1 2001-10-18 15:37 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
3 * developers-reference.sgml (1.70): further cleanups in the section
4 about picking the distribution
6 2001-10-17 20:38 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
8 * developers-reference.sgml (1.69): reordered some subsections in
9 the section about package uploads, it wasn't organized
11 2001-10-17 20:21 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
13 * developers-reference.sgml (1.68): combining stable with unstable
14 is deprecated in another section, this paragraph needs to be
17 2001-10-17 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
19 * developers-reference.sgml (1.67): updated the section about
20 experimental (better late than never)
22 2001-10-17 20:02 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
24 * developers-reference.sgml (1.66): created a new subsection about
25 uploading to stable, and elaborated about that subject; removed a
26 stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about security
27 uploads (which apply to all distributions equally), and replaced
28 the nonexistent term Security Manager with security officer which I
31 2001-10-03 00:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
33 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.16): Replaced "sévérité" by
34 "gravité" which is a better translation of "severity". Since
35 "gravité" is also used on the debian website, this replacement also
36 helps coherence throughout the french documentation.
38 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
40 * debian/changelog (1.71): shipping 2.8.9
42 2001-10-02 03:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
44 * ChangeLog (1.3): update for next release
46 2001-09-26 19:35 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
48 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.15): Updates reviewed by P.
51 2001-09-08 18:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
53 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.14): In sync with version 1.65...
56 2001-09-08 17:57 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
58 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.13): In sync with version 1.65 of
59 developers-reference.sgml.
61 2001-08-24 12:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
63 * developers-reference.sgml (1.65), debian/changelog (1.70): typo
64 fix thanks to Mark Hodge
66 2001-08-24 12:03 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
68 * debian/changelog (1.69): recent changes
70 2001-08-24 11:52 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
72 * developers-reference.sgml (1.64): integrate many changes from
73 James Troup, part of #102626
75 2001-08-24 11:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
77 * common.ent (1.17): break out &number-of-arches as a variable, god
80 2001-08-22 00:42 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
82 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.12): Removed a brown-paper-bag
85 2001-08-19 23:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
87 * debian/changelog (1.68): prepare version 2.8.9
89 2001-08-18 20:37 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
91 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.11): Synchronized with cvs
92 version 1.63 of developers-reference.sgml
94 2001-07-30 08:15 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
96 * developers-reference.sgml (1.63): replaced some bogus <ftppath>s
97 with <tt>s; noted how there's an upload queue on pandora, too
99 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
101 * ChangeLog (1.2): update
103 2001-07-20 17:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
105 * debian/changelog (1.67): prepare 2.8.8
107 2001-07-20 17:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
109 * developers-reference.sgml (1.62): upcase chapter titles
111 2001-07-17 08:06 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
113 * developers-reference.sgml (1.61): a few more strong words about
116 2001-07-16 18:20 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
118 * developers-reference.sgml (1.60), common.ent (1.16): started a
119 new chapter about the relationship between old and new developers
121 2001-07-15 11:43 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
123 * debian/TODO (1.2): this TODO item is fixed, the reference now
124 explains how people.d.o works
126 2001-07-15 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
128 * developers-reference.sgml (1.59): explained how to CC:
129 debian-devel and how it's not completely obligatory
131 2001-06-21 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
133 * Makefile (1.14), debian/changelog (1.66), debian/control (1.12):
134 update for and require debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
136 2001-06-21 14:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
138 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.10), developers-reference.ja.sgml
139 (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.58), debian/changelog (1.65),
140 debian/rules (1.32): provide proper l10n for SGML date entities;
141 now we have &date-<LANG> entities which should be used
143 2001-06-21 13:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
145 * developers-reference.sgml (1.57), debian/changelog (1.64): Matt
146 Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
147 forwarding bugs upstream
151 2001-06-21 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
153 * developers-reference.sgml (1.56), debian/changelog (1.63):
154 dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when
155 NMU'ing; update documentation accordingly
159 2001-05-15 10:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
161 * developers-reference.sgml (1.55), debian/changelog (1.62): fix a
164 2001-05-12 20:27 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
166 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.9): Reviewed by P. Bataille. Some
169 2001-05-04 20:02 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
171 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.8): Reviewed by P. Batailler
173 2001-04-23 13:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
175 * common.ent (1.15): sample-dist-dirtree had some english in it,
178 2001-04-16 19:44 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
180 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.7): cvs-en-rev entity updated
182 2001-04-16 19:16 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
184 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.6): Some changes from P.
