X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=ChangeLog;h=dfbe42ddee92145f43f0ced6cfbcab4856eee945;hp=dcf298df9c5ac3b3597bb6331fe3dcc01c5b9691;hb=f50488d46600b0ec37c4a0e889b286ebad9c496e;hpb=61cc7669ff7af2f1bf0e08888a09a69420134a30 diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index dcf298d..dfbe42d 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,233 @@ +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 @@ -50,7 +280,7 @@ * common.ent (1.41): fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357 -2002-10-21 12:07 mdz +2002-10-21 12:07 Matt Zimmerman * developers-reference.sgml (1.137), debian/changelog (1.114): Security updates @@ -72,7 +302,7 @@ address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing stuff. -2002-09-21 10:58 hertzog +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 @@ -105,17 +335,17 @@ * 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 * 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 * 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 * common.ent (1.38), developers-reference.sgml (1.128), debian/changelog (1.108): - Added the explanation about how to @@ -140,13 +370,13 @@ 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 * 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 * common.ent (1.37), developers-reference.sgml (1.125), debian/changelog (1.107): * Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for @@ -210,7 +440,7 @@ * 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 * developers-reference.sgml (1.118), debian/changelog (1.102): * Applied several patches. @@ -224,7 +454,7 @@ * 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 * developers-reference.sgml (1.115), debian/changelog (1.101): * New changelog entry. * Fixed some entities (missing ";" in @@ -235,7 +465,7 @@ * developers-reference.sgml (1.114): removed obsolete, needless dupload variables -2002-06-15 20:30 hertzog +2002-06-15 20:30 Raphaël Hertzog * developers-reference.sgml (1.113): * Sec "Writing useful descriptions". Added a sentence about the capitalization of the @@ -264,13 +494,13 @@ * debian/TODO (1.5): more notes to myself, many probably obsolete -2002-06-10 03:31 hertzog +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 hertzog +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 @@ -278,7 +508,7 @@ 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 * common.ent (1.30), developers-reference.sgml (1.108), debian/changelog (1.97): - Completed Sec "Voting" - Completed Sec @@ -287,7 +517,7 @@ 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 * developers-reference.sgml (1.107), debian/changelog (1.96): - Completed Sec Bug housekeeping. closes: #39519 - Stubbed sections @@ -295,7 +525,7 @@ 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 * developers-reference.sgml (1.106): - Fixed the URL in Sec "Bug Reporting" @@ -326,12 +556,12 @@ fix some awkward working from recent updates -2002-05-10 16:27 hertzog +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 hertzog +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 @@ -339,7 +569,7 @@ "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 * common.ent (1.28), developers-reference.sgml (1.102), debian/changelog (1.93): - Various spelling fixes. - Sec @@ -358,14 +588,14 @@ 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 * 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 * common.ent (1.26), developers-reference.sgml (1.100), debian/changelog (1.91): - Explain to reassign/close bugs of @@ -383,7 +613,7 @@ * debian/changelog (1.90): standardizing some of Raphael's entries -2002-05-08 11:34 hertzog +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 @@ -391,14 +621,14 @@ in `Announcing package uploads'. - Document the testing scripts. Closes: #129445 -2002-05-08 06:29 hertzog +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 hertzog +2002-05-07 18:39 Raphaël Hertzog * developers-reference.sgml (1.97): - Little typo: s/you/your/. @@ -416,7 +646,7 @@ * debian/changelog (1.85): cosmetics and Antoine's updates -2002-05-06 19:25 hertzog +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