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21 years agoirc alias was updated to freenode; mention oftc
joy [Sun, 19 Jan 2003 22:09:53 +0000 (22:09 +0000)]
irc alias was updated to freenode; mention oftc

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21 years agoslightly rearranged the db.d.o section
joy [Sun, 19 Jan 2003 22:05:39 +0000 (22:05 +0000)]
slightly rearranged the db.d.o section

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21 years agohmm, www.d.o wasn't in the entity
joy [Sun, 19 Jan 2003 21:44:29 +0000 (21:44 +0000)]
hmm, www.d.o wasn't in the entity

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21 years agodescribe/plug the testing web page better
joy [Sun, 19 Jan 2003 21:42:11 +0000 (21:42 +0000)]
describe/plug the testing web page better

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21 years agosplit translations into different doc-base files
joy [Sun, 19 Jan 2003 20:57:41 +0000 (20:57 +0000)]
split translations into different doc-base files

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21 years ago- Updated the PTS doc with the "ddtp" keyword.
hertzog [Sat, 18 Jan 2003 16:25:22 +0000 (16:25 +0000)]
- Updated the PTS doc with the "ddtp" keyword.

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21 years agooops
joy [Thu, 2 Jan 2003 17:55:11 +0000 (17:55 +0000)]
oops

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21 years agoupdated sect1 multiple-patches to have a better title/introduction and to mention...
joy [Thu, 2 Jan 2003 13:26:13 +0000 (13:26 +0000)]
updated sect1 multiple-patches to have a better title/introduction and to mention dpatch (prompted by Joerg Jaspert)

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21 years agocommented out changes only: remove todo items
aph [Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:21:40 +0000 (09:21 +0000)]
commented out changes only: remove todo items

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21 years agoupdate copyright year
aph [Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:10:32 +0000 (09:10 +0000)]
update copyright year

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21 years agoUpdate french version to latest version.
fbothamy [Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:57:25 +0000 (23:57 +0000)]
Update french version to latest version.

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21 years agoSynchronize with 1.153 and proofread by P. Batailler.
fbothamy [Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:54:47 +0000 (23:54 +0000)]
Synchronize with 1.153 and proofread by P. Batailler.

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21 years agonoted that debian-devel (not -private! boo!) can be contacted to ask about a missing...
joy [Sat, 21 Dec 2002 19:03:42 +0000 (19:03 +0000)]
noted that debian-devel (not -private! boo!) can be contacted to ask about a missing maintainer; rephrased the stuff about conflicts and mentioned the ways of resolving such issues

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21 years agoreplaced the mia-qa section with what Martin Michlmayr wrote, plus proofreading by...
joy [Sat, 21 Dec 2002 18:53:34 +0000 (18:53 +0000)]
replaced the mia-qa section with what Martin Michlmayr wrote, plus proofreading by myself

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21 years agomoved the contacting maintainers section above the one about being unable to contact...
joy [Sat, 21 Dec 2002 18:36:28 +0000 (18:36 +0000)]
moved the contacting maintainers section above the one about being unable to contact maintainers (mmmh, logic)

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21 years agoreplaced ASCII with plain text, since not all plain text is ASCII
joy [Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:08:50 +0000 (20:08 +0000)]
replaced ASCII with plain text, since not all plain text is ASCII

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21 years agoupdate for next release
aph [Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:47:07 +0000 (18:47 +0000)]
update for next release

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21 years agoprepare 3.2.2
aph [Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:45:44 +0000 (18:45 +0000)]
prepare 3.2.2

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21 years agoSec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on policy
aph [Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:44:37 +0000 (18:44 +0000)]
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

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21 years agoship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
aph [Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:42:28 +0000 (18:42 +0000)]
ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir

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21 years agoremove some todo items which are done
aph [Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:41:08 +0000 (18:41 +0000)]
remove some todo items which are done

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21 years agoPolicy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
aph [Mon, 9 Dec 2002 19:26:08 +0000 (19:26 +0000)]
Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed

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21 years agoupdate
joy [Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:14:39 +0000 (13:14 +0000)]
update

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21 years agomerged url-debian-mirror{s,ing}, the ftplist page is deprecated and the mirror page...
joy [Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:09:36 +0000 (13:09 +0000)]
merged url-debian-mirror{s,ing}, the ftplist page is deprecated and the mirror page lists all