185 Batailler, N. Bertolissio and me.
187 2001-04-15 17:41 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
189 * common.ent (1.14): updated the general numbers
191 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
193 * ChangeLog (1.1): update for next release
195 2001-04-13 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
197 * debian/changelog (1.61): prepare 2.8.6
199 2001-04-13 03:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
201 * debian/rules (1.31): utilze new changelog file
203 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
205 * developers-reference.sgml (1.54): utilize orphan-address and
208 2001-04-13 03:30 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
210 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.5), developers-reference.ja.sgml
211 (1.7): utilize orphan-address
213 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
215 * common.ent (1.13): add orphan-address as the email address for
218 2001-04-13 03:29 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
220 * .cvsignore (1.5): ignore validate stuff
222 2001-04-13 03:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
224 * Makefile (1.13): add a 'validate' rule
226 2001-04-13 03:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
228 * developers-reference.sgml (1.53): fix a typo, thanks to Antoine
231 2001-04-12 16:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
233 * Makefile (1.12): add a 'prepare' target to update ChangeLog
235 2001-04-11 18:51 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
237 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.4): Integrate the second review
238 of N. Bertolissio. This version is in sync with
239 developers-reference.sgml RCS version 1.52.
241 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
243 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.3), developers-reference.ja.sgml
244 (1.6): more purging of url-pkg-manual references
246 2001-04-08 01:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
248 * .cvsignore (1.4): update ignorables
250 2001-04-08 01:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
252 * debian/changelog (1.60): re-prepare 2.8.5, including some French
253 updates; hopefully it is valid SGML
255 2001-04-08 01:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
257 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.5): expunge some references to
258 url-pkg-manual; this version needs updating
260 2001-04-07 21:28 Antoine Hulin <antoine@origan.fdn.fr>
262 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.2): First complete translation of
263 the Debian developer's reference guide. Reviewed by Nicolas
264 Bertolissio. I will integrate 2 patches (from N. Bertolissio and P.
267 2001-04-07 20:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
269 * debian/: changelog (1.59), control (1.11): fix
270 build-depends(-indep) issue, prepare 2.8.5
272 2001-04-05 10:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
274 * debian/TODO (1.1): new file
276 2001-04-05 10:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
278 * common.ent (1.12), developers-reference.sgml (1.52),
279 debian/changelog (1.58): * expunge references to the Debian
280 Packaging Manual, which is now in the
282 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug
284 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
285 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
288 2001-03-27 10:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
290 * common.ent (1.11), developers-reference.sgml (1.51): expunge
293 2001-02-25 12:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
295 * debian/changelog (1.57): prepare next version
297 2001-02-25 12:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
299 * debian/control (1.10): fill in the description a bit more; remove
300 reference to obsolete packaging-manual package (closes: Bug#86505)
302 2001-02-25 12:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
304 * Makefile (1.11): clean is cleaner
306 2001-02-25 12:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
308 * developers-reference.desc (1.9): index.html corrected to be
309 index.en.html (closes: Bug#85933)
311 2001-02-11 08:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
313 * Makefile (1.10): just a convenience alias, saves typing :)
315 2001-01-22 02:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
317 * debian/changelog (1.56): prepare 2.8.3 for release
319 2001-01-22 02:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
321 * debian/rules (1.30): remove a useless dir,
322 /usr/share/developers-reference; fix install rule for i18n
324 2001-01-22 02:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
326 * Makefile (1.9): eliminate japanese PDF which doesn't seem to work
327 properly; some hygenics; proper deps for version.ent
329 2001-01-22 00:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
331 * Makefile (1.8), debian/rules (1.29): build and clean stuff with
332 the top-level makefile, not debian/rules; build support for
333 non-English languages, and build those by default as well
335 2001-01-22 00:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
337 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.4): disable some references to
338 files which no longer exist
340 2001-01-21 18:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
342 * debian/changelog (1.55): sorry, last changelog entry on this file
343 was wrong; prepare 2.8.2 version, document Josip's changes, and
346 2001-01-21 18:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
348 * debian/changelog (1.54), developers-reference.sgml (1.50): *
349 clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
350 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
352 2001-01-21 17:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
354 * debian/control (1.9): add recommends for debian-policy and
357 2001-01-21 17:53 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
