X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2Fchangelog;h=0756e9f829d82f9de0a44785bc310ea9be1eb0a0;hp=9c24607414ffc9f9aa06c407461a1f50f198e9cb;hb=c34da2c29de16a308aab59e3d00c75a8a16d6ff5;hpb=6a001a2df55e80bb86fe797929cd74c11f9773eb diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 9c24607..0756e9f 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,5 +1,414 @@ +developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * from Josip Rodin: + - a few more strong words about sponsoring + - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new + developers + + -- Adam Di Carlo Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low + + * French updates + * fix a typo in a link + * dpkg-buildpackage -m flag was changed for -e when NMU'ing; + update documentation accordingly + closes: #101676 + * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about + forwarding bugs upstream + closes: #98312 + * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date- + entities which should be used + * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml + * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better + + -- Adam Di Carlo Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin + * French version: completely up-to-date now + * Makefile: add a 'validate' target + * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to + changelog.Debian.gz + * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning + closes: #93727 + + -- Adam Di Carlo Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low + + * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the + Policy + * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual; + this translation needs updating + * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure + practices (closes: Bug#88623) + * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US + (closes: Bug#89694) + * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep + * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's + reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas + Bertolissio. + * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing + included yet, however + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low + + * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package + (closes: Bug#86505) + * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more + * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html + (closes: Bug#85933) + * Makefile: clean is cleaner + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * build and provide French and Japanese versions + * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile + * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out + of date) + * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir + + -- Adam Di Carlo Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Josip Rodin: + - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740) + - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL + - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed + most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance + software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now, + mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to + month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often + the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file + updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some + URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/ + - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of + important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some + details fixed + - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated + sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come) + - described testing; described package pools (this particular part + required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but + it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other + smaller fixes + - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson + (closes: Bug#80896) + * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual + * update copyright notice for 2001 + * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef + * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative" + * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413) + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon + (closes: Bug#69435) + * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger + (closes: Bug#72810) + * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin + . Thanks, Josip! + + * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes: + Bug#68929, Bug#70384) + * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198) + * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian + * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783) + * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841) + * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369) + * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines + could be used if necessary + * 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 + * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP + * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page, + lists-archives, www.d.o BTS + * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts + to the db.d.o CGI + * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell + + * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name + in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium + + * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only + documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an + error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever + ftpmaster feels is best is fine + * + * include common.ent as well as version.ent + (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926) + * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove + constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian + package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file + * + * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog + * + * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora": + explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079) + * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release + team (closes: Bug#52906) + * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact + that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877) + * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email + (closes: Bug#40258) + * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian + Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908) + - added a section about the LDAP database + - added a section about the "on vacation" message + - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers + (closes: Bug#43878) + - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs + - added a section about Quality Assurance effort + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away + from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as + PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than + RSA + * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff + * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs + via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690) + * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are + closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry + * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources + * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package + description from developers-reference.sgml + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements + into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes + throughout + * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian') + (closes Bug#37392) + * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable + releases are available at archive.debian.org + * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale + information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541); + Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added + samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804) + * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package + producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added + * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this + procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib) + only + * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather + than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention + that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key; + * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point + to the PGP FAQ + * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and + clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be + subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce + * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to + http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead + * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2 + * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only + uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a + suggestion from James Troup + * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org + * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage + * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving + /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the + text here and there + + -- Adam Di Carlo Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low + + * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters, + not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos) + + -- Adam Di Carlo Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low + + * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987) + * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base + bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own + packages? (closes Bug#37392) + * 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) + + -- Adam Di Carlo Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * 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) + * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low + + * 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. + + -- Adam Di Carlo Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low + + * debian/rules: 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 + + -- Adam Di Carlo Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low + + * correction from James Troup -- is indeed the correct + address for PGP key updates + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low + + * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all + * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration + * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would + like to talk to me about folding your version into the + developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400 + +developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694) + * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool + * 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 + instead) + * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget" + * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril + + * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for + constitution + * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file; + ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension + * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive + + -- Adam Di Carlo Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low + + * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation! + * 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 elements to where appropriate + + -- Adam Di Carlo Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500 + +developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low + + * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML + (closes Bug#31034) + + -- Adam Di Carlo 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 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 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 @@ -36,12 +445,12 @@ developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date - -- Adam P. Harris Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500 + -- Adam Di Carlo 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 + top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the "major", the second-level number means significant content changes, and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements. Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.