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21 years agoslightly rewrote the mirrors section and moved it below the description of the archiv...
joy [Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:08:07 +0000 (13:08 +0000)]
slightly rewrote the mirrors section and moved it below the description of the archive (seems more logical)

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21 years agoupdate for next release
aph [Mon, 9 Dec 2002 08:05:15 +0000 (08:05 +0000)]
update for next release

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21 years agoprepare 3.2.1
aph [Mon, 9 Dec 2002 08:04:05 +0000 (08:04 +0000)]
prepare 3.2.1

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21 years agouse the debiandoc2* tools for PS and PDF generation
aph [Mon, 9 Dec 2002 08:00:16 +0000 (08:00 +0000)]
use the debiandoc2* tools for PS and PDF generation

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21 years agostop shipping SGML source, what's the point, this is a binary pkg, the
aph [Mon, 9 Dec 2002 07:23:44 +0000 (07:23 +0000)]
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'

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21 years agoeliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now with
aph [Mon, 9 Dec 2002 07:16:25 +0000 (07:16 +0000)]
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

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21 years ago - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
aph [Mon, 9 Dec 2002 07:15:41 +0000 (07:15 +0000)]
- 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

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21 years agoreadme for contributores, including translators
aph [Mon, 9 Dec 2002 07:08:16 +0000 (07:08 +0000)]
readme for contributores, including translators

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21 years agoInternationalized documentation had the wrong sectional capitalization
aph [Sun, 8 Dec 2002 22:54:24 +0000 (22:54 +0000)]
Internationalized documentation had the wrong sectional capitalization

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21 years agoupdate for next release
aph [Sat, 7 Dec 2002 07:28:43 +0000 (07:28 +0000)]
update for next release

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21 years agoall my recent changes, and call it version 3.2
aph [Sat, 7 Dec 2002 07:27:53 +0000 (07:27 +0000)]
all my recent changes, and call it version 3.2

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21 years agoSec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit here
aph [Sat, 7 Dec 2002 07:26:22 +0000 (07:26 +0000)]
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

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21 years agovalidation suffix rule now requires version.ent
aph [Sat, 7 Dec 2002 06:53:30 +0000 (06:53 +0000)]
validation suffix rule now requires version.ent

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21 years agoremove debget from tools section, add notes on more tools to document
aph [Sat, 7 Dec 2002 06:49:33 +0000 (06:49 +0000)]
remove debget from tools section, add notes on more tools to document

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21 years agodon't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX, hardcode /usr/sbin/install-docs
aph [Sat, 7 Dec 2002 06:35:50 +0000 (06:35 +0000)]
don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX, hardcode /usr/sbin/install-docs

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21 years agowhy even have a case stmt -- strip it down more
aph [Sat, 7 Dec 2002 06:34:47 +0000 (06:34 +0000)]
why even have a case stmt -- strip it down more

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21 years agoproduce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
aph [Sat, 7 Dec 2002 06:26:40 +0000 (06:26 +0000)]
produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target

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21 years agomove configure stuff under configure case; don't make usr/doc symlink
aph [Sat, 7 Dec 2002 06:21:51 +0000 (06:21 +0000)]
move configure stuff under configure case; don't make usr/doc symlink

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21 years ago- Sec "Common situations" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
aph [Fri, 6 Dec 2002 20:45:59 +0000 (20:45 +0000)]
- 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

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21 years agodamn cvs keywords, inhibit
aph [Fri, 6 Dec 2002 10:22:54 +0000 (10:22 +0000)]
damn cvs keywords, inhibit

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21 years ago- Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
aph [Fri, 6 Dec 2002 10:10:06 +0000 (10:10 +0000)]
- 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

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21 years agoretab, no content changes
aph [Fri, 6 Dec 2002 10:00:59 +0000 (10:00 +0000)]
retab, no content changes

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21 years agoadapt script to local context, strip out useless -V option too
aph [Fri, 6 Dec 2002 09:59:51 +0000 (09:59 +0000)]
adapt script to local context, strip out useless -V option too

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21 years agodoc-check reference for best-practices, doc translations
aph [Fri, 6 Dec 2002 09:56:32 +0000 (09:56 +0000)]
doc-check reference for best-practices, doc translations

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21 years agoexpand the doc-base abstract and authors
aph [Fri, 6 Dec 2002 09:50:24 +0000 (09:50 +0000)]
expand the doc-base abstract and authors

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21 years agotranslation status checking tool, based on documentation/doc-check
aph [Fri, 6 Dec 2002 09:49:33 +0000 (09:49 +0000)]
translation status checking tool, based on documentation/doc-check
from boot-floppies source, rev 1.12

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21 years agofix typo, closes: #171781
aph [Thu, 5 Dec 2002 23:21:14 +0000 (23:21 +0000)]
fix typo, closes: #171781

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21 years agotypo fix, thanks Alfie Costa
aph [Thu, 5 Dec 2002 21:19:55 +0000 (21:19 +0000)]
typo fix, thanks Alfie Costa

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21 years agoupdate
joy [Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:36:52 +0000 (16:36 +0000)]
update

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21 years agoadded spaces between © and the first year (wonder if that was intentional?)...
joy [Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:30:47 +0000 (16:30 +0000)]
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

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21 years agoupdate for next release
aph [Thu, 28 Nov 2002 02:17:31 +0000 (02:17 +0000)]
update for next release

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21 years agoprepare 3.1.2
aph [Thu, 28 Nov 2002 02:16:33 +0000 (02:16 +0000)]
prepare 3.1.2

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21 years agoSec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
aph [Thu, 28 Nov 2002 02:14:44 +0000 (02:14 +0000)]
Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007

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21 years agodoc-base file includes French and Japanese files
aph [Thu, 28 Nov 2002 00:40:59 +0000 (00:40 +0000)]
doc-base file includes French and Japanese files

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21 years agodebsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
aph [Thu, 28 Nov 2002 00:40:24 +0000 (00:40 +0000)]
debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523

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21 years agoupdated PUBLISHDIR
joy [Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:53:37 +0000 (19:53 +0000)]
updated PUBLISHDIR

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21 years agoupdate for next release
aph [Wed, 13 Nov 2002 04:23:00 +0000 (04:23 +0000)]
update for next release

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21 years agofinalize version 3.1.1
aph [Wed, 13 Nov 2002 04:18:40 +0000 (04:18 +0000)]
finalize version 3.1.1

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21 years agofix some bad URLs, notably the testing FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now
aph [Mon, 11 Nov 2002 20:38:44 +0000 (20:38 +0000)]
fix some bad URLs, notably the testing FAQ -- checkbot reports all is well now

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21 years agofix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
aph [Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:40:59 +0000 (18:40 +0000)]
fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098

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21 years agodon't use caps or fullstops in changelog entries -- a bug I fixed
aph [Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:37:50 +0000 (18:37 +0000)]
don't use caps or fullstops in changelog entries -- a bug I fixed

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21 years agofix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357
aph [Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:33:43 +0000 (18:33 +0000)]
fix bad debian emacs policy, closes: #168357

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21 years agoSecurity updates
mdz [Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:07:34 +0000 (16:07 +0000)]
Security updates

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21 years agothe version of dpkg-dev that supports this feature is no longer new, so skip that...
joy [Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:09:20 +0000 (21:09 +0000)]
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

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21 years agoupdate
joy [Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:01:56 +0000 (21:01 +0000)]
update

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21 years agofixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably address the issue of...
joy [Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:00:16 +0000 (21:00 +0000)]
fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs. this should probably address the issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing stuff.

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21 years ago- Added myself as co-author.
hertzog [Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:58:32 +0000 (14:58 +0000)]
- Added myself as co-author.
- Fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance". Closes: #161488

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21 years agoupdate for my last change
joy [Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:01:37 +0000 (11:01 +0000)]
update for my last change

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21 years agoupdated IRC stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403
joy [Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:50:28 +0000 (10:50 +0000)]
updated IRC stuff based on patch from SynrG, closes: #161403

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21 years agotagging improvements and editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf
aph [Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:32:14 +0000 (16:32 +0000)]
tagging improvements and editorial improvements in config-wise-debconf

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21 years agoupdate for next release
aph [Wed, 11 Sep 2002 02:02:56 +0000 (02:02 +0000)]
update for next release

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21 years agomy changes
aph [Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:58:38 +0000 (01:58 +0000)]
my changes

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21 years agospell checking, tag fixes, editorial review -- no new content
aph [Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:56:05 +0000 (01:56 +0000)]
spell checking, tag fixes, editorial review -- no new content

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21 years ago- Also mentions sending patchs in the BSP section.
hertzog [Mon, 9 Sep 2002 10:08:25 +0000 (10:08 +0000)]
- Also mentions sending patchs in the BSP section.