359 * developers-reference.sgml (1.49), debian/copyright (1.3): add
362 2000-12-30 11:07 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
364 * developers-reference.sgml (1.48): another update WRT
365 sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
367 2000-12-28 17:00 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
369 * developers-reference.sgml (1.47): included fixes from bug #80740;
370 described testing; described package pools (this particular part
371 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
372 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
375 2000-12-28 14:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
377 * common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
378 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
380 2000-12-18 19:04 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
382 * developers-reference.sgml (1.46): replaced evil latin1-only «»
383 quotation marks, replaced mentions of important severity (in RCB
384 context) with serious severity, some details fixed
386 2000-12-18 18:13 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
388 * developers-reference.sgml (1.45): updated regarding va->klecker
389 move, and www->people move, changed most mentions of dinstall to a
390 generic term "archive maintenance software", removed full path to
391 it because it is in PATH now, mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat
392 vaguely), changed week to month regarding FTP archive waiting time
393 since that\'s more often the case, and changed weeks to hours
394 regarding Maintainers file updates since that\'s also more often
395 the case now, updated some URLs to entities,
396 s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
398 2000-12-18 17:26 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
400 * common.ent (1.9): upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian
403 2000-12-06 10:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
405 * developers-reference.sgml (1.44): fix for WNPP bug filing
406 severities from David Schleef <ds@stm.lbl.gov>
408 2000-11-04 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
410 * debian/: changelog (1.53), rules (1.28): remove some obsolete
413 2000-11-04 13:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
415 * debian/changelog (1.52): changes for 2.8.1
417 2000-11-04 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
419 * developers-reference.sgml (1.43): * update WNPP instructions,
420 based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
422 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas
426 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
428 * developers-reference.desc (1.8), debian/changelog (1.51): update
429 doc-base file for FHS
431 2000-10-15 05:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
433 * debian/changelog (1.50): break up this file a bit
435 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
437 * debian/changelog (1.49): update from CVS Changelogs mostly
439 2000-10-15 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
441 * debian/copyright (1.2): update for new copyright file location;
442 add 2000 copyright dates and mention I am the maintainer [sic]
444 2000-09-20 11:31 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
446 * developers-reference.sgml (1.42): fixed bug closing example,
447 closes: #71198 ;) and updated the perl regexp from current
448 /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian file
450 2000-09-20 11:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
452 * debian/: control (1.8), postinst (1.4), prerm (1.4), rules
453 (1.27): compliance with Policy 3.2.1
455 2000-09-20 10:55 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
457 * common.ent (1.8), developers-reference.sgml (1.41): updated
458 keyring/keyserver stuff; updated lists-archives URL; changed link
459 for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts to the db.d.o CGI;
460 updated new-maintainer stuff; updated for master->ftp-master move;
461 noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other
462 machines could be used if necessary; fixed www.d.o BTS URL; reorder
463 mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure; mention
464 the rsync dupload method; reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us,
465 canonical name non-us is better; other small corrections
467 2000-09-19 19:08 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
469 * common.ent (1.7): fixed cvs.d.o web path
471 2000-09-19 18:59 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
473 * common.ent (1.6): fixed wnpp url
475 2000-09-19 18:45 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
477 * developers-reference.sgml (1.40): fixed orphaning/adopting
478 instructions with regard to the new WNPP
480 2000-09-19 15:35 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
482 * Makefile (1.7): set build as the default rule, made clean a phony
485 2000-07-30 15:44 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
487 * common.ent (1.5): fixed link to Debian machines page
489 2000-07-29 08:11 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
491 * developers-reference.sgml (1.39): fixed broken link
493 2000-07-29 07:30 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
495 * Makefile (1.6): no need to fork a shell, $(notdir) does the job
497 2000-04-16 23:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
499 * debian/: changelog (1.48), rules (1.26): don't compress PDF
501 2000-04-16 22:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
503 * debian/changelog (1.47): first cut 2.7.2
505 2000-04-16 22:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
507 * constitution.en.html (1.3), debian-constitution.desc (1.3),
508 debian/postinst (1.3), debian/prerm (1.3), debian/rules (1.25):
509 purge the constitution
511 2000-04-16 22:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
513 * debian/rules (1.24): install common.ent and housekeeping
