X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=ChangeLog;h=cc6c74e07234d861a5e598bdc01432c365704866;hp=d7585ae8b108f498657779ee41d474933f99eca9;hb=44a5b57f619a258a899a8ef9e44c075b56982006;hpb=4f96a017ba2b917782fa610ee36b792f840e55a3 diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index d7585ae..cc6c74e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,692 @@ +2002-06-14 02:26 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.100): my changes; standardize Raphael's + changelog entries + +2002-06-14 02:19 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.112): populate Sec "Collaborative + maintenance" + +2002-06-14 01:15 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.111): spelling fixes and some + awkward wordings fixed + +2002-06-14 00:29 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete + +2002-06-10 03:31 hertzog + + * 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 + + * common.ent (1.31), developers-reference.sgml (1.109), + debian/changelog (1.98): - Completed Sec "Package with multiple + patches", "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other + specific packages", "The wise use of debconf". All those are + quite simplistic, they can be improved ... + +2002-05-23 20:17 hertzog + + * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108), + debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec + "Documentation" - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources + chapter. - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the + being kind to porter too. - Extended the explanation about + devscripts. - Completed Sec "Helper scripts" + +2002-05-23 16:03 hertzog + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): - + Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections + for all ideas for "Best Packaging Practices". We have to either + 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 + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug + Reporting" + +2002-05-11 23:33 Osamu Aoki + + * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.10): Sorry, this bugs broke DDP + site build process. + + I saw simple typos (missing ";") and -tags which does not + exist in English. This was good iontension but used in conflict + with the current common.ent. + + I hopefully used 8-bit clean editor (vimand mcedit in LC_ALL=C). + I do not have LANG=ja_JP in my system :( Shame on me. + + Now DDP site shall build :) + +2002-05-11 16:10 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.29), developers-reference.sgml (1.105), + debian/changelog (1.95): entity'ize master.debian.org, + us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir + + tagging improvements: replace with for files and + directories; since and doesn't look right, + work-around with <...> + + fix some awkward working from recent updates + +2002-05-10 16:27 hertzog + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful + descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking. + +2002-05-09 18:24 hertzog + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.103), debian/changelog (1.94): - Sec + "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from Francesco + Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself. - New Section + "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by Francesco Paolo + Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself. + +2002-05-09 13:43 hertzog + + * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102), + debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec + "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger + login@debian.org. - Update the total number of packages and the + example directory tree of a Debian archive. - Updated the list + of available architectures. - Commented out the "Subsections" + section since it will RSN have nothing to with the Debian + archive. It's just a generic information field of the package and + nothing more. - Added more incentive to use experimental since it + doesn't cause any pains to the ftpmasters. - Sec "When to do a + source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest the use of + the delayed queue. - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to + explain the need to integrate the changes introduced by NMUs. + Insists on the fact that one shouldn't be upset by a NMU. - + Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance". - Stubbed in + new Section "The Package Tracking System". + +2002-05-09 05:45 hertzog + + * 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 + + * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100), + debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of + removed packages. closes: #130255 - Updates the note about software + subject to US patents. closes: #142798 - New Section "Contacting + other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging" Document the + package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553 - New Section + "Package's information" under Resources Document + http://packages.debian.org/, + http://bugs.debian.org/ and the madison utility. - Sec + "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com - + Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org + +2002-05-08 16:07 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries + +2002-05-08 11:34 hertzog + + * common.ent (1.25), developers-reference.sgml (1.99), + debian/changelog (1.89): - Indicated that the list of subsections + is defined in the policy. Closes: #123586 - Removed some cruft + in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts. + Closes: #129445 + +2002-05-08 06:29 hertzog + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/. + +2002-05-06 23:37 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.96), debian/changelog (1.87): trim + the bad submit-bugs chapter; s/GPG/GnuPG/ + +2002-05-06 23:09 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.95), debian/changelog (1.86): spell + check and some awkward grammar + +2002-05-06 22:52 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates + +2002-05-06 19:25 hertzog + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.94), debian/changelog (1.84): - + Changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line. - Remove + all references explaining that the upstream orig tarball can be + changed during lifetime. - Deleted "binary NMU" when we really + mean "porter upload" or "simple recompile". - Elaborated more + about "binary-only NMU". - Detail more things about the removal of + package. - Fix other issues from #102626. + +2002-05-06 10:59 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.31): Finally in sync with 1.91 + (aph updated the original before me). + +2002-05-06 10:54 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.93): Small changes. + +2002-05-06 10:38 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.83): new stubbed section I missed + +2002-05-06 10:32 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.82): recent changes + +2002-05-06 10:31 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.30): Synchronized with 1.92. + +2002-05-06 10:29 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.24), developers-reference.sgml (1.92): - new + Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating + the former chapters + Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines" + Ch "The Debian Archive" + + - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former + chapters + Ch "Package uploads" + Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)" + Ch "Porting and Being Ported" + Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning + Packages" + Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs") + Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out) + + - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute + to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates + Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to + Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers" + Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs" + Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort" + Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers" + + - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties + - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources + +2002-05-06 10:28 Adam Di Carlo + + * Makefile (1.18): depend for developers-reference.html/* + +2002-05-05 16:44 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.91), debian/changelog (1.81): - + new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" for recommended ways to contribute + to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; Ch + "Interaction with + Prospective Developers" moved into this chapter and renamed + to Sec + "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers" + - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case + - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039 + +2002-05-05 14:12 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.90): chapter titles need caps + +2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.80): recent changes + +2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/control (1.14): add hertzog as co-maintainer + +2002-05-05 14:10 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.89): - Sec "Getting started": + link to New Maintainers' Guide + - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and + Sponsors", + we add some info on sponsoring + +2002-05-05 14:09 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.23): newmaint guide and sponsor coordination page + +2002-05-03 13:21 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/: changelog (1.79), control (1.13): makefile change; manoj + is a co-maintainer + +2002-05-03 13:20 Adam Di Carlo + + * Makefile (1.17): simplifications to the tex prefix rules; they + are completely irrelevant now though since