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23 years agoupdate for new copyright file location; add 2000 copyright dates and
aph [Sun, 15 Oct 2000 07:25:14 +0000 (07:25 +0000)]
update for new copyright file location; add 2000 copyright dates and
mention I am the maintainer [sic]

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23 years agofixed bug closing example, closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current...
joy [Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:31:47 +0000 (15:31 +0000)]
fixed bug closing example, closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file

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23 years agocompliance with Policy 3.2.1
joy [Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:17:45 +0000 (15:17 +0000)]
compliance with Policy 3.2.1

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23 years agoupdated keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link for machine...
joy [Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:55:03 +0000 (14:55 +0000)]
updated keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI; updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move; noted d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; 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

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23 years agofixed cvs.d.o web path
joy [Tue, 19 Sep 2000 23:08:11 +0000 (23:08 +0000)]
fixed cvs.d.o web path

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23 years agofixed wnpp url
joy [Tue, 19 Sep 2000 22:59:44 +0000 (22:59 +0000)]
fixed wnpp url

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23 years agofixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
joy [Tue, 19 Sep 2000 22:45:43 +0000 (22:45 +0000)]
fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP

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23 years agoset build as the default rule, made clean a phony rule
joy [Tue, 19 Sep 2000 19:35:10 +0000 (19:35 +0000)]
set build as the default rule, made clean a phony rule

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23 years agofixed link to Debian machines page
joy [Sun, 30 Jul 2000 19:44:02 +0000 (19:44 +0000)]
fixed link to Debian machines page

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23 years agofixed broken link
joy [Sat, 29 Jul 2000 12:11:37 +0000 (12:11 +0000)]
fixed broken link

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23 years agono need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
joy [Sat, 29 Jul 2000 11:30:19 +0000 (11:30 +0000)]
no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job

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24 years agodon't compress PDF
aph [Mon, 17 Apr 2000 03:36:31 +0000 (03:36 +0000)]
don't compress PDF

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24 years agofirst cut 2.7.2
aph [Mon, 17 Apr 2000 02:42:51 +0000 (02:42 +0000)]
first cut 2.7.2

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24 years agopurge the constitution
aph [Mon, 17 Apr 2000 02:34:11 +0000 (02:34 +0000)]
purge the constitution

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24 years agoinstall common.ent and housekeeping
aph [Mon, 17 Apr 2000 02:32:50 +0000 (02:32 +0000)]
install common.ent and housekeeping

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24 years agochanges from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
aph [Mon, 17 Apr 2000 02:24:28 +0000 (02:24 +0000)]
changes from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000

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24 years agoChanged debiandoc2latex2epdf to debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't
joy [Tue, 7 Mar 2000 01:17:14 +0000 (01:17 +0000)]
Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't
build with debiandoc-sgml 1.1.40.

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24 years agoImproved translation (thanks Seiji Kaneko).
y-endo [Fri, 7 Jan 2000 16:45:50 +0000 (16:45 +0000)]
Improved translation (thanks Seiji Kaneko).

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24 years agoImproved translation (thanks Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
y-endo [Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:38:50 +0000 (17:38 +0000)]
Improved translation (thanks Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).

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24 years agoInitial translation.
y-endo [Mon, 4 Oct 1999 17:49:29 +0000 (17:49 +0000)]
Initial translation.

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24 years agoit helps to sign the changelog
aph [Sun, 12 Sep 1999 22:17:16 +0000 (22:17 +0000)]
it helps to sign the changelog

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24 years agoadd stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
aph [Sun, 12 Sep 1999 22:13:33 +0000 (22:13 +0000)]
add stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA

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24 years agofix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
aph [Sun, 12 Sep 1999 01:55:19 +0000 (01:55 +0000)]
fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control

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24 years agodynamically generate the TOC in the package description from developers-reference...
aph [Sun, 12 Sep 1999 01:33:46 +0000 (01:33 +0000)]
dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from developers-reference.sgml

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24 years agopgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
aph [Sat, 11 Sep 1999 22:55:37 +0000 (22:55 +0000)]
pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut

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24 years ago2.7.0 update, see the changelog
aph [Tue, 17 Aug 1999 03:59:50 +0000 (03:59 +0000)]
2.7.0 update, see the changelog

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24 years agodocument bug 37392 closing
aph [Sun, 15 Aug 1999 23:43:55 +0000 (23:43 +0000)]
document bug 37392 closing

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24 years agofirst cut of next version
aph [Sun, 15 Aug 1999 23:26:01 +0000 (23:26 +0000)]
first cut of next version

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24 years agostart effort to split out common entities
aph [Sun, 15 Aug 1999 23:24:04 +0000 (23:24 +0000)]
start effort to split out common entities

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24 years agofile added
aph [Sun, 15 Aug 1999 23:22:14 +0000 (23:22 +0000)]
file added

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24 years agofix section, closing bug 37392
aph [Wed, 11 Aug 1999 17:22:18 +0000 (17:22 +0000)]
fix section, closing bug 37392

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24 years agoadd old french translations
clebars [Tue, 27 Jul 1999 19:38:44 +0000 (19:38 +0000)]
add old french translations

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24 years ago2.6.8, first cut
aph [Sat, 22 May 1999 01:47:01 +0000 (01:47 +0000)]
2.6.8, first cut

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24 years agocorrection about login name on master -- eight chars or less, not
aph [Sat, 22 May 1999 01:45:25 +0000 (01:45 +0000)]
correction about login name on master -- eight chars or less, not
seven (and remove the footnote asking why seven)

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24 years agoversion 2.6.7
aph [Fri, 21 May 1999 05:39:59 +0000 (05:39 +0000)]
version 2.6.7

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24 years agoCh. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
aph [Fri, 21 May 1999 05:39:34 +0000 (05:39 +0000)]
Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
    someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
    debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)

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24 years agocapitalize section name (closes Bug#37392)
aph [Fri, 21 May 1999 05:36:12 +0000 (05:36 +0000)]
capitalize section name (closes Bug#37392)

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24 years agonormalize SGML elements which were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>;
aph [Sun, 9 May 1999 22:11:59 +0000 (22:11 +0000)]
normalize SGML elements which were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>;
re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT CHANGES

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24 years ago2nd cut
aph [Sun, 9 May 1999 05:10:54 +0000 (05:10 +0000)]
2nd cut

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24 years agore-enable letter-sized PDFs
aph [Sun, 9 May 1999 05:08:17 +0000 (05:08 +0000)]
re-enable letter-sized PDFs

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24 years agofirst cut 2.6.6
aph [Sun, 9 May 1999 04:44:08 +0000 (04:44 +0000)]
first cut 2.6.6

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24 years ago * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
aph [Sun, 9 May 1999 04:34:59 +0000 (04:34 +0000)]
  * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
    to ftpmaster@debian.org also
  * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
    'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
  * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
    and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
    Hodek)
  * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
    section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
    Roman release)

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24 years ago * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
aph [Tue, 4 May 1999 07:32:19 +0000 (07:32 +0000)]
  * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
    2.2, from Job Bogan
  * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
    archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
  * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
  * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
  * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
    intro paragraph
  * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
    with intro; demoted server sections under that
  * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
  * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
    report problems
  * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
    when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
  * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
    a normal developer may have access.

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25 years agoignorable
aph [Sat, 10 Apr 1999 01:20:08 +0000 (01:20 +0000)]
ignorable

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25 years agohack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version number in it, so
aph [Sat, 10 Apr 1999 01:18:56 +0000 (01:18 +0000)]
hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version number in it, so
subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over
each other

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25 years ago2.6.3: correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
aph [Sun, 4 Apr 1999 17:35:31 +0000 (17:35 +0000)]
2.6.3: correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
correct address for PGP key updates

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25 years agoSec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all;
aph [Sun, 4 Apr 1999 08:42:39 +0000 (08:42 +0000)]
Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all;
use public declaration

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25 years ago2nd cut
aph [Sat, 3 Apr 1999 22:15:22 +0000 (22:15 +0000)]
2nd cut

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25 years agomatch priority in override files on archive
aph [Sat, 3 Apr 1999 22:13:37 +0000 (22:13 +0000)]
match priority in override files on archive

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25 years agofix typo
aph [Sat, 3 Apr 1999 22:12:31 +0000 (22:12 +0000)]
fix typo

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25 years agofirst cut 2.6.1
aph [Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:15:34 +0000 (21:15 +0000)]
first cut 2.6.1

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25 years agomaking PDF now, not PS; deal with new debiandoc-sgml output naming
aph [Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:15:11 +0000 (21:15 +0000)]
making PDF now, not PS; deal with new debiandoc-sgml output naming

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25 years agodeal with debian-constitution docreg files
aph [Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:14:23 +0000 (21:14 +0000)]
deal with debian-constitution docreg files

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25 years ago * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
aph [Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:11:09 +0000 (21:11 +0000)]
  * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
    {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
    if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
    <keyring-maint> instead)
  * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"

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25 years agocope with new file name extensions and PDF file
aph [Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:08:30 +0000 (21:08 +0000)]
cope with new file name extensions and PDF file

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25 years agonew file
aph [Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:01:06 +0000 (21:01 +0000)]
new file

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25 years agoimport from webml (www.debian.org)
aph [Sat, 3 Apr 1999 19:43:07 +0000 (19:43 +0000)]
import from webml (www.debian.org)

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25 years ago2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to 2.6.1 when I release officially)
aph [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:22:32 +0000 (20:22 +0000)]
2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to 2.6.1 when I release officially)

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25 years agohousekeeping
aph [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:21:25 +0000 (20:21 +0000)]
housekeeping

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25 years ago<chapt id="scope">Scope of This Document -- typo correction
aph [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:20:20 +0000 (20:20 +0000)]
<chapt id="scope">Scope of This Document -- typo correction

<sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool

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25 years agoadd abstract
aph [Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:06:58 +0000 (20:06 +0000)]
add abstract

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25 years agoplea for frozen too
aph [Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:10:54 +0000 (08:10 +0000)]
plea for frozen too

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25 years agover 2.6.0
aph [Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:06:50 +0000 (08:06 +0000)]
ver 2.6.0

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25 years agoremove menu file
aph [Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:06:05 +0000 (08:06 +0000)]
remove menu file

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25 years ago * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
aph [Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:05:18 +0000 (08:05 +0000)]
  * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
    own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
    source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
    descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section.  Sec. "Being
    Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
    porters.
  * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
    tighten up the language a bit
  * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
    of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
    w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
  * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
    official policy
  * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
    some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
    account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
    sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
  * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
    package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
    and devscripts
  * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
    right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
    warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
    about how to depart Debian gracefully
  * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
  * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
  * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
    number of available packages
  * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
  * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate

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25 years agofix maintainer name
aph [Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:04:04 +0000 (08:04 +0000)]
fix maintainer name

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25 years agoobsoleted by doc-base file
aph [Thu, 11 Feb 1999 05:02:08 +0000 (05:02 +0000)]
obsoleted by doc-base file

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25 years agofix for Bug#32052
aph [Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:08:20 +0000 (09:08 +0000)]
fix for Bug#32052

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25 years agoadded version.ent to docdir for Bug#31034
aph [Tue, 29 Dec 1998 07:46:58 +0000 (07:46 +0000)]
added version.ent to docdir for Bug#31034

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25 years agos/ppc/powerpc/, other spellfixes
aph [Fri, 18 Dec 1998 05:10:47 +0000 (05:10 +0000)]
s/ppc/powerpc/, other spellfixes

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25 years agoearly cut 2.5.0.3
aph [Fri, 18 Dec 1998 05:09:19 +0000 (05:09 +0000)]
early cut 2.5.0.3

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25 years ago*** empty log message ***
aph [Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:40:23 +0000 (10:40 +0000)]
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25 years ago * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
aph [Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:39:58 +0000 (10:39 +0000)]
  * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
  * some PGP-centricity removed
  * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
  * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
    source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters a
    tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
    non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
    by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties

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25 years agofinish 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
aph [Sat, 21 Nov 1998 18:13:51 +0000 (18:13 +0000)]
finish 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter

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25 years agomore work on the NMU/porters chapter
aph [Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:49:02 +0000 (22:49 +0000)]
more work on the NMU/porters chapter

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25 years agouse changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
aph [Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:31:46 +0000 (22:31 +0000)]
use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date

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25 years agoremove obsolete 'dirs' file
aph [Mon, 16 Nov 1998 05:46:12 +0000 (05:46 +0000)]
remove obsolete 'dirs' file

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25 years agoname change
aph [Mon, 16 Nov 1998 05:41:24 +0000 (05:41 +0000)]
name change

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25 years ago*** empty log message ***
aph [Mon, 16 Nov 1998 05:40:52 +0000 (05:40 +0000)]
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25 years agoname change
aph [Mon, 16 Nov 1998 05:39:43 +0000 (05:39 +0000)]
name change

fix SGML nit

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25 years ago*** empty log message ***
aph [Mon, 16 Nov 1998 05:10:37 +0000 (05:10 +0000)]
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25 years agoSec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
aph [Mon, 16 Nov 1998 01:17:18 +0000 (01:17 +0000)]
Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
Packages".

Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters":  new chapter
discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
of existance

of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections

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25 years agofix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
aph [Sun, 15 Nov 1998 09:23:17 +0000 (09:23 +0000)]
fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR

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25 years agotweaking for release
aph [Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:48:38 +0000 (05:48 +0000)]
tweaking for release

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25 years agofix copyright byline
aph [Thu, 12 Nov 1998 05:47:55 +0000 (05:47 +0000)]
fix copyright byline

remove URL to fragment identifier

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25 years agofinal release version
aph [Thu, 12 Nov 1998 03:56:27 +0000 (03:56 +0000)]
final release version

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25 years ago"Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
aph [Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:11:43 +0000 (10:11 +0000)]
"Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'

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25 years agobump stds version
aph [Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:09:48 +0000 (08:09 +0000)]
bump stds version

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25 years agopre-release for 2.5.0
aph [Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:07:21 +0000 (08:07 +0000)]
pre-release for 2.5.0

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25 years agomany many changes, see the changelog, I'm too tired...
aph [Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:06:57 +0000 (08:06 +0000)]
many many changes, see the changelog, I'm too tired...

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25 years agocorrect new maintainer instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
aph [Sun, 8 Nov 1998 02:12:17 +0000 (02:12 +0000)]
correct new maintainer instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)

red-pen corrections

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25 years agodebiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
aph [Sun, 8 Nov 1998 02:08:25 +0000 (02:08 +0000)]
debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep

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25 years agocorrect some new-maintainer directions
aph [Sun, 8 Nov 1998 02:07:27 +0000 (02:07 +0000)]
correct some new-maintainer directions

red-pen corrections

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25 years ago*** empty log message ***
aph [Sun, 8 Nov 1998 02:06:25 +0000 (02:06 +0000)]
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25 years agowhy bother checking for root, don't be a fascist
aph [Sat, 7 Nov 1998 21:58:03 +0000 (21:58 +0000)]
why bother checking for root, don't be a fascist

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25 years agofill in servers section
aph [Thu, 5 Nov 1998 07:34:45 +0000 (07:34 +0000)]
fill in servers section

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25 years agofirst cut
aph [Thu, 5 Nov 1998 07:24:02 +0000 (07:24 +0000)]
first cut

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25 years agos/m86k/m68k/
aph [Sun, 1 Nov 1998 22:40:03 +0000 (22:40 +0000)]
s/m86k/m68k/

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25 years agouse new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
aph [Sun, 1 Nov 1998 22:27:09 +0000 (22:27 +0000)]
use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)

advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
severity 'E'

rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'

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25 years agocosmetic changes
aph [Mon, 19 Oct 1998 04:41:46 +0000 (04:41 +0000)]
cosmetic changes

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