X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2Fchangelog;h=9b79b75cef1345f4dae042809678ab99f352cd55;hp=09e02b920349522da81b9cc3900dbfb9b98d06a3;hb=a759d321bc2882df2e3359a6b5636b1116b6a1d7;hpb=005539079f0145f21fe041ed455377fbb280d81d diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 09e02b9..9b79b75 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,410 @@ +developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Josip Rodin: + - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403 + - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the + issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature + * Raphaël Hertzog: + - added myself as co-author + - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488 + * Matt Zimmerman: + - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the + Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications + * Adam Di Carlo + - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357 + - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098 + + -- Adam Di Carlo Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500 + +developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Raphaël Hertzog: + - Corrected several errors with — + - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting + the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427 + - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more + require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861 + - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572 + - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287 + - 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 + - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties". + * Josip Rodin: + - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables + - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572 + - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they + - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and + mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized + - updated the mailing lists section + * Adam Di Carlo + - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables + - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes, + spelling fixes + + -- Adam Di Carlo Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400 + +developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Adam Di Carlo: + - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer + - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer + + - 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 "The Developers Database" added under Resources + - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers + for one package + + - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide + - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors", + we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages" + - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case + - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039 + - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections + - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc. + - tagging improvements: replace with for files and + directories; since and doesn't look right, + work-around with <...> + - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir + - update copyright date + - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule + - spell check and grammar corrections + - s/GPG/GnuPG/ + + * Raphael Hertzog: + - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example; + closes: #110310 + - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple + recompile"; closes: #102626 + - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560 + - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new + Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that + chapter; closes: #53109, #129848 + - indicate 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 + - explain how 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 + - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and + also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774 + - 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 pain 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" + - 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 + - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519 + - new Sec "Voting" + - new Sec "Documentation" + - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter + - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section + "Being kind to porter" too + - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan" + - completed Sec "Helper scripts" + - 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 + - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by + Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis! + + * Antoine Hulin: + - update French translation + + -- Adam Di Carlo Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low + + * Antoine Hulin: + - some grammar corrections + - update French translation + * Martin Michlmayr: + - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming + anymore; closes: #135559 + - also talk about dput a tiny bit + * Adam Di Carlo: + - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": + - improve the intro + - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of + that would be welcome) + - 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 + - dpkg-dev-el: new section + - other minor wording changes + - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780 + - 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" + * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573 + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700 + +developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * from Martin Michlmayr + - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with + review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965 + - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries, + closes: #133951 + - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private + closes: #133955 + - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux, + closes: #133953 + - fix some typos, closes: #133956 + * Adam Di Carlo: + - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that + there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can + find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948 + - minor build tweaks + - minor cosmetics + - isolate a few more language-independent bits + * from Chris Tillman + - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, + closes: #126924 + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Josip Rodin: + - 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) + - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer" + - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section + about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section + talking about uploading to distributions + - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads + - replaced some bogus s with s + - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too + * Antoine Hulin: + - French translation updated + * Adam Di Carlo: + - normalize '--' as — for prettier output + - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626 + - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * from Josip Rodin: + - a few more strong words about sponsoring + - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new + developers + + -- Adam Di Carlo Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low + + * French updates + * fix a typo in a link + * dpkg-buildpackage -m flag was changed for -e when NMU'ing; + update documentation accordingly + closes: #101676 + * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about + forwarding bugs upstream + closes: #98312 + * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date- + entities which should be used + * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml + * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better + + -- Adam Di Carlo Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin + * French version: completely up-to-date now + * Makefile: add a 'validate' target + * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to + changelog.Debian.gz + * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning + closes: #93727 + + -- Adam Di Carlo Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low + + * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the + Policy + * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual; + this translation needs updating + * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure + practices (closes: Bug#88623) + * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US + (closes: Bug#89694) + * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep + * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's + reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas + Bertolissio. + * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing + included yet, however + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low + + * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package + (closes: Bug#86505) + * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more + * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html + (closes: Bug#85933) + * Makefile: clean is cleaner + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * build and provide French and Japanese versions + * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile + * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out + of date) + * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir + + -- Adam Di Carlo Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Josip Rodin: + - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740) + - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL + - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed + most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance + software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now, + mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to + month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often + the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file + updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some + URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/ + - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of + important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some + details fixed + - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated + sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come) + - described testing; described package pools (this particular part + required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but + it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other + smaller fixes + - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson + (closes: Bug#80896) + * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual + * update copyright notice for 2001 + * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef + * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative" + * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413) + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon + (closes: Bug#69435) + * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger + (closes: Bug#72810) + * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin + . Thanks, Josip! + + * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes: + Bug#68929, Bug#70384) + * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198) + * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian + * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783) + * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841) + * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369) + * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines + could be used if necessary + * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; + mention the rsync dupload method + * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is + better + * other small corrections + * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP + * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page, + lists-archives, www.d.o BTS + * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts + to the db.d.o CGI + * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell + + * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name + in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400 + developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only @@ -299,7 +706,7 @@ developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low * move to 3-level version number: - top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the + top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the "major", the second-level number means significant content changes, and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements. Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0. @@ -557,7 +964,3 @@ developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low -- Christian Schwarz Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200 -Local variables: -mode: debian-changelog -mode: auto-fill -End: