+developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
+ * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
+ * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
+ like to talk to me about folding your version into the
+ developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
+
+developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
+ * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
+ * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
+ {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
+ if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
+ <keyring-maint> instead)
+ * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
+ * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
+ <dem@tunes.org>
+ * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
+ constitution
+ * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
+ ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
+ * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
+ * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
+ own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
+ source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
+ descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
+ Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
+ porters.
+ * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
+ tighten up the language a bit
+ * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
+ of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
+ w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
+ * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
+ official policy
+ * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
+ some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
+ account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
+ sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
+ * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
+ package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
+ and devscripts
+ * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
+ right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
+ warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
+ about how to depart Debian gracefully
+ * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
+ * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
+ * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
+ number of available packages
+ * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
+ * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
+ (closes Bug#31034)
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * not officially released
+ * more spelling corrections
+ * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * not officially released
+ * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
+ * some PGP-centricity removed
+ * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
+ * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
+ 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
+ tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
+ non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
+ by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * not officially released
+ * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
+ * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
+ discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
+ of existance. New TOC for this section is:
+ * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
+ + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
+ + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
+ o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
+ + 6.3 How to do an NMU
+ o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
+ o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
+ o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
+ o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
+ + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
+
+ * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
+ to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
+ Packages".
+ * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
+ practice
+ * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
+ take a couple of weeks
+ * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
+ is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
+ add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
+ excited about it and can't wait
+ * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
+ at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
+ from the archive
+ * show *full* TOC, including sect2
+ * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
+
+ * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
+ * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
+ * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
+
developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
* move to 3-level version number:
~ianmdlvl / developers-reference.git / blobdiff