515 2000-04-16 22:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
517 * common.ent (1.4), constitution.en.html (1.2),
518 developers-reference.sgml (1.38): changes from Raphael Hertzog
519 <hertzog@debian.org>, 25 Mar 2000
521 2000-03-06 20:17 Josip Rodin <joy@debian.org>
523 * debian/rules (1.23): Changed debiandoc2latex2epdf to
524 debiandoc2latexpdf, otherwise it doesn't build with debiandoc-sgml
527 2000-01-07 11:45 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
529 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.3): Improved translation (thanks
532 1999-10-28 13:38 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
534 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.2): Improved translation (thanks
535 Seiji Kaneko and Hiroshi KISE).
537 1999-10-04 13:49 Yoshizumi Endo <y-endo@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
539 * developers-reference.ja.sgml (1.1): Initial translation.
541 1999-09-12 18:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
543 * debian/changelog (1.46): it helps to sign the changelog
545 1999-09-12 18:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
547 * developers-reference.sgml (1.37), debian/changelog (1.45): add
548 stuff for dinstall bug closing; note alternate names for DSA
550 1999-09-11 21:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
552 * debian/rules (1.22): fix a bug in how we deal with debian/control
554 1999-09-11 21:33 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
556 * debian/: changelog (1.44), control (1.7), rules (1.21):
557 dynamically generate the TOC in the package description from
558 developers-reference.sgml
560 1999-09-11 18:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
562 * common.ent (1.3), developers-reference.sgml (1.36),
563 debian/changelog (1.43): pgp to rsa changes, 2.7.1 first cut
565 1999-08-16 23:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
567 * common.ent (1.2), developers-reference.sgml (1.35),
568 debian/changelog (1.42), debian/control (1.6), debian/rules (1.20):
569 2.7.0 update, see the changelog
571 1999-08-15 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
573 * debian/changelog (1.41): document bug 37392 closing
575 1999-08-15 19:26 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
577 * debian/changelog (1.40): first cut of next version
579 1999-08-15 19:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
581 * developers-reference.sgml (1.34): start effort to split out
584 1999-08-15 19:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
586 * common.ent (1.1): file added
588 1999-08-11 13:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
590 * debian-constitution.desc (1.2): fix section, closing bug 37392
592 1999-07-27 15:38 Christophe Le Bars <clebars@debian.org>
594 * developers-reference.fr.sgml (1.1): add old french translations
596 1999-05-21 21:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
598 * debian/changelog (1.39): 2.6.8, first cut
600 1999-05-21 21:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
602 * developers-reference.sgml (1.33): correction about login name on
603 master -- eight chars or less, not seven (and remove the footnote
606 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
608 * debian/changelog (1.38): version 2.6.7
610 1999-05-21 01:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
612 * developers-reference.sgml (1.32): Ch. "Overview of Debian
613 Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um, someone who uses
614 this should check my description), correct build -> debuild in
615 the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
617 1999-05-21 01:36 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
619 * developers-reference.desc (1.7): capitalize section name (closes
622 1999-05-09 18:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
624 * developers-reference.sgml (1.31): normalize SGML elements which
625 were <foo/.../ to <foo>...</foo>; re-fill paragraphs -- NO CONTENT
628 1999-05-09 01:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
630 * debian/changelog (1.37): 2nd cut
632 1999-05-09 01:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
634 * debian/rules (1.19): re-enable letter-sized PDFs
636 1999-05-09 00:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
638 * debian/changelog (1.36): first cut 2.6.6
640 1999-05-09 00:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
642 * developers-reference.sgml (1.30): * Sec. "The master server":
643 note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
644 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
645 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
646 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
647 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that
649 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks
652 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild,
654 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is
658 1999-05-04 03:32 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
660 * developers-reference.sgml (1.29), debian/changelog (1.35),
661 debian/rules (1.18): * Sec. "Architectures": correction on
662 supported architecture in Linux
664 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the
666 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
667 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes
669 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes
671 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed
674 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard
676 with intro; demoted server sections under that
677 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
678 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on
681 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be
683 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
684 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines
686 a normal developer may have access.
688 1999-04-09 21:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
690 * .cvsignore (1.3): ignorable
692 1999-04-09 21:18 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
694 * debian/: changelog (1.34), rules (1.17): hack 'byhand' file
695 entries to include debian version number in it, so subsequent
696 uploads of the package into Incoming don't step all over each other
698 1999-04-04 13:35 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
700 * developers-reference.sgml (1.28), debian/changelog (1.33): 2.6.3:
701 correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the
702 correct address for PGP key updates
704 1999-04-04 04:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
706 * developers-reference.sgml (1.27), debian/changelog (1.32): Sec.
707 "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all; use
710 1999-04-03 17:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
712 * debian/changelog (1.31): 2nd cut
714 1999-04-03 17:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
716 * debian/control (1.5): match priority in override files on archive
718 1999-04-03 17:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
720 * developers-reference.desc (1.6): fix typo
722 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
724 * debian/changelog (1.30): first cut 2.6.1
726 1999-04-03 16:15 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
728 * debian/rules (1.16): making PDF now, not PS; deal with new
729 debiandoc-sgml output naming
731 1999-04-03 16:14 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
733 * debian/: postinst (1.2), prerm (1.2): deal with
734 debian-constitution docreg files
736 1999-04-03 16:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
738 * developers-reference.sgml (1.26): * Sec. "Maintaining Your
739 Public Key" -- give email addresses as
740 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to
742 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
743 <keyring-maint> instead)
744 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
746 1999-04-03 16:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
748 * developers-reference.desc (1.5): cope with new file name
749 extensions and PDF file
751 1999-04-03 16:01 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
753 * debian-constitution.desc (1.1): new file
755 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
757 * constitution.en.html (1.1): Initial revision
759 1999-04-03 14:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
761 * constitution.en.html (1.1.1.1): import from webml
764 1999-03-03 15:22 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
766 * debian/changelog (1.29): 2.6.0.1 pre version (will be changed to
767 2.6.1 when I release officially)
769 1999-03-03 15:21 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
771 * debian/rules (1.15): housekeeping
773 1999-03-03 15:20 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
775 * developers-reference.sgml (1.25): <chapt id="scope">Scope of This
776 Document -- typo correction
778 <sect id="fakeroot"> -- it's libtricks, not libtool
780 1999-03-03 15:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
782 * developers-reference.desc (1.4): add abstract
784 1999-02-11 03:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
786 * debian/changelog (1.28): plea for frozen too
788 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
790 * debian/changelog (1.27): ver 2.6.0
792 1999-02-11 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
794 * debian/rules (1.14): remove menu file
796 1999-02-11 03:05 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
798 * developers-reference.sgml (1.24): * Ch. "Porting and Being
799 Ported": porter information broken out into it's
800 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to
802 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter
804 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec.
