X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=ChangeLog;h=dfbe42ddee92145f43f0ced6cfbcab4856eee945;hp=d7585ae8b108f498657779ee41d474933f99eca9;hb=f50488d46600b0ec37c4a0e889b286ebad9c496e;hpb=4f96a017ba2b917782fa610ee36b792f840e55a3 diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index d7585ae..dfbe42d 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,1169 @@ +2002-12-12 13:45 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.125): prepare 3.2.2 + +2002-12-12 13:44 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * debian/rules (1.36): ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir + +2002-12-12 13:41 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/TODO (1.6): remove some todo items which are done + +2002-12-09 14:26 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * debian/changelog (1.123): update + +2002-12-09 08:09 Josip Rodin + + * 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 + + * 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 + + * ChangeLog (1.12): update for next release + +2002-12-09 03:04 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.122): prepare 3.2.1 + +2002-12-09 03:00 Adam Di Carlo + + * Makefile (1.21): use the debiandoc2* tools for PS and PDF + generation + +2002-12-09 02:23 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * 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 + + * 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 + + * README-contrib (1.1): readme for contributores, including + translators + +2002-12-08 17:54 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.149): Internationalized + documentation had the wrong sectional capitalization + +2002-12-07 02:28 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.11): update for next release + +2002-12-07 02:27 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.121): all my recent changes, and call it + version 3.2 + +2002-12-07 02:26 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * Makefile (1.20): validation suffix rule now requires version.ent + +2002-12-07 01:49 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * 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 + + * debian/postinst (1.6): why even have a case stmt -- strip it down + more + +2002-12-07 01:26 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/rules (1.33): produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' + target + +2002-12-07 01:21 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/postinst (1.5): move configure stuff under configure case; + don't make usr/doc symlink + +2002-12-06 15:45 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * translation-status (1.4): damn cvs keywords, inhibit + +2002-12-06 05:10 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * translation-status (1.3): retab, no content changes + +2002-12-06 04:59 Adam Di Carlo + + * translation-status (1.2): adapt script to local context, strip + out useless -V option too + +2002-12-06 04:56 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.43): doc-check reference for best-practices, doc + translations + +2002-12-06 04:50 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.desc (1.11): expand the doc-base abstract + and authors + +2002-12-06 04:49 Adam Di Carlo + + * 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 + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.144): fix typo, closes: #171781 + +2002-12-05 16:19 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.143): typo fix, thanks Alfie Costa + +2002-12-03 11:36 Josip Rodin + + * debian/changelog (1.120): update + +2002-12-03 11:30 Josip Rodin + + * 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 + + * ChangeLog (1.10): update for next release + +2002-11-27 21:16 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.119): prepare 3.1.2 + +2002-11-27 21:14 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.141): Sec "Handling debconf + translations", updates from Martin Quinson for po-debconf with + minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007 + +2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.desc (1.10): doc-base file includes French + and Japanese files + +2002-11-27 19:40 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.140): debsign invocation was + slightly wrong, closes: #170523 + +2002-11-18 14:53 Josip Rodin + + * Makefile (1.19): updated PUBLISHDIR + +2002-11-12 23:23 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.9): update for next release + +2002-11-12 23:18 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.118): finalize version 3.1.1 + +2002-11-11 15:38 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.42), developers-reference.sgml (1.139), + debian/changelog (1.117): fix some bad URLs, notably the testing + FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now + +2002-11-11 13:40 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.138), debian/changelog (1.116): fix + a grammar typo, closes: #166098 + +2002-11-11 13:37 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.115): don't use caps or fullstops in + changelog entries -- a bug I fixed + +2002-11-11 13:33 Adam Di Carlo + + * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357 + +2002-10-21 12:07 Matt Zimmerman + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114): + Security updates + +2002-10-10 17:09 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.136): the version of dpkg-dev that + supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that; also + rephrased the sentence better while i was at it + +2002-10-10 17:01 Josip Rodin + + * debian/changelog (1.113): update + +2002-10-10 17:00 Josip Rodin + + * common.ent (1.40), developers-reference.sgml (1.135): + fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably + address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing + stuff. + +2002-09-21 10:58 Raphaël Hertzog + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.134), debian/changelog (1.112): - + Added myself as co-author. - Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative + maintenance". Closes: #161488 + +2002-09-19 07:01 Josip Rodin + + * debian/changelog (1.111): update for my last change + +2002-09-19 06:50 Josip Rodin + + * common.ent (1.39), developers-reference.sgml (1.133): updated IRC + stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403 + +2002-09-11 12:32 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.132): tagging improvements and + editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf + +2002-09-10 22:02 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.8): update for next release + +2002-09-10 21:58 Adam Di Carlo + + * debian/changelog (1.110): my changes + +2002-09-10 21:56 Adam Di Carlo + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.131): spell checking, tag fixes, + editorial review -- no new content + +2002-09-09 06:08 Raphaël Hertzog + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.130): - Also mentions sending patchs + in the BSP section. + +2002-09-09 05:46 Raphaël Hertzog + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.129), debian/changelog (1.109): + - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties". + +2002-09-08 14:42 Raphaël Hertzog + + * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128), + debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to + replace an .orig.tar.gz. closes: #150392 - Mostly deleted the + paragraph about security upload in the section explaining source + NMU. Just added a link to point to "Handling security-related + bugs". closes: #159935 - Added a link to the Technical Committee + web page (in the "Bug housekeeping" section). closes: #151365 - + Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly + stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666 Removed the + comment about uploads to frozen. - Documented the "Developer's + packages overview" web portal. closes: #158650 - Added a + reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful + descriptions". closes: #158609 - Added a Best Packaging Practice + section for "Packages using autoconf/automake". closes: #158045 - + Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key + replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389 + +2002-09-03 06:44 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.127): updated the + when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie + Rosenblum's complaint on -devel + +2002-08-29 11:47 Matt Zimmerman + + * 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 Raphaël Hertzog + + * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125), + debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for + handling security related bugs. + +2002-08-17 15:37 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.124): renamed the testing scripts + section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing + s around some references to it (which were potentially + confusing without that) + +2002-08-17 15:22 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.123): HTTP is not just usually, it's + always + +2002-08-17 13:31 Josip Rodin + + * common.ent (1.36), developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.32), + developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.11), developers-reference.sgml + (1.122): oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :) + +2002-08-16 11:26 Josip Rodin + + * debian/changelog (1.106): update + +2002-08-16 10:39 Josip Rodin + + * common.ent (1.35): changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added + debian-project + +2002-08-16 10:23 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.121): rewrote the mailing lists + section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of + the core mailing lists + +2002-08-16 07:34 Josip Rodin + + * debian/changelog (1.105): update + +2002-08-16 07:30 Josip Rodin + + * common.ent (1.34), developers-reference.sgml (1.120): following + Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only + service names. + +2002-08-07 07:58 Josip Rodin + + * debian/changelog (1.104): updated + +2002-08-07 07:57 Josip Rodin + + * common.ent (1.33), developers-reference.sgml (1.119): updated + (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the + Debian servers section + +2002-08-07 06:52 Josip Rodin + + * debian/changelog (1.103): added some of my June 20th changes to + the changelog + +2002-06-24 15:28 Raphaël Hertzog + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): * + Applied several patches. + +2002-06-20 16:59 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.117): language fixes in a paragraph + +2002-06-20 16:34 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.116): linguistic fixes from David + Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they + +2002-06-19 15:58 Raphaël Hertzog + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): * + New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in + "—"). * Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427 + +2002-06-19 15:16 Josip Rodin + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless + dupload variables + +2002-06-15 20:30 Raphaël Hertzog + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful + descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the + first letter. + +2002-06-14 02:27 Adam Di Carlo + + * ChangeLog (1.7): update for next release + +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 Raphaël 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 Raphaël 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 Raphaël 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 Raphaël 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 Raphaël 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 Raphaël Hertzog + + * developers-reference.sgml (1.104): * Sec "Writing useful + descriptions": added a blurb about spell-checking. + +2002-05-09 18:24 Raphaël 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 Raphaël 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 Raphaël 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 Raphaël 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 Raphaël 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 Raphaël 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 Raphaël 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 Raphaël 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 Silva + + * 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