1 2002-02-24 14:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
3 * debian/changelog (1.73): prepare 2.10.0
5 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
7 * debian/copyright (1.4): fix a typo
9 2002-02-24 14:51 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
11 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.24), developers-reference.ja.sgml
12 (1.9): use new language-independant entities
14 2002-02-24 14:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
16 * common.ent (1.21), developers-reference.sgml (1.80): isolate a
17 few more language-independent bits; change /usr/doc to
18 /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright, closes: #126924
20 2002-02-24 14:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
22 * common.ent (1.20), developers-reference.sgml (1.79): some
23 suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
24 closes: #133953; use a new entity, debian-formal for the term
26 2002-02-24 14:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
28 * Makefile (1.16): distclean, and clean is cleaner
30 2002-02-24 14:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
32 * common.ent (1.19), developers-reference.sgml (1.78): purge
33 references to 'frozen' distribution, which doesn't exist anymore
35 2002-02-24 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
37 * developers-reference.sgml (1.77): bugs closed in NMUs should uses
38 'closes' changelog entries, closes: #133951
40 2002-02-24 12:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
42 * common.ent (1.18), developers-reference.sgml (1.76): update the
43 "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with review by
44 Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
46 2002-02-24 11:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
48 * developers-reference.sgml (1.75): some minor cosmetics
50 2002-02-23 10:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
52 * developers-reference.sgml (1.74): Added ';' at the end of an
57 * developers-reference.sgml (1.73): added a section on how to deal
58 with unreachable (maybe-MIA) maintainers
60 2001-12-27 01:48 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
62 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.23): Synchronised with 1.72 (no
63 real change needed, updated french version number)
65 2001-12-26 08:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
67 * developers-reference.sgml (1.72): wrong tense, noticed by Chris
70 2001-12-19 05:55 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
72 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.22): Modified translation of
73 'General Public license'
75 2001-12-17 18:41 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
77 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.21): Last modifications reviewed
80 2001-12-12 08:46 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
82 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.20): Miscellaneous changes to
83 enhance overall coherence of the french translations
85 2001-12-12 02:18 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
87 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.19): Synchronised with 1.71
89 2001-12-09 07:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
91 * developers-reference.sgml (1.71): mention how the vacation
92 notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop
93 into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the
94 on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag
95 turned on for weeks after return at one time :)
97 2001-11-05 23:22 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
99 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.18): Removed some mistakes.
101 2001-10-27 01:56 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
103 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.17): Synchronised with 1.70.
105 2001-10-21 01:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
107 * Makefile (1.15): clean is cleaner
109 2001-10-21 01:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
111 * debian/changelog (1.72): perpare next version as 2.9.0
113 2001-10-21 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
115 * ChangeLog (1.4): update for next release
117 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
119 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
120 about picking the distribution
122 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
124 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
125 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
127 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
129 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
130 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
133 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
135 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
136 experimental (better late than never)
138 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
140 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
141 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
142 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
143 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
144 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
147 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
149 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
150 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
151 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
152 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
154 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
156 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
158 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
160 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
162 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
164 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
167 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
169 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
172 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
174 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
175 developers-reference.sgml.
177 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
179 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
180 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
182 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
184 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
186 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
188 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
189 James Troup, part of #102626
191 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
193 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
196 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
198 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
201 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
203 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
205 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
207 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
208 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
210 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
212 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
213 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
215 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
217 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
219 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
221 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
223 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
225 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
227 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
229 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
232 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
234 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
235 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
237 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
239 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
240 explains how people.d.o works
242 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
244 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
245 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
247 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
249 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
250 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
252 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
254 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
255 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
256 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
257 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
259 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
261 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
262 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
263 forwarding bugs upstream
267 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
269 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
270 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
271 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
275 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
277 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
280 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
282 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
285 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
287 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
289 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
291 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
294 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
296 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
298 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
300 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
301 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
303 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
305 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
307 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
309 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
311 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
313 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
315 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
317 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
319 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
321 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
324 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
326 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
327 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
329 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
331 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
334 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
336 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
338 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
340 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
342 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
344 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
347 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
349 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
351 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
353 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
354 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
355 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
357 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
359 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
360 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
362 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
364 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
366 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
368 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
369 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
371 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
373 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
374 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
376 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
378 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
379 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
380 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
383 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
385 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
386 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
388 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
390 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
392 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
394 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
395 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
396 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
398 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
400 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
401 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
404 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
406 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
409 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
411 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
413 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
415 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
416 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
418 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
420 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
422 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
424 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
425 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
427 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
429 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
431 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
433 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
435 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
437 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
438 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
440 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
442 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
443 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
445 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
447 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
448 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
449 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
451 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
453 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
454 files which no longer exist
456 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
458 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
459 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
462 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
464 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
465 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
466 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
468 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
470 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
473 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
475 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
478 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
480 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
481 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
483 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
485 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
486 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
487 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
488 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
491 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
493 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
494 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
496 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
498 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
499 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
500 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
502 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
504 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
505 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
506 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
507 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
508 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
509 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
510 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
511 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
512 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
514 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
516 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
519 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
521 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
522 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
524 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
526 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
529 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
531 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
533 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
535 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
536 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
538 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
542 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
544 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
545 doc-base file for FHS
547 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
549 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
551 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
553 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
555 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
557 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
558 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
560 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
562 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
563 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
564 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
566 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
568 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
569 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
571 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
573 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
574 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
575 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
576 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
577 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
578 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
579 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
580 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
581 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
583 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
585 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
587 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
589 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
591 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
593 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
594 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
596 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
598 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
601 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
603 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
605 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
607 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
609 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
611 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
613 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
615 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
617 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
619 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
621 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
623 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
624 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