debiandoc-sgml does it + right + +2002-04-13 18:46 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.29): Small corrections. + +2002-04-13 18:18 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.28): Synchronized with 1.88. + +2002-04-13 18:14 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.88): Miscellaneous corrections + +2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.6): update for next release + +2002-04-08 02:57 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/TODO (1.4): yet more todo + +2002-04-08 02:53 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/TODO (1.3): more todo + +2002-04-08 02:35 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.87), debian/changelog (1.78): + - dpkg-dev-el: new section + - Ch "Package uploads": + - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog" + - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages" + - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so: + - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer" + - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master" + - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US" + +2002-04-08 01:44 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.86), debian/changelog (1.77): Sec + "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780 + +2002-04-08 01:33 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.85): FIXME for more programs to + document + +2002-04-08 01:23 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.84), debian/changelog (1.76): - + Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": + - improve the intro + - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf + - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get + info on the dh-* pkgs + - dput: new section, closes: #129378 + - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377 + - other minor wording changes + +2002-04-07 03:02 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.75): recent changes + +2002-04-01 10:50 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.83): Charles Briscoe-Smith + deprecates yada + +2002-03-31 17:09 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.74): changes for next version, not yet ready + for release though + +2002-03-31 17:08 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.82): from Martin Michlmayr: changes + in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming anymore, + talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559 + +2002-03-15 13:14 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.27): Increment the cvs-en-rev + entity + +2002-03-15 12:45 Antoine Hulin + + * common.ent (1.22), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.26), + developers-reference.sgml (1.81): Miscellaneous corrections + +2002-03-11 17:03 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.25): Synchronized with version + 1.80 + +2002-02-24 15:03 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.5): update for next release + +2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0 + +2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo + +2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml + (1.9): use new language-independant entities + +2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a + few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to + /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924 + +2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some + suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux, + closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term + +2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo + + * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner + +2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge + references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore + +2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses + 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951 + +2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the + "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by + Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965 + +2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics + +2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an + entity. + +2002-02-20 17:53 Gustavo Noronha + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal + with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers + +2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no + real change needed, updated french version number) + +2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris + Tillman + +2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of + 'General Public license' + +2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed + by P. Batailler + +2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to + enhance overall coherence of the french translations + +2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71 + +2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation + notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop + into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the + on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag + turned on for weeks after return at one time :) + +2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes. + +2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70. + +2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo + + * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner + +2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0 + +2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release + +2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section + about picking the distribution + +2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in + the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized + +2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable + is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be + removed + +2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about + experimental (better late than never) + +2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about + uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a + stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security + uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced + the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I + saw used + +2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by + "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since + "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also + helps coherence throughout the french documentation. + +2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9 + +2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release + +2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P. + Batailler. + +2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65... + without bug. + +2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of + developers-reference.sgml. + +2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo + fix thanks to Mark Hodge + +2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes + +2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from + James Troup, part of #102626 + +2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god + that changes a lot ! + +2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag + mistake. + +2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9 + +2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs + version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml + +2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus s + with s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too + +2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.2): update + +2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8 + +2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles + +2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about + sponsoring + +2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a + new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers + +2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin + + * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now + explains how people.d.o works + +2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC: + debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory + +2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo + + * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12): + update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better + +2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml + (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65), + debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; + now we have &date- entities which should be used + +2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt + Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about + forwarding bugs upstream + + closes: #98312 + +2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63): + dpkg-buildpackage -m flag was changed for -e when + NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly + + closes: #101676 + +2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a + small typo in a link + +2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some + more changes. + +2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler + +2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it, + bad bad + +2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated + +2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin + + * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P. + Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me. + +2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin + + * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers + +2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release + 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6