-developers-reference (2.4.99) frozen unstable; urgency=low
+developers-reference (2.5.0.6) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
+ * update number of available packages
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:47:25 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * not officially released
+ * more spelling corrections
+ * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * not officially released
+ * 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
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * not officially released
+ * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
+ * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
+ discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
+ of existance. New TOC for this section is:
+ * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
+ + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
+ + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
+ o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
+ + 6.3 How to do an NMU
+ o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
+ o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
+ o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
+ o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
+ + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
+
+ * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
+ to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
+ Packages".
+ * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
+ practice
+ * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
+ take a couple of weeks
+ * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
+ is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
+ add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
+ excited about it and can't wait
+ * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
+ at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
+ from the archive
+ * show *full* TOC, including sect2
+ * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
+
+ * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
+ * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
+ * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
+
+developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
* move to 3-level version number:
top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
by James Troup)
* typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
version
+ * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
+ debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
* debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
* debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
changes file"
* "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
(hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
+ * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
+ 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
- -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Nov 1998 01:53:22 -0500
+ -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
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