+2002-12-12 13:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.125): prepare 3.2.2
+
+2002-12-12 13:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.152): Sec "Upstream home page": some
+ revisions based on discussion on policy list
+
+ Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
+ for best practices for documentation
+
+ Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
+ new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
+ debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
+ covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
+ packages
+
+ spell-checking pass
+
+2002-12-12 13:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/rules (1.36): ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
+
+2002-12-12 13:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/TODO (1.6): remove some todo items which are done
+
+2002-12-09 14:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/: changelog (1.124), control (1.15): Policy compliance
+ checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
+
+2002-12-09 08:14 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.123): update
+
+2002-12-09 08:09 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.47): merged url-debian-mirror{s,ing}, the ftplist
+ page is deprecated and the mirror page lists all
+
+2002-12-09 08:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.151): slightly rewrote the mirrors
+ section and moved it below the description of the archive (seems
+ more logical)
+
+2002-12-09 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * ChangeLog (1.12): update for next release
+
+2002-12-09 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.122): prepare 3.2.1
+
+2002-12-09 03:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * Makefile (1.21): use the debiandoc2* tools for PS and PDF
+ generation
+
+2002-12-09 02:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/rules (1.35): stop shipping SGML source, what's the point,
+ this is a binary pkg, the SGML doesn't have the proper build
+ depends, you can't build it in those dirs anyway -- much better to
+ do 'apt-get source developers-reference'
+
+2002-12-09 02:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/rules (1.34): eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure
+ it's not needed now with the DDP builder process, or if it is
+ needed, it's a probably that can be fixed by DDP folks
+
+2002-12-09 02:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.46), developers-reference.sgml (1.150): - Sec
+ "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
+ descriptions" moved under there
+ - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
+ - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
+ - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized
+ into
+ subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other
+ parts of
+ the document where these tools are discussed
+ - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
+ build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder,
+ devscripts
+ - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
+ infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to
+ the
+ appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
+ - README-contrib added giving information for authors,
+ contributors,
+ and translators
+
+2002-12-09 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * README-contrib (1.1): readme for contributores, including
+ translators
+
+2002-12-08 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.149): Internationalized
+ documentation had the wrong sectional capitalization
+
+2002-12-07 02:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * ChangeLog (1.11): update for next release
+
+2002-12-07 02:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.121): all my recent changes, and call it
+ version 3.2
+
+2002-12-07 02:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.45), developers-reference.sgml (1.148): Sec "Best
+ practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit here to
+ Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include a POSIX
+ shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
+ closes: #150384
+
+2002-12-07 01:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * Makefile (1.20): validation suffix rule now requires version.ent
+
+2002-12-07 01:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.147): remove debget from tools
+ section, add notes on more tools to document
+
+2002-12-07 01:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/prerm (1.5): don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX,
+ hardcode /usr/sbin/install-docs
+
+2002-12-07 01:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/postinst (1.6): why even have a case stmt -- strip it down
+ more
+
+2002-12-07 01:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/rules (1.33): produce md5sums file; break out a 'test'
+ target
+
+2002-12-07 01:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/postinst (1.5): move configure stuff under configure case;
+ don't make usr/doc symlink
+
+2002-12-06 15:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.44), developers-reference.sgml (1.146): - Sec
+ "Common situations" renamed to "Common packaging situations" - Sec
+ "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
+ packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages - Sec "Writing
+ useful descriptions" heavily edited
+
+2002-12-06 05:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * translation-status (1.4): damn cvs keywords, inhibit
+
+2002-12-06 05:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.145): - Ch "Packaging Practices"
+ rewritten intro - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to
+ "Best Practices for debian/rules", and write an intro - Sec
+ "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving arguments
+ for and against debhelper, mostly for :) - Sec "Package with
+ multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source versus patching at
+ build time" and rewritten - Sec "Multiple binary packages"
+ rewritten - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
+ "Internationalization" section, and some edits - Sec
+ "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
+ "Internationalization" - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed
+ to "Common Situations" - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake"
+ rewritten - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in
+ practices chapter
+
+2002-12-06 05:00 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * translation-status (1.3): retab, no content changes
+
+2002-12-06 04:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * translation-status (1.2): adapt script to local context, strip
+ out useless -V option too
+
+2002-12-06 04:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * common.ent (1.43): doc-check reference for best-practices, doc
+ translations
+
+2002-12-06 04:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.desc (1.11): expand the doc-base abstract
+ and authors
+
+2002-12-06 04:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * translation-status (1.1): translation status checking tool, based
+ on documentation/doc-check from boot-floppies source, rev 1.12
+
+2002-12-05 18:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.144): fix typo, closes: #171781
+
+2002-12-05 16:19 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.143): typo fix, thanks Alfie Costa
+
+2002-12-03 11:36 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * debian/changelog (1.120): update
+
+2002-12-03 11:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
+
+ * developers-reference.sgml (1.142): added spaces between ©
+ and the first year (wonder if that was intentional?); merged a bit
+ misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian section and
+ adjusted links; added the missing description of dh-make and
+ adjusted links
+
+2002-11-27 21:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
+
+ * ChangeLog (1.10): update for next release
+
2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
* debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2
* common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
-2002-10-21 12:07 mdz
+2002-10-21 12:07 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114):
Security updates
address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing
stuff.
