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental since it
979 doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec "When to do a
980 source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest the use of
981 the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to
982 explain the need to integrate the changes introduced by NMUs.
983 Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a NMU. -
984 Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in
985 new Section "The Package Tracking System".
987 2002-05-09 05:45 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
989 * common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
990 debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
991 "Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
992 directory. closes: #135562, #136774
994 2002-05-08 18:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
996 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
997 debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
998 removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about software
999 subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section "Contacting
1000 other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging" Document the
1001 package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 - New Section
1002 "Package's information" under Resources Document
1003 http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1004 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility. - Sec
1005 "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com -
1006 Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1008 2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1010 * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
1012 2002-05-08 11:34 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1014 * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
1015 debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
1016 is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some cruft
1017 in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts.
1020 2002-05-08 06:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1022 * developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
1023 Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
1024 descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
1027 2002-05-07 18:39 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1029 * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
1031 2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1033 * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim
1034 the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/
1036 2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1038 * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell
1039 check and some awkward grammar
1041 2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1043 * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
1045 2002-05-06 19:25 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1047 * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
1048 Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
1049 all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be
1050 changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really
1051 mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more
1052 about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of
1053 package. - Fix other issues from #102626.
1055 2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1057 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91
1058 (aph updated the original before me).
1060 2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1062 * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes.
1064 2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1066 * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed
1068 2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1070 * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes
1072 2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1074 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92.
1076 2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1078 * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new
1079 Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
1081 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
1082 Ch "The Debian Archive"
1084 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former
1086 Ch "Package uploads"
1087 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
1088 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
1089 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1091 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
1092 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
1094 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
1095 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
1096 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
1097 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
1098 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
1099 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
1100 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
1102 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
1103 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
1105 2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1107 * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/*
1109 2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1111 * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): -
1112 new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute
1113 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch
1115 Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed
1117 "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
1118 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
1119 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
1121 2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1123 * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps
1125 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1127 * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes
1129 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1131 * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer
1133 2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1135 * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started":
1136 link to New Maintainers' Guide
1137 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and
1139 we add some info on sponsoring
1141 2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1143 * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page
1145 2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1147 * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj
1150 2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1152 * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they
1153 are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it
1156 2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1158 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections.
1160 2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1162 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88.
1164 2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1166 * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections
1168 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1170 * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release
1172 2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1174 * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo
1176 2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1178 * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo
1180 2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1182 * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78):
1183 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1184 - Ch "Package uploads":
1185 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1186 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1187 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1188 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1189 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1190 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1192 2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1194 * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec
1195 "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1197 2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1199 * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to
1202 2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1204 * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): -
1205 Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1207 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1208 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get
1209 info on the dh-* pkgs
1210 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1211 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1212 - other minor wording changes
1214 2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1216 * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes
1218 2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1220 * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith
1223 2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1225 * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready
1228 2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1230 * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes
1231 in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore,
1232 talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
1234 2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1236 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev
1239 2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1241 * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26),
1242 developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections
1244 2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1246 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version
1249 2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1251 * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release
1253 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1255 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
1257 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1259 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
1261 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1263 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1264 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
1266 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1268 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
1269 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
1270 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
1272 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1274 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
1275 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1276 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
1278 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1280 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
1282 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1284 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
1285 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
1287 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1289 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
1290 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
1292 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1294 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
1295 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
1296 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1298 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1300 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
1302 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1304 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
1307 2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>
1309 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
1310 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
1312 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1314 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
1315 real change needed, updated french version number)
1317 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1319 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
1322 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1324 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
1325 'General Public license'
1327 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1329 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
1332 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1334 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
1335 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
1337 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1339 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
1341 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1343 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
1344 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
1345 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
1346 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
1347 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
1349 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1351 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
1353 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1355 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
1357 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1359 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
1361 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1363 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
1365 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1367 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
1369 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1371 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
1372 about picking the distribution
1374 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1376 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
1377 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
1379 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1381 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
1382 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
1385 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1387 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
1388 experimental (better late than never)
1390 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1392 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
1393 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
1394 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
1395 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
1396 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
1399 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1401 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
1402 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
1403 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
1404 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
1406 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1408 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
1410 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1412 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
1414 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1416 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
1419 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1421 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
1424 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1426 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
1427 developers-reference.sgml.
1429 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1431 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
1432 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1434 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1436 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
1438 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1440 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
1441 James Troup, part of #102626
1443 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1445 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
1446 that changes a lot !
1448 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1450 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
1453 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1455 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
1457 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1459 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
1460 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
1462 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1464 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
1465 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
1467 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1469 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
1471 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1473 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
1475 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1477 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
1479 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1481 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
1484 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1486 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
1487 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
1489 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1491 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
1492 explains how people.d.o works
1494 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1496 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
1497 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
1499 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1501 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
1502 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1504 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1506 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1507 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
1508 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
1509 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
1511 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1513 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
1514 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1515 forwarding bugs upstream
1519 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1521 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
1522 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
1523 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
1527 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1529 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
1530 small typo in a link
1532 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1534 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
1537 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1539 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
1541 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1543 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
1546 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1548 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
1550 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1552 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
1553 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
1555 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1557 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
1559 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1561 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
1563 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1565 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
1567 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1569 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
1571 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1573 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
1576 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1578 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1579 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
1581 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1583 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
1586 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1588 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
1590 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1592 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
1594 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1596 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
1599 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1601 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
1603 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1605 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
1606 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
1607 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
1609 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1611 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
1612 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
1614 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1616 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
1618 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1620 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
1621 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
1623 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1625 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
1626 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
1628 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
1630 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
1631 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
1632 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
1635 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1637 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
1638 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
1640 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1642 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
1644 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1646 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
1647 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
1648 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1650 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
1652 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1653 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1656 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1658 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
1661 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1663 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
1665 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1667 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
1668 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
1670 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1672 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
1674 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1676 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
1677 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
1679 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1681 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
1683 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1685 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
1687 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1689 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
1690 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
1692 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1694 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
1695 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
1697 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1699 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
1700 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
1701 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
1703 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1705 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
1706 files which no longer exist
1708 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1710 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
1711 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
1714 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1716 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
1717 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1718 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1720 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1722 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
1725 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1727 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
1730 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1732 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
1733 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1735 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1737 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
1738 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1739 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1740 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1743 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1745 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1746 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1748 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1750 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
1751 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
1752 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
1754 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1756 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
1757 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
1758 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
1759 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
1760 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
1761 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
1762 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
1763 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
1764 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1766 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1768 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
1771 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1773 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
1774 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
1776 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1778 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
1779 source-depends stuff
1781 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1783 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
1785 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1787 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
1788 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1790 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
1794 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1796 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
1797 doc-base file for FHS
1799 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1801 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
1803 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1805 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
1807 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1809 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
1810 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
1812 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1814 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
1815 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
1816 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
1818 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1820 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
1821 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
1823 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1825 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
1826 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
1827 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
1828 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
1829 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
1830 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
1831 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
1832 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
1833 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
1835 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1837 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
1839 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1841 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
1843 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1845 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
1846 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1848 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1850 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
1853 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1855 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
1857 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1859 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
1861 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1863 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
1865 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1867 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
1869 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1871 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
1873 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1875 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
1876 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
1877 purge the constitution
1879 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1881 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
1883 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1885 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
1886 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
1887 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
1889 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
1891 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
1892 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
1895 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1897 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
1900 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1902 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
1903 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
1905 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
1907 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
1909 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1911 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
1913 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1915 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
1916 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
1918 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1920 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
1922 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1924 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
1925 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
1926 developers-reference.sgml
1928 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1930 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
1931 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
1933 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1935 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
1936 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
1937 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
1939 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1941 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
1943 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1945 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
1947 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1949 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
1952 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1954 * common.ent (1.1): file added
1956 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1958 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
1960 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
1962 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
1964 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1966 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
1968 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1970 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
1971 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
1974 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1976 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
1978 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1980 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
1981 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
1982 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
1983 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1985 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1987 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
1990 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1992 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
1993 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
1996 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1998 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
2000 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2002 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
2004 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2006 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
2008 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2010 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
2011 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
2012 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
2013 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
2014 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
2015 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
2017 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
2020 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
2022 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
2026 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2028 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
2029 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
2030 supported architecture in Linux
2032 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
2034 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
2035 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
2037 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
2039 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
2042 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
2044 with intro; demoted server sections under that
2045 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
2046 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
2049 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
2051 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
2052 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
2054 a normal developer may have access.