625 purge the constitution
627 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
629 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
631 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
633 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
634 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
635 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
637 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
639 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
640 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
643 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
645 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
648 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
650 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
651 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
653 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
655 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
657 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
659 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
661 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
663 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
664 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
666 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
668 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
670 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
672 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
673 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
674 developers-reference.sgml
676 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
678 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
679 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
681 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
683 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
684 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
685 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
687 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
689 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
691 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
693 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
695 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
697 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
700 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
702 * common.ent (1.1): file added
704 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
706 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
708 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
710 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
712 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
714 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
716 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
718 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
719 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
722 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
724 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
726 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
728 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
729 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
730 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
731 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
733 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
735 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
738 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
740 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
741 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
744 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
746 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
748 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
750 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
752 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
754 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
756 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
758 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
759 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
760 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
761 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
762 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
763 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
765 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
768 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
770 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
774 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
776 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
777 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
778 supported architecture in Linux
780 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
782 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
783 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
785 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
787 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
790 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
792 with intro; demoted server sections under that
793 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
794 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
797 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
799 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
800 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
802 a normal developer may have access.
804 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
806 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
808 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
810 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
811 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
812 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
814 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
816 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
817 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
818 correct address for PGP key updates
820 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
822 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
823 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
826 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
828 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
830 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
832 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
834 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
836 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
838 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
840 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
842 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
844 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
845 debiandoc-sgml output naming
847 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
849 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
850 debian-constitution docreg files
852 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
854 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
855 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
856 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
858 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
859 <keyring-maint> instead)
860 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
862 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
864 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
865 extensions and PDF file
867 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
869 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
871 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
873 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
875 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
877 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
880 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
882 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
883 2.6.1 when I release officially)
885 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
887 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
889 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
891 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
892 Document -- typo correction
894 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
896 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
898 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
900 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
902 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
904 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
906 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
908 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
910 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
912 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
914 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
915 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
916 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
918 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
920 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
922 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
925 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
927 tighten up the language a bit
928 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
930 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
932 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
934 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
936 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
938 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
940 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
942 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
943 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
945 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
948 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
950 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
952 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
954 about how to depart Debian gracefully
955 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
956 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
957 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
959 number of available packages
960 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
961 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
963 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
965 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
967 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
969 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
971 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
973 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
976 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
978 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
981 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
983 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
986 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
988 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
990 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
992 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
994 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
996 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
997 from Incoming": tiny section added
998 * some PGP-centricity removed
999 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
1001 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
1002 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
1004 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1005 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
1007 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
1010 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1012 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
1013 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
1015 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1017 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
1020 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1022 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
1023 SGML timestamping, not current date
1025 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1027 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
1030 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1032 * debian/control (1.4): name change
1034 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1036 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
1038 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1040 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
1044 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1046 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
1048 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1050 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
1051 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
1052 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
1054 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1055 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
1058 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1060 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1062 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
1064 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1066 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
1068 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1070 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
1072 remove URL to fragment identifier
1074 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1076 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
1078 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1080 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
1081 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1082 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1084 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1086 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
1088 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1090 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
1092 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1094 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
1095 changelog, I'm too tired...
1097 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1099 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
1100 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
1104 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1106 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
1108 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1110 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
1114 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1116 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
1118 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1120 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
1123 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1125 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
1127 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1129 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
1131 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1133 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
1135 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1137 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
1138 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1140 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1143 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
1145 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1147 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
1149 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1151 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
1153 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1155 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
1157 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1159 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
1162 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1164 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
1165 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
1167 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
1169 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
1171 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1173 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
1175 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1177 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
1179 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1181 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
1183 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1185 * Makefile (1.1): initial
1187 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1189 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
1191 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1193 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
1194 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
1195 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
1196 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
1197 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
1199 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
1200 should and should not be included in this Reference.
1202 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
1203 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1205 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1207 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1209 Little corrections here and there.
1211 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1213 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
1214 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
1215 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
1217 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1219 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
1221 fix dependancy for build
1223 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1225 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
1226 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
1227 "distribution" and the like
1229 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1231 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
1233 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1235 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
1238 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1240 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
1242 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1244 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
1246 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1248 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
1250 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1252 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
1254 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1256 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
1258 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1260 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
1262 format the SGML like I like it
1264 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1266 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
1268 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1270 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
1271 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
1273 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1275 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
1276 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
1278 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1280 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
1281 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
1282 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
1283 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision
1285 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1287 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
1288 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
1289 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
1290 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
1291 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\