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21 years ago - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
hertzog [Mon, 9 Sep 2002 09:46:18 +0000 (09:46 +0000)]
- Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".

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21 years ago- Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
hertzog [Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:42:13 +0000 (18:42 +0000)]
- 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

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21 years agoupdated the when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie Rosenblum...
joy [Tue, 3 Sep 2002 10:44:27 +0000 (10:44 +0000)]
updated the when-to-do-source-NMUs section a little bit, prompted by Elie Rosenblum's complaint on -devel

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21 years agoUpdate security instructions to specify that uploads should not be made
mdz [Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:47:50 +0000 (15:47 +0000)]
Update security instructions to specify that uploads should not be made
to the security queue without approval
Misc fixes and cleanups to security section

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21 years ago* Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for handling security related bugs.
hertzog [Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:36:06 +0000 (15:36 +0000)]
* Applied patch from Matt Zimmerman for handling security related bugs.

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21 years agorenamed the testing scripts section to a more generic testing distribution, and added...
joy [Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:37:21 +0000 (19:37 +0000)]
renamed the testing scripts section to a more generic testing distribution, and added missing <em>s around some references to it (which were potentially confusing without that)

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21 years agoHTTP is not just usually, it's always
joy [Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:22:49 +0000 (19:22 +0000)]
HTTP is not just usually, it's always

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21 years agooopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)
joy [Sat, 17 Aug 2002 17:31:55 +0000 (17:31 +0000)]
oopsie, that URL was pointing to the wrong place :)

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21 years agoupdate
joy [Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:26:03 +0000 (15:26 +0000)]
update

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21 years agochanged needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added debian-project
joy [Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:39:39 +0000 (14:39 +0000)]
changed needlessly FTP URIs to HTTP; added debian-project

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21 years agorewrote the mailing lists section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanin...
joy [Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:23:41 +0000 (14:23 +0000)]
rewrote the mailing lists section to have logical subsections; expanded on the meanings of the core mailing lists

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21 years agoupdate
joy [Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:34:12 +0000 (11:34 +0000)]
update

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21 years agofollowing Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only service...
joy [Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:30:54 +0000 (11:30 +0000)]
following Ryan Murray's advice, removed servers' real names and used only service names.

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21 years agoupdated
joy [Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:58:01 +0000 (11:58 +0000)]
updated

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21 years agoupdated (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the Debian servers...
joy [Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:57:26 +0000 (11:57 +0000)]
updated (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the Debian servers section

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21 years agoadded some of my June 20th changes to the changelog
joy [Wed, 7 Aug 2002 10:52:20 +0000 (10:52 +0000)]
added some of my June 20th changes to the changelog

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21 years ago* Applied several patches.
hertzog [Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:28:54 +0000 (19:28 +0000)]
* Applied several patches.

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21 years agolanguage fixes in a paragraph
joy [Thu, 20 Jun 2002 20:59:21 +0000 (20:59 +0000)]
language fixes in a paragraph

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21 years agolinguistic fixes from David Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing...
joy [Thu, 20 Jun 2002 20:34:58 +0000 (20:34 +0000)]
linguistic fixes from David Kimdon; other proofreading by myself, mostly changing he -> they

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21 years ago* New changelog entry.
hertzog [Wed, 19 Jun 2002 19:58:49 +0000 (19:58 +0000)]
* New changelog entry.
* Fixed some entities (missing ";" in "&mdash;").
* Applied patch from Peter Palfrader. closes: #150427

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21 years agoremoved obsolete, needless dupload variables
joy [Wed, 19 Jun 2002 19:16:06 +0000 (19:16 +0000)]
removed obsolete, needless dupload variables

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21 years ago* Sec "Writing useful descriptions". Added a sentence about the
hertzog [Sun, 16 Jun 2002 00:30:22 +0000 (00:30 +0000)]
* Sec "Writing useful descriptions". Added a sentence about the
  capitalization of the first letter.

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