-2002-09-21 10:58 hertzog
+2002-09-21 10:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): -
Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative
* developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes,
editorial review -- no new content
-2002-09-09 06:08 hertzog
+2002-09-09 06:08 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs
in the BSP section.
-2002-09-09 05:46 hertzog
+2002-09-09 05:46 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109):
- Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
-2002-09-08 14:42 hertzog
+2002-09-08 14:42 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128),
debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to
when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie
Rosenblum's complaint on -devel
-2002-08-29 11:47 mdz
+2002-08-29 11:47 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.126): Update security instructions
to specify that uploads should not be made to the security queue
without approval Misc fixes and cleanups to security section
-2002-08-29 11:36 hertzog
+2002-08-29 11:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125),
debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for
* debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to
the changelog
-2002-06-24 15:28 hertzog
+2002-06-24 15:28 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): *
Applied several patches.
* developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David
Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they
-2002-06-19 15:58 hertzog
+2002-06-19 15:58 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): *
New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in
* developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless
dupload variables
-2002-06-15 20:30 hertzog
+2002-06-15 20:30 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful
descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the
* debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete
-2002-06-10 03:31 hertzog
+2002-06-10 03:31 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* common.ent (1.32), developers-reference.sgml (1.110),
debian/changelog (1.99): - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf
translations" contributed by Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
-2002-06-08 16:29 hertzog
+2002-06-08 16:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109),
debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple
specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are
quite simplistic, they can be improved ...
-2002-05-23 20:17 hertzog
+2002-05-23 20:17 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108),
debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec
being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about
devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts"
-2002-05-23 16:03 hertzog
+2002-05-23 16:03 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): -
Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections
fill them or comment them out. I've put some notes about the
content of each of those sections to help the writers.
-2002-05-12 04:36 hertzog
+2002-05-12 04:36 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug
Reporting"
fix some awkward working from recent updates
-2002-05-10 16:27 hertzog
+2002-05-10 16:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful
descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking.
-2002-05-09 18:24 hertzog
+2002-05-09 18:24 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec
"The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco
"Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo
Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
-2002-05-09 13:43 hertzog
+2002-05-09 13:43 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102),
debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec
Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in
new Section "The Package Tracking System".
-2002-05-09 05:45 hertzog
+2002-05-09 05:45 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* common.ent (1.27), developers-reference.sgml (1.101),
debian/changelog (1.92): - Sec "The Incoming system" in
"Resources", describe how it works and also speak of the DELAYED
directory. closes: #135562, #136774
-2002-05-08 18:27 hertzog
+2002-05-08 18:27 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100),
debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of
* debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries
-2002-05-08 11:34 hertzog
+2002-05-08 11:34 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99),
debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections
in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts.
Closes: #129445
-2002-05-08 06:29 hertzog
+2002-05-08 06:29 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.98), debian/changelog (1.88): -
Added best packaging practices chapter. - Added "Writing useful
descriptions" as a first entry in that chapter. Closes: #53109,
#129848
-2002-05-07 18:39 hertzog
+2002-05-07 18:39 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/.
* debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates
-2002-05-06 19:25 hertzog
+2002-05-06 19:25 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
* developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): -
Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove
~ianmdlvl / developers-reference.git / blobdiff