2056 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2058 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
2060 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2062 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
2063 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
2064 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
2066 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2068 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
2069 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
2070 correct address for PGP key updates
2072 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2074 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
2075 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
2078 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2080 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
2082 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2084 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
2086 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2088 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
2090 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2092 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
2094 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2096 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
2097 debiandoc-sgml output naming
2099 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2101 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
2102 debian-constitution docreg files
2104 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2106 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
2107 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
2108 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
2110 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
2111 <keyring-maint> instead)
2112 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
2114 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2116 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
2117 extensions and PDF file
2119 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2121 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
2123 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2125 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
2128 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2130 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
2132 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2134 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
2135 2.6.1 when I release officially)
2137 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2139 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
2141 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2143 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
2144 Document -- typo correction
2146 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
2148 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2150 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
2152 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2154 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
2156 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2158 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
2160 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2162 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
2164 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2166 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
2167 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
2168 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
2170 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
2172 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
2174 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
2177 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
2179 tighten up the language a bit
2180 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
2182 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
2184 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
2186 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
2188 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
2190 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
2192 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
2194 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
2195 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
2197 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
2200 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
2202 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
2204 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
2206 about how to depart Debian gracefully
2207 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
2208 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
2209 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
2211 number of available packages
2212 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
2213 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
2215 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2217 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
2219 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2221 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
2223 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2225 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
2228 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2230 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
2231 docdir for Bug#31034
2233 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2235 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
2238 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2240 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
2242 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2244 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
2246 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2248 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
2249 from Incoming": tiny section added
2250 * some PGP-centricity removed
2251 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
2253 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
2254 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
2256 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
2257 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
2259 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
2262 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2264 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
2265 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
2267 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2269 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
2272 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2274 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
2275 SGML timestamping, not current date
2277 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2279 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
2282 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2284 * debian/control (1.4): name change
2286 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2288 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
2290 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2292 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
2296 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2298 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
2300 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2302 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
2303 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
2304 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
2306 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
2307 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
2310 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
2312 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2314 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
2316 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2318 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
2320 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2322 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
2324 remove URL to fragment identifier
2326 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2328 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
2330 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2332 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
2333 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
2334 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
2336 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2338 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
2340 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2342 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
2344 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2346 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
2347 changelog, I'm too tired...
2349 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2351 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
2352 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
2356 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2358 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
2360 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2362 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
2366 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2368 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
2370 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2372 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
2375 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2377 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
2379 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2381 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
2383 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2385 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
2387 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2389 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
2390 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
2392 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
2395 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
2397 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2399 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
2401 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2403 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
2405 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2407 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
2409 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2411 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
2414 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2416 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
2417 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
2419 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
2421 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
2423 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2425 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
2427 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2429 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
2431 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2433 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
2435 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2437 * Makefile (1.1): initial
2439 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2441 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
2443 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2445 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
2446 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
2447 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
2448 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
2449 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
2451 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
2452 should and should not be included in this Reference.
2454 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
2455 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
2457 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
2459 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
2461 Little corrections here and there.
2463 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2465 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
2466 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
2467 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
2469 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2471 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
2473 fix dependancy for build
2475 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2477 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
2478 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
2479 "distribution" and the like
2481 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2483 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
2485 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2487 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
2490 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2492 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
2494 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2496 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
2498 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2500 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
2502 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2504 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
2506 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2508 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
2510 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2512 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
2514 format the SGML like I like it
2516 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2518 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
2520 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2522 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
2523 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
2525 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2527 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
2528 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
2530 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2532 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
2533 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
2534 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
2535 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
2536 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\
2538 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
2540 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
2541 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
2542 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
2543 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision