From 78a85bfa888b2e028d7aae7c161475743633c405 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aba Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:47:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] two more git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@2598 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ developers-reference.sgml | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index ca2816e..2b06efe 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low - add link to debian-mentors FAQ. - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792 - add hint about -v to experimental. Closes: #232930 + - update information about yada. Closes: #217956 + - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914 * Matt Zimmerman - Security uploads get urgency=high - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml index 91442bc..1311438 100644 --- a/developers-reference.sgml +++ b/developers-reference.sgml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ %commondata; - + @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Debian Developer's Reference <author>Developer's Reference Team &email-devel-ref; - <author>Adam Di Carlo, editor + <author>Andreas Barth + <author>Adam Di Carlo <author>Raphaël Hertzog <author>Christian Schwarz <author>Ian Jackson @@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ <copyright> <copyrightsummary> +copyright © 2004 Andreas Barth</copyrightsummary> + <copyrightsummary> copyright © 1998—2003 Adam Di Carlo</copyrightsummary> <copyrightsummary> copyright © 2002—2003 Raphaël Hertzog</copyrightsummary> @@ -966,7 +969,10 @@ the following: The package must have been available in <em>unstable</em> for several days; the precise number depends on the upload's urgency field. It is 10 days for low urgency, 5 days for medium urgency and 2 days for high -urgency. Those delays may be doubled during a freeze; +urgency; please note that the urgency is sticky, means that the highest +urgency uploaded since the last testing transition is taken into account. +Those delays may be doubled during a freeze, or testing transition may be +switched off at all; <item> It must have less release-critical bugs than the version available in <em>testing</em>; @@ -4618,11 +4624,14 @@ and make the package entirely functional and Policy-compliant. <package>yada</package> is another packaging helper tool. It uses a <file>debian/packages</file> file to auto-generate <file>debian/rules</file> and other necessary files in the -<file>debian/</file> subdirectory. - <p> -Note that <package>yada</package> is called "essentially unmaintained" -by it's own maintainer, Charles Briscoe-Smith. As such, it can be -considered deprecated. +<file>debian/</file> subdirectory. The <file>debian/packages</file> file +contains instruction to build packages and there is no need to create any +<file>Makefile</file> files. There is possibility to +use macro engine similar to the one used in SPECS files from RPM +source packages.</p> + <p> +For more informations see +<tt><url id="http://yada.alioth.debian.org/" name="YADA site"></tt>.</p> </sect1> <sect1 id="equivs"> -- 2.30.2