806 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making
809 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new
811 tighten up the language a bit
812 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index
814 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny
816 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes
818 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
820 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports",
822 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your
824 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break
826 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
827 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution
829 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for
832 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite
834 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key
836 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and
838 about how to depart Debian gracefully
839 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
840 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
841 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities,
843 number of available packages
844 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
845 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
847 1999-02-11 03:04 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
849 * developers-reference.desc (1.3): fix maintainer name
851 1999-02-11 00:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
853 * debian/menu (1.2): obsoleted by doc-base file
855 1999-01-19 04:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
857 * developers-reference.sgml (1.23), debian/changelog (1.26): fix
860 1998-12-29 02:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
862 * debian/: changelog (1.25), rules (1.13): added version.ent to
865 1998-12-18 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
867 * developers-reference.sgml (1.22): s/ppc/powerpc/, other
870 1998-12-18 00:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
872 * debian/changelog (1.24): early cut 2.5.0.3
874 1998-11-25 05:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
876 * debian/changelog (1.23): [no log message]
878 1998-11-25 05:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
880 * developers-reference.sgml (1.21): * Sec. "Removing a package
881 from Incoming": tiny section added
882 * some PGP-centricity removed
883 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is
885 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change NMU to
886 source NMU, port to binary NMU, shorten the window for porters
888 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
889 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for
891 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested
894 1998-11-21 13:13 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
896 * developers-reference.sgml (1.20), debian/changelog (1.22): finish
897 1st draft filling in NMU/porter chapter
899 1998-11-19 17:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
901 * developers-reference.sgml (1.19): more work on the NMU/porters
904 1998-11-19 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
906 * debian/: changelog (1.21), rules (1.12): use changelog date for
907 SGML timestamping, not current date
909 1998-11-16 00:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
911 * debian/: changelog (1.20), dirs (1.2): remove obsolete 'dirs'
914 1998-11-16 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
916 * debian/control (1.4): name change
918 1998-11-16 00:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
920 * debian/changelog (1.19): [no log message]
922 1998-11-16 00:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
924 * developers-reference.sgml (1.18): name change
928 1998-11-16 00:10 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
930 * debian/changelog (1.18): [no log message]
932 1998-11-15 20:17 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
934 * developers-reference.sgml (1.17): Sec. "Maintainer changes":
935 renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved to Chapter "Moving,
936 Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages".
938 Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
939 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated
942 of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
944 1998-11-15 04:23 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
946 * Makefile (1.5): fix semantics to match PUBLISHDIR
948 1998-11-12 00:48 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
950 * debian/changelog (1.17): tweaking for release
952 1998-11-12 00:47 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
954 * developers-reference.sgml (1.16): fix copyright byline
956 remove URL to fragment identifier
958 1998-11-11 22:56 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
960 * debian/changelog (1.16): final release version
962 1998-11-09 05:11 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
964 * developers-reference.sgml (1.15), debian/changelog (1.15):
965 "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
966 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
968 1998-11-09 03:09 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
970 * debian/control (1.3): bump stds version
972 1998-11-09 03:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
974 * debian/changelog (1.14): pre-release for 2.5.0
976 1998-11-09 03:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
978 * developers-reference.sgml (1.14): many many changes, see the
979 changelog, I'm too tired...
981 1998-11-07 21:12 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
983 * developers-reference.sgml (1.13): correct new maintainer
984 instructions pretty heavily (see changelog)
988 1998-11-07 21:08 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
990 * debian/rules (1.11): debiandoc2ps done in build, not binary-indep
992 1998-11-07 21:07 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
994 * debian/changelog (1.13): correct some new-maintainer directions
998 1998-11-07 21:06 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1000 * .cvsignore (1.2): [no log message]
1002 1998-11-07 16:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1004 * debian/rules (1.10): why bother checking for root, don't be a
1007 1998-11-05 02:34 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1009 * developers-reference.sgml (1.12): fill in servers section
1011 1998-11-05 02:24 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1013 * debian/changelog (1.12): first cut
1015 1998-11-01 17:40 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1017 * developers-reference.sgml (1.11): s/m86k/m68k/
1019 1998-11-01 17:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1021 * developers-reference.sgml (1.10): use new <package> tag where
1022 appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1024 advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1027 rename 'Whirlwind Tour' section to 'Overview of...'
1029 1998-10-19 00:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1031 * debian/rules (1.9): cosmetic changes
1033 1998-10-01 03:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1035 * debian/changelog (1.11): note the new chapter on maintainer tools
1037 1998-10-01 03:44 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1039 * developers-reference.sgml (1.9): spell check
1041 1998-10-01 03:28 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1043 * Makefile (1.4): rename html rule to build rule, since it doesn't
1046 1998-10-01 03:25 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1048 * developers-reference.sgml (1.8), debian/changelog (1.10):
1049 incorporated suggestions from or inspired by Branden Robinson
1051 1998-09-28 06:19 olly
1053 * Makefile (1.3): Correction to makefile target
1055 1998-09-28 01:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1057 * Makefile (1.2): make ddp publish rule really publish
1059 1998-09-28 00:59 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1061 * debian/changelog (1.9): minor changes
1063 1998-09-28 00:58 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1065 * debian/rules (1.8): remove source-depends rule, not needed....
1067 1998-09-28 00:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1069 * Makefile (1.1): initial
1071 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1073 * debian/changelog (1.8): First cut for 2.4.1.5 version
1075 1998-09-27 22:39 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1077 * developers-reference.sgml (1.7): Fix instructions for new
1078 maintainers, incorporating the actual text sent to prospective new
1079 maintainers. Improve this text a bit for readability, coverage,
1080 and organization. Significant changes were patched back to the
1081 new-maintainers group, if they care to use them. (closes Bug#26948)
1083 Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what
1084 should and should not be included in this Reference.
1086 Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an
1087 email from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1089 Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1091 Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1093 Little corrections here and there.
1095 1998-09-21 04:16 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1097 * developers-reference.sgml (1.6), debian/changelog (1.7): complete
1098 stuff for this round of textual overhauls, notably adding section
1099 on removing, renaming, orphaning packages
1101 1998-09-20 19:43 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1103 * debian/rules (1.7): fix source-depends
1105 fix dependancy for build
1107 1998-09-20 19:42 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1109 * developers-reference.sgml (1.5): first cut for 2.4.1.4, which is
1110 a lot of changes. Still need to fix terminology for "section" and
1111 "distribution" and the like
1113 1998-09-20 19:41 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1115 * .cvsignore (1.1): ignorables
1117 1998-07-28 01:02 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1119 * debian/: rules (1.6), changelog (1.6): added source depends
1122 1998-07-16 00:55 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1124 * debian/rules (1.5): lotsa bugfixing
1126 1998-07-16 00:54 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1128 * debian/changelog (1.5): [no log message]
1130 1998-07-15 23:57 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1132 * debian/rules (1.4): radical aph'ification of rules
1134 1998-07-15 23:50 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1136 * debian/changelog (1.4): bump
1138 1998-07-14 22:49 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1140 * debian/control (1.2): update mainter name
1142 1998-07-14 22:46 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1144 * developers-reference.sgml (1.4): plaster my name all over it
1146 format the SGML like I like it
1148 1998-07-14 22:45 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1150 * developers-reference.desc (1.2): switch section
1152 1998-07-14 17:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1154 * developers-reference.sgml (1.3), debian/changelog (1.3),
1155 debian/rules (1.3): dynamic version numbering and date
1157 1998-07-14 16:31 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1159 * developers-reference.sgml (1.2), debian/changelog (1.2),
1160 debian/rules (1.2): non-maintainer release 2.4.1.2
1162 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1164 * developers-reference.desc (1.1), developers-reference.sgml (1.1),
1165 debian/changelog (1.1), debian/control (1.1), debian/copyright
1166 (1.1), debian/dirs (1.1), debian/menu (1.1), debian/postinst (1.1),
1167 debian/prerm (1.1), debian/rules (1.1): Initial revision
1169 1998-07-14 15:27 Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
1171 * developers-reference.desc (1.1.1.1), developers-reference.sgml
1172 (1.1.1.1), debian/changelog (1.1.1.1), debian/control (1.1.1.1),
1173 debian/copyright (1.1.1.1), debian/dirs (1.1.1.1), debian/menu
1174 (1.1.1.1), debian/postinst (1.1.1.1), debian/prerm (1.1.1.1),
1175 debian/rules (1.1.1.1): \Initial Import\\