debian-faq (8.1) unstable; urgency=medium [ Joost van Baal-Ilić ] * faqinfo.sgml: update link to Choosing a Debian distribution FAQ, on request of its author Kamaraju Kusumanchi. Thanks Stéphane Blondon for reporting. (Closes: #809665) * basic_defs.sgml: add missing words. Thanks Simon Kainz for the patch. (Closes: #770926) * sofware.sgml: update to current status of djb's software (qmail, djbdns etc.) in Debian. Text based upon idea of Stéphane Blondon. (Closes: #805318) [ victory ] * 2016-02-26: Update Japanese translation by Takuma Yamada, reviewed by victory. [ Holger Wansing ] * Convert German translation to po format * 2016-01-15: Update German translation to 100%, reviewed by Markus Hiereth * Fix several typos, missing dots and commas. (Closes: #788361) * Remove section about dependency based boot sequence. (Closes: #787153) * Update section "Debian and the kernel". (Closes: #599018) [ Lev "dogsleg" Lamberov ] * 2015-12-12: Update Russian translation [ Thomas Vincent ] * 2015-07-07: Updated French translation, proofread by Baptiste Jammet and Étienne Gilli [ Beatrice Torracca ] * 2016-01-17: Updated Italian translation [ Javier Fernández-Sanguino ] * Makefile: modify to take into account PO dependencies and build the text, html and other targets based on that. This makes it possible to build the translated content properly without going through the 'all' target, which is useful for debugging. -- Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:19:08 +0200 debian-faq (8.0) unstable; urgency=medium [ Javier Fernández-Sanguino ] * Bump up the version of the FAQ to the latest release, we have forgotten to do so in the last uploads * Update for the Jessie release: - faqstatic.ent: Update the number of packages and the release names - ftparchives.sgml: Add the names of the future releases (stretch), document the reason why the names come from Toy Story movies and add (in the comments) a semi-complete list of Toy Story names for all the movies * nexttime.sgml: More information on Release Goals, updating the documentation based on the goals that have been already accomplished. Also add the Security Hardening goal to the list, as this is actively worked on and has a huge impact on the users and system's security * Makefile: make sure faqdynamic.ent exists before validating the document * debian/source/format: Document this as a native package [ Beatrice Torracca ] * Updated Italian translation -- Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña Fri, 01 May 2015 11:13:18 +0200 debian-faq (5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low [ Simon Paillard ] * Fix typo in French translation, thanks Filipus Klutiero (Closes: #721684) [ David Prévot ] * Workaround #725931 (po4a became disrespectful about tag order) (Closes: #725586) [ Joost van Baal-Ilić ] * Remove section on package termcap-compat: not shipped any more since 2005. Thanks to Joseph Lenox (Closes: #714387) * "Debian Developer" is not "Debian developer", refer to http://www.debian.org/intro/help (Closes: #721207) [ Javier Fernández-Sanguino ] * Acknowledge NMU (Closes: #765072, #725586, #765073) * uptodate.sgml: Change aptitude dist-upgrade to full-upgrade (Closes: #684003) * faqstatic.ent: Change release number to just '7'. The release numbering scheme changed in wheezy, release is now only the major number only. (Closes: #721685) * basic_defs.sgml: Change 'cooperative statement' and replace with the definition used in https://www.debian.org/intro/about.en.html#what (Closes: #452387) * uptodate.sgml, pkgtools.sgml: Reorder content: move description of tools to the package tools section. Merge the two sections that describe aptitude as they provide redundant content (9.1.1 and 9.1.3) (Closes: #548453) * pkgtools.sgml: Add quotes in wildcard example (Closes: #692895) * choosing.sgml: - Try to improve the text and provide more neutral advice on choosing a given suite (Closes: #721112) - Fix typos reported by David Richfield (Closes: #503897) * contrib.sgml: - Rewrite the donation content, removed the FSF, adapted SPI content and included information from other (trusted) organizations (Closes: 721281) - Review description of how the new testing release is formed is incorrect and when testing is considered 'releasable' (Closes: 724039) * customizing.sgml: - Document that rc.local exists, but indicate other ways to customise the boot process anyway (Closes: #500447) - Small update to section 11.5, add reference to insserv and startpar, as well as a footnote regarding systemd. Note that invoke-rc.d should not be used (Closes: #662206) * software.sgml: Update the information on how to find the version and the distribution running, using lsb_release (Closes: #761584) * debian/control: - Update Standards version - Update maintainer's name to use UTF-8 - Do not use the FAQ acronym in the packages' description (lintian error fix) * debian/rules: - Use dh_testroot instead of testing manually - Replace dh_clean -k with dh_prep -- Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:43:52 +0200 debian-faq (5.0.2+nmu1) unstable; urgency=low * NMU - fix RC bugs preventing package from entering jessie. * Fix build problem: No candidate position for the addendum. (Closes: #725586). * Remove bash'isms from Makefile:clean so rebuilding after a "make clean" works. The language Makefiles now call the cleanup target in the main Makefile instead of duplicating the code across all Makefiles. (Closes: #765073) * Add textlive-lang-* dependencies so it will build with pbuilder. (Closes: #765072) -- Russell Stuart Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:41:10 +1000 debian-faq (5.0.2) unstable; urgency=low [ Changes by Javier Fernández-Sanguino ] * faqstatic.ent: Update the information for the Wheezy release * compat.sgml: - Update the status of ports based on http://www.debian.org/ports/ - Add the new architectures supported in Wheezy * ftparchives.sgml: - List Jessie as one of the used names - Document why unstable freezes also when testing is frozen - Describe Release Critical bugs and their impact on release * debian-faq.sgml: Update copyright date (Closes: #667003) * Translation updates: - Italian, provided by Beatrice Torracca - French, provided by Simon Paillard [ Changes by David Prévot ] * Update Russian translation, thanks to Yuri Kozlov (Closes: #681104, #710303) * Fix typos spotted by Adam D. Barratt -- Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:20:22 +0200 debian-faq (5.0.1) unstable; urgency=low * Team upload [ Changes by Simon Paillard ] * debian/control: remove Pierre Machard from uploaders (Closes: #637645) * Update French translation [ Changes by Javier Fernández-Sanguino ] * software.sgml: fix typo (Closes: Bug#639643) * compat.sgml: Remove the reference to Motif applications (Closes: #646796) * compat.sgml: Update the information relative to current ports using http://www.debian.org/ports/index.en.html as main reference: - Remove ports which were dropped in Squeeze - Add information on ports to other kernels (non-Linux ports) Also, fix some formatting: - turn all the lists into proper lists (instead of paragraphs) - reorder alphabetically the ports to make it easier to compare to lists in the Ports page or the Release Notes [ Changes by David "taffit" Prévot ] * support.sgml, it/support.sgml, po4a/po/debian-faq.pot, po4a/po/fr.po, uk/support.sgml: Respect CN on the website * ftparchives.sgml: remove useless (R). * Handle Russian and Italian translation with po4a (Closes: #419544) * Update Russian translation, thanks to Yuri Kozlov (Closes: #508818, #664198) * Update Italian translation, thanks to Beatrice Torracca * debian/control: - Add Russian package - Remove article in short description - Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no changes needed) * debian/rules: Add build-arch and build-indep targets -- David Prévot Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:24:10 -0400 debian-faq (5.0) unstable; urgency=low * Team upload [ Changes by Joost van Baal-Ilić ] * Acknowlegde NMU by Christoph Egger (thanks!) (Closes: #562298) * debian/changelog: updated. * debian/control: add Depends: ${misc:Depends} to binary packages, as suggested by lintian to honor possible debhelper-added dependencies. * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version from 3.7.3 to 3.9.1 (no changes needed.) * debian/control: add priority fields to all binary packages, in order to finally get it in sync with Debian archive's override file. * debian/control: change Build-Depends-Indep's obsolete tetex-bin, tetex-extra into texlive, texlive-latex-extra, texlive-lang-cyrillic (thanks lintian and dpkg-genbuilddeps). * debian/*{prerm,postinst}: remove these empty files. * debian/changelog: convert 1996 entries to new format. * debian/copyright: update list of maintainers. * software.sgml: update information on djb-ware (qmail etc.) shipped with Debian. * debian/README.devel: updated. [ Changes by Jens Seidel ] * de/choosing.sgml: Proofreading by Martin Horoba. This include typo fixes as well as many capitalisations of stable/testing/unstable. * de/pkgtools.sgml: A few minor corrections by Martin Horoba. * de/ftparchives.sgml: Translation update by Benjamin Eckenfels. [ Changes by Osamu Aoki ] * pkgtools.sgml: Updated apt-get and aptitude explanation. (Closes: #594512) [ Changes by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino ] * pkg_basics.sgml: Describe the Breaks relationship and add proper references to the Policy Manual (Closes: #591656) * ftparchives.sgml: Update release names and add the latest ones too * it/*.sgml: Translation update by Beatrice Torracca (Closes: #598960) * choosing.sgml: Fix typo reported by Jonathan Vasquez * faqstatic.ent, ftparchives.sgml: Update for Squeeze * faqstatic.ent: Fix the number of arquitectures * pkgtools.sgml: Remove reference to (obsolete) APT HOWTO and point, instead, to the Debian Reference. Thanks to James Montgomery for bringing up this bug and to Osamu Aoki for the fix. * uptodate.sgml: Review the text recommending aptitude for upgrades amongst Debian releases as suggested by Nicolas Roeser (Message-ID: <4D7CDD6F.50200@ulm.ccc.de>). Adjust the reference to CDs as Debian is also shipped in other media formats. * fr/uptodate.sgml, it/uptodate.sgml, uptodate.sgml: Patch Nicolas Roeser (Message-ID: <4D84FE49.3040507@ulm.ccc.de>): - Minor typo fix in English file; - Updates the Italian and French versions to say that aptitude is not the recommended tool for release upgrades instead of the opposite. [ Changes by Simon Paillard ] * debian/changelog: adapt in order avoid syntax-error-in-debian-changelog * debian/control: Add ghostscript to build-deps * debian/control: Add myself to uploaders * {it,pl,zh_CN}/software.sgml: Replace the deprecated mirror list location by the current link * zh_CN/contrib.sgml: Fix typo Debian * it/choosing.sgml: Add italian translation of choosing.sgml (prevented build) file from #598960 * Add po4a support, thanks to David Prévot and Denis Barbier (Closes: #594831) [ Changes by David "taffit" Prévot ] * fr/ftparchives.sgml: Proofread [Bernard Chomel] * fr/uptodate.sgml: Grammar fix -- Simon Paillard Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:33:05 +0200 debian-faq (4.0.4+nmu1) unstable; urgency=low * Non-maintainer upload. * Update dependencies for tetex-bin removal (Closes: #562298) -- Christoph Egger Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:58:54 +0100 debian-faq (4.0.4) unstable; urgency=high * Urgency set to high to get this into lenny. The only changes since last accepted upload (4.0.2) are: Fix FTBFS and translation updates. [ Changes by Joost van Baal ] * debian/control: change priority from standard to optional: sync with Debian archive's override file. -- Joost van Baal Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:06:02 +0200 debian-faq (4.0.3) unstable; urgency=high * Urgency set to high to get this into lenny. The only changes are: Fix FTBFS and translation updates. [ Changes by Frank Lichtenheld ] * debian/control: Add the Recommends from latex-cjk-chinese to the Build-Dependencies to fix FTBFS. (Closes: #479915) [ Changes by Simon Paillard ] * fr/software.sgml, fr/uptodate.sgml, fr/pkgtools.sgml, fr/choosing.sgml: Proofread [Stéphane Blondon] * fr/pkgtools.sgml: Proofread [Geoffroy Youri] * fr/pkgtools.sgml: Sync pkgtools.sgml with EN r5009 [Simon Paillard] * fr/redist.sgml: Proofread [Simon Paillard] * fr/software.sgml: Proofread [Cyril Brulebois] [ Changes by Jens Seidel ] * de/faqinfo.sgml, de/customizing.sgml, de/basic_defs.sgml: Translation update by Benjamin Eckenfels * de/customizing.sgml, de/contrib.sgml, de/basic_defs.sgml: Proofreading * de/contrib.sgml: Some improvements by Benjamin Eckenfels * de/basic_defs.sgml: Proofreading by Martin Horoba and Benjamin Eckenfels * de/compat.sgml: Minor German translation update from Benjamin Eckenfels also incooperating a few fixes found by Martin Horoba. -- Joost van Baal Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:38:30 +0200 debian-faq (4.0.2) unstable; urgency=low [ Changes by Joost van Baal ] * Makefile: make sure version is found: no more "CVS" on titlepage. [ Changes by Simon Paillard ] * fr/choosing.sgml: Initial translation [Simon Paillard, Thomas Péteul], Proofread [ Florent USSEIL ] -- Joost van Baal Sun, 25 May 2008 20:30:39 +0200 debian-faq (4.0.1) unstable; urgency=low [ Changes by Joost van Baal ] * debian/control: Add missing Build-Depends-Indep latex-cjk-chinese, needed for generating debian-faq-zh-cn's debian-faq.zh_CN.pdf and debian-faq.zh_CN.ps. Thanks Lucas Nussbaum. (Closes: #479915) * Added old debian/changelog entries from doc-debian package: history of the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ is recorded there. * fr/debian-faq.sgml, fr/choosing.sgml: Add dummy file fr/choosing.sgml in order to get rid of undefined identifier `choosing' (and fix fatal error in build). [ Changes by Simon Paillard ] * fr/customizing.sgml, fr/ftparchives.sgml: Proofread back from 2006 [Jean-Luc Coulon, Cyril Brulebois] * fr/faqinfo.sgml, fr/contrib.sgml, fr/customizing.sgml, fr/basic_defs.sgml, fr/compat.sgml, fr/getting.sgml: Proofread [Thomas Péteul] * fr/ftparchives.sgml: Sync with EN r4992; fr/faqinfo.sgml: Sync with EN r4818; fr/contrib.sgml: Sync with EN r5023; fr/customizing.sgml: Sync with EN r5016; fr/getting.sgml: Sync with EN r4980; fr/kernel.sgml: Sync with EN r5015; fr/nexttime.sgml: Sync with EN r5156; fr/pkg_basics.sgml: Sync with EN r5004 * fr/redist.sgml, fr/software.sgml, fr/support.sgml, fr/uptodate.sgml: Sync with EN [Thomas Péteul] * fr/ftparchives.sgml: Update paragraph about old versions [Remys Morrisset] * fr/getting.sgml: Proofread [Thomas Péteul, Stephane Blondon] * fr/kernel.sgml: Proofread [Stephane Blondon] * fr/nexttime.sgml, fr/pkg_basics.sgml: Proofread [Thomas Péteul] [ Changes by Jens Seidel ] * de/choosing.sgml, de/debian-faq.sgml, de/faqinfo.sgml, de/nexttime.sgml: Translation update by Benjamin Eckenfels. -- Joost van Baal Sun, 25 May 2008 20:26:22 +0200 debian-faq (4.0) unstable; urgency=low * The Debian FAQ is now maintained using SVN (no longer using CVS.) [ Changes by Joost van Baal ] * The Debian FAQ's debian/ packaging stuff is now maintained using a revision control system: SVN on Alioth. - debian/control: Add Vcs-* headers. * This package no longer is called doc-debian, but debian-faq; it contains the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ only. See doc-debian's debian/changelog for the history of the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ. (Closes: #473998) - debian/rules: remove stuff referring to constitution or social-contract. - debian/{prerm,postinst}: remove stuff referring to reporting-bugs, manifesto, mailing-lists or social-contract. - debian/control: package is now called debian-faq, not doc-debian. Rewrote package description. Add Conflicts: doc-debian <= 3.1.5. - debian/copyright: remove license conditions of non-FAQ documents. * debian/control: add Homepage header. * debian/control: add myself to Uploaders, after ack from jfs. * debian/rules: faq no longer is in FAQ/, but in .: adjust build rules. * debian/doc-base: imported from doc-debian-3.1.5/doc-base/debian-faq. updated list of authors. * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version from 3.6.2.0 to 3.7.3 (no changes needed.) * Create new binary Debian packages debian-faq-de, debian-faq-fr, debian-faq-it, debian-faq-zh-cn for translations which are somewhat up to date and not yet available as Debian packages. Use debhelper's dh_install to deal with these multiple packages: we now build-depend upon debhelper. When at it, use dh_installdeb, dh_gencontrol, dh_md5sums and dh_builddeb too. - debian/{rules,control}: install de, fr, it and zh_CN translations too. - debian/compat: enforce debhelper compatibility level 5. - debian/rules: build needed languages (de, fr, it and zh_CN) only. - debian/debian-faq-{de,fr,it,zh-cn}.{dirs,install}: add debhelper files for building extra binary packages. - debian/rules: use debhelper's dh_installchangelog, dh_installdocs and dh_compress to handle debian/{copyright,changelog} and doc-base stuff. add needed dh_clean calls. - debian/rules: replace handcrafted chmod/chown call with dh_fixperms. - debian/debian-faq*.doc-base, debian/debian-faq*.{prerm,postrm}: add doc-base registrations for all packages, let debhelper deal with them. * Update the content of the FAQ files to their latest SVN versions, from svn.debian.org ddp/manuals/trunk/debian-faq: - changes by joostvb, 2008-04-03 * faqinfo.sgml: mention debian-faq-de, debian-faq-fr and other translation packages, update svn url. - changes by joostvb, 2008-03-24 - 2008-03-29 * uptodate.sgml: remove remark only relevant to < etch * software.sgml: do not explicitly mention lenny: make text more stable * compat.sgml: get rid of & in url: make sure typesetters do not choke on it * nexttime.sgml: remove obsolete entry on security * nexttime.sgml: add entry on d-i and on releasegoal "Dependency based boot sequence" * nexttime.sgml: port to netbsd is stalled, freebsd is getting better * nexttime.sgml: mention new armel port. update SuperH status. drop amd64: of course we support that: old news * nexttime.sgml: add some lenny release goals about i18n from http://release.debian.org/lenny/goals.txt * compat.sgml: Debian Etch is LSB certified. Thanks Stanislav Gromov for reporting this. (Closes: #473108) * faqinfo.sgml: faq moved from cvs to svn * redist.sgml: debian-ham is discontinued * contrib.sgml: the gnu system by fsf is no longer the planned gnu/hurd * support.sgml: do not repeat detailed instructions from http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting. people should use reportbug anyway * support.sgml: fix typo * support.sgml: mention ftp as last way to get bug-reporting.txt: its no longer widely used * support.sgml: closed bugs are not removed but archived * support.sgml: mention web forums and wiki next to mailing lists and usenet news. add pointer to support page at debian website * support.sgml: everybody has a forms-capable WWW browser these days: remove obsolete remark * customizing.sgml: remove comment: yes our description is correct. give another useful dpkg-divert invocation * kernel.sgml: --force-remove-essential is not needed when purging linux-image * kernel.sgml: kernel-image is now called linux-image * kernel.sgml: remove obsolete make-kpkg notes. we refer to make-kpkg's documenation anyway * uptodate.sgml: oops, apt-proxy was already in. remove addition from revision 5010 * uptodate.sgml: dpkg-ftp is obsolete * uptodate.sgml: add section on apt-proxy * pkgtools.sgml: add another useful dpkg-deb feature * pkgtools.sgml: add section on synaptic, move section on dselect to "other tools" section * pkgtools.sgml: do not be english-centric: suggest aptitude-doc virtual package; not aptitude-doc-en * pkgtools.sgml: update comment * pkg_basics.sgml: the X Window System no long is called X11, but X.Org. Just refer to it as "X" * pkg_basics.sgml: add missing "," * pkg_basics.sgml: console-apt is gone, use aptitude * pkg_basics.sgml: the archive has pools now * pkg_basics.sgml: dpkg-deb is for lowlevel interaction only * pkg_basics.sgml: dpkg-divers is part of the package tools * pkg_basics.sgml: dpkg-split is hardly in use any more * pkg_basics.sgml: mention frontend for dpkg and dpkg-source * pkg_basics.sgml: add introduction exaplaing low level character of chapter * customizing.sgml: do not use uft-8 quoting characters: i am not sure what would cause that to break... * customizing.sgml: Apply patch contributed by Peter Moulder in Message-Id: <20080118235154.GA32134@mail.internode.on.net>, clarifying and updating some init-script issues. (Closes: #461492) * ftparchives.sgml: remove comments about woody and older stuff * ftparchives.sgml: add . for closing sentence; s/freeware/free software/ * ftparchives.sgml: the fact that distributions are directories is an implementation detail: move it somewhat more under the carpet * ftparchives.sgml: use more recent release names: people wont even know these prehistoric ones * compat.sgml: add comment with idea for another question * compat.sgml: libc5 packages where in sarge, no longer in etch. remove section * ftparchives.sgml: experimental is a full blown distribution now, move description to other section * ftparchives.sgml: there is "expermimental" and "oldstable" too: mention these * software.sgml: Add some more questions on non-free software commonly found on GNU/Linux systems: Flash (Don't mention Macromedia/Adobe's non-free player); VoIP (don't mention non-free Skype); mention ndiswrapper; mention Google Earth (or is that not suitable for this faq?) * software.sgml: update section "Where is qmail/ezmlm/djbdns?" now that djb is placing his software into the public domain. * getting.sgml: Mention new installation methods: USB, TFTP etc. * getting.sgml: remove broken link * getting.sgml: http://cdimage.debian.org/ is now just a redirect to http://www.debian.org/CD. Question "I have my own CD-writer, are there CD images available somewhere?" duplicates "Where/how can I get the Debian installation disks?". Removed it. * getting.sgml: we do DVDs too, not just CDs * getting.sgml: Given the current size of Debian, installing from floppy is next to impossible. Therefore, remove section "Can I install it from a pile of floppy disks?" * getting.sgml: http://www.debian.org/CD is more up to date on getting CD images than this faq: add referral * pkg_basics.sgml: Mention wrapper tools for building .deb from source package. Thanks Tim Richardson for his suggestion in <1203086175.11942.24.camel@d420>. * ftparchives.sgml: move question about low-level implementation details to end of chapter * uptodate.sgml: dselect built in access methods (like dpkg-ftp) are obsolete: remove section * software.sgml: non-us is obsolete since sarge: remove section * getting.sgml: dselect's build-in access methods are obsolete. Do not talk about low level cd image details like Rock Ridge extensions: that's not suitable for newbies. * pkgtools.sgml: fix bug in description of "apt-get dist-upgrade". explain difference with "apt-get upgrade" - changes by joostvb, 2007-09-21 * pkg_basics.sgml: Files containing Debian packages typically have a component representing the Debian architecture in their name. Thanks Justin Pryzby. (Closes: #443472) - changes by joostvb, 2007-07-11 * basic_defs.sgml: Michael K. Johnson's INFO-SHEET and META-FAQ have been unmaintained for a very long time. Refer to Linux Online instead. * basic_defs.sgml: We don't release every several months, but at about every 2 years (checked potato - woody - sarge - etch ( - lenny) release dates). FTP archives are update twice, not once a day. * basic_defs.sgml: when asked what debian is, first tell about the nice things. explain the boring stuff like what a distribution is later: swapped 2 sections * support.sgml: remove notes about sections of manpages: too much techical detail for intented audience. give example "man ls" instead and refer to man(1) * support.sgml: mention yelp too, as an alternative for dwww, doc-central e.a. [ Changes by Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña ] * Update the content of the FAQ files to their latest SVN versions, from svn.debian.org ddp/manuals/trunk/debian-faq: - changes by jfs, 2007-12-16 - 2007-12-17 * faqinfo.sgml: Add web CVS interface location * faqinfo.sgml: Add Kamaraju Kusumanchi to the credits * debian-faq.sgml: Slight formatting change to (c) * faqstatic.ent: Add the oldreleasename entity * getting.sgml: Add codenames to the version list * choosing.sgml: Convert paragraphs to list and expand on one a bit * choosing.sgml: Rewrite some sections, use entities and make the Knoppix section much more generic * choosing.sgml: Remove extra space * choosing.sgml: Reformat to SGML * choosing.sgml: Add Kamaraju Kusumanchi's GPLd FAQ that helps users choose Debian distributions. * debian-faq.sgml, faqstatic.ent: Add new section on choosing the distribution based on the work by Kamaraju Kusumanchi * uptodate.sgml: Improve description of new items * pkgtools.sgml, software.sgml, uptodate.sgml: Add contributions by Eric , which were lost in the email - changes by jfs, 2007-09-23 - 2007-09-30 * customizing.sgml: Add clarification on device permissions * pkg_basics.sgml: Fix sgml error * pkgtools.sgml: Typo fix * pkgtools.sgml: Init handles runlevels, not the kernel * pkgtools.sgml: Aptitude is the preferred package management at console - changes by jfs, 2007-08-13 - 2007-08-23 * pkgtools.sgml: Note that you have to install the package * kernel.sgml: Add --initrd to make-kpkg calls * compat.sgml: Added amd64 and a reference to the ports page * compat.sgml: M68k is not supported on etch * software.sgml: Add a reference to the section describing custom kernels * software.sgml: Wrap example in var * pkgtools.sgml: Mention tasksel as part of the package management tools * software.sgml: Enhance the software description with information on how to build a development environment - changes by jfs, 2007-02-22 - 2007-04-08 * ftparchives.sgml: Add etch to the releases * getting.sgml: Use the entity instead * faqstatic.ent: Etch has been release, enjoy! * uptodate.sgml: Change http.us to ftp.us and update the pointer to the latest location of the mirror list * faqstatic.ent: Revert values (to sarge's) so that the website is consistent with the current status [ Changes by Simon Paillard ] * Update the content of the FAQ files to their latest SVN versions, from svn.debian.org ddp/manuals/trunk/debian-faq: - changes by spaillar, 2007-10-14 - 2007-10-18 * fr/pkg_basics.sgml: False friend [ by "fully_associative" ] * fr/pkgtools.sgml, fr/support.sgml: Typos [ Yannick Palanque ] - changes by spaillar, 2007-02-11 - 2007-02-14 * fr/customizing.sgml: Proofreading [Laurent Leonard] * fr/basic_defs.sgml: Proofread [Leonard Laurent] * fr/customizing.sgml: Add commas [Leonard Laurent] * fr/customizing.sgml: Fix spelling [Leonard Laurent] -- Joost van Baal Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:21:53 +0100 doc-debian (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=high [ High urgency, since the previous version was shipping out of date versions of Debian's core documents and still refered to sarge as the latest release] * Updated the contents under doc/ with the latest version from the website * Synchronise the FAQ contents with CVS: - Update the numbers - Add 'lenny' into the list of codenames - Update and expand the contents of the standard task (no longer includes developer tools) - AMD64 is already available as an official arquitecture * Added the latest version of the constitution and the social-contract as byhand files so FTP masters can update the contents of ftp-master's doc/ directories (Closes: 262425) -- Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:07:56 +0100 doc-debian (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=low [ Changes by Joost van Baal ] * Update software.sgml, as Java is now free (Closes: #398682) [ Changes by Jens Seidel ] * Update kernel.sgml with some markups and pending FIXMes [ Changes by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino ] * Added an item in the TODO * Update the Makefile to clean some files that were not removed from the package and broke multiple rebuilds. -- Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:46:53 +0100 doc-debian (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=low [ Changes by Joost van Baal ] * doc/Makefile: get rid of hardcoded /home/jfs, so that it works on joostvb's system too. Add rule to generate mailing-lists.txt from webwml CVS. Generate both social-contract.1.0 and social-contract.1.1. Generate all 3 versions of constitution. * debian/rules: replace obsolete refresh target with referral to new doc/Makefile by jfs. * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version from 3.6.1 to 3.6.2.0 (no changes needed.) * Update the CVS-managed part of the content of the files under doc/ to their latest versions, from cvs.debian.org webwml/webwml/english (as published on http://www.debian.org/) (Closes: #149401) - The bug-mailserver-refcard now documents the 'found' command (Closes: #352175) - The bug-maint-info.txt file now describes sarge as released and etch as unreleased (Closes: #353249) * Update the content of the files under FAQ/ to their latest CVS versions, from cvs.debian.org debian-doc/ddp/manuals.sgml/faq: - changes by jseidel, 2006-01-31, 2005-09-04, 2005-08-11 * kernel.sgml: The manual page of make-kpkg is in section 1 not 8 (compare Bug#350530). Also changed to tag for a file name. * pkg_basics.sgml: The manual page of dpkg-deb is in section 1 not 8 (compare Bug#350523). * basic_defs.sgml, compat.sgml: s/RedHat/Red Hat/ * ftparchives.sgml: fixed full-stops, thanks Luca Brivio - changes by joostvb, 2005-12-08 - 2006-01-01 * uptodate.sgml: Add notes on dpkg --log flag, and on aptitude logging capabilities. (Closes: #342790) * getting.sgml: add note on frozen and unstable symlinks in cdimages. (Closes: #68477) * support.sgml: style consistency: s/email/e-mail/ * pkgtools.sgml: refer to APT HOWTO. (Closes: #343120) * support.sgml: Notes on how to report bugs that affect many package don't belong here, but on http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting : don't copy information from that document. (Closes: #342871) * compat.sgml: Add note on LSB to answer "How compatible is Debian". (Closes: #342823) * getting.sgml: add an extra link to installmanual, next to our own installation instructions * pkgtools.sgml: when talking about automatically purging no-longer needed dependency packages, mention libraries too. See Bug #315861 * redist.sgml: Corel Linux and Storm Linux are (almost) gone; better mention Progeny Debian, Linspire, Knoppix and Ubuntu. Mention CDD when talking about Debian-derived distributions. (I guess the note on "Linux for Hams" should probably either get removed, or get replaced by a link to the newer "Debian-Ham"...) * support.sgml: refer to relevant social contract clause when introducing bts * support.sgml: be clear about the public nature of the Debian mailing lists * support.sgml: when mentioning dwww and dhelp, mention doc-central too * basic_defs.sgml: refer to list of other docs as well as notes on giving feedback in intro * kernel.sgml, support.sgml: get rid of last remnants of pre-/u/s/d transition * customizing.sgml: mention invoke-rc.d * kernel.sgml: grub is now the standard bootloader on i386; generally there is no need to run LILO * uptodate.sgml: add and integrate section on aptitude * basic_defs.sgml: link to relevant other faq entry * software.sgml: typo: s/Sun icrosystems/Sun Microsystems/ * software.sgml: mention changelog too as a place to see who has done what. adjust to /u/s/d transition * software.sgml: mention current popular software like GIMP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Mozilla, OOo, Gnumeric too * basic_defs.sgml: link to relevant other faq entry * basic_defs.sgml, faqstatic.ent: do not hardcode statistics but use faqstatic.ent. * basic_defs.sgml: More reasons to choose Debian: DFSG, Social Contract, # packages, # architectures. Gentoo exists, Debian is no longer "the only Linux distribution that is being developed cooperatively by many individuals through the Internet". (Closes: #340655) * basic_defs.sgml: hurd isn't "new", mention *BSD-ports too. (Closes: #339756) * basic_defs.sgml: Linux ports to non-i386 architectures are mature. (Closes: #335869) * ftparchives.sgml: Added "How do I set up my own apt-able repository?". (Closes: #333511) * basic_defs.sgml: Add "What is this FAQ?" question, with purposes of FAQ, intended audience, assumed knowledge (Closes: #333504) [ Javier Fernandez-Sanguino ] - hijack this package from Josip as he can no longer take care of this package. - add some more TODO things. - changes to the FAQ, 2005-09-14 - 2005-06-06 * software.sgml: Describe also where is qmail, ezmlm and djbdns as suggested by Seo Sanghyeon * software.sgml: Changed the sections to reflect the fact that non-US is now obsolete as suggested by Seo Sanghyeon * pkgtools.sgml: Added dlocate and apt-file as suggested by Seo Sanghyeon * basic_defs.sgml, compat.sgml, contrib.sgml, customizing.sgml, faqinfo.sgml, ftparchives.sgml, getting.sgml, kernel.sgml, nexttime.sgml, pkg_basics.sgml, pkgtools.sgml, redist.sgml, software.sgml, support.sgml, uptodate.sgml: Added revision tracking for translations * debian-faq.sgml, faqinfo.sgml: Updated year of (c) and added myself as maintainer for the FAQ * pkgtools.sgml, software.sgml: More improvements in the package management tools sections: - order tools by level (increasing) and separate developer's only tools - more information on the tools and an additional cross-reference - another TODO, should describe also using apt 'a la' Gentoo * pkgtools.sgml: Enhancements to the tools section and typo fixes in Eric's patch * pkgtools.sgml: Tools enhancement patch from Eric * getting.sgml, pkgtools.sgml: Fix SGML errors with patches sent by Eric * support.sgml: Removed bug package, no longer available, and add a comment on looking for already reported bugs with reportbug * pkgtools.sgml: Added TODO * ftparchives.sgml: Modified references to frozen as suggested by Santiago Vila * customizing.sgml: Changed libpaperg to libpaper1 as suggested by Santiago Vila * compat.sgml: Removed references to xlib6 (which does not exist any longer) as suggested by Santiago Vila * compat.sgml: Removed obsolete section on a.out programs as suggested by Santiago Vila * TODO: Reorganise listing to have obscure entries last * pkgtools.sgml: Added a section about -data packages (Closes: #315861) * getting.sgml: Added section on package upgrades for stable also added pointers to the Debian Security FAQ and Manual since they are valuable for those interested in the security aspects of Debian (Closes: #310770) * ftparchives.sgml: Forgot to mention woody in the oldcodenames item * faqstatic.ent: Preparation for sarge release -- Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:49:22 +0200 doc-debian (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low * Add OPL license since that's the license of the documents published in the website which are reused in this package (Closes: #207549) * Clean up debian-faq.tpt since it's a binary file generated automatically. * Updated the wml documents with the latest copy from the website -- Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a Thu, 9 Jun 2005 15:54:20 +0200 doc-debian (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=high * Real update for imminent Sarge release, urgency high since this content needs to be updated to be available in the official CDs and DVDs: - ftparchives.sgml: stable points to sarge instead of woody (Closes: #265587) * Use the wml files from a local www copy instead of the 'refresh' rule to make it easier to keep track of changes in the web pages No Build-Depends changes since the maintainer can simply 'make' the change happen if they have wml and lynx but it is not done automatically when built. Note to maintainers: adjust the WEBWML variable in doc/Makefile before running 'make' (Closes: #303486) * Update the content of the files under doc/ to their latest version from the web site. * Update the content of the files under FAQ/ to their latest CVS versions: - faqstatic.ent: Updated info for sarge release (Closes: #304156) - pkg_basics.sgml: Add information about essential packages (Closes #202495) - pkg_basics.sgml: Fix references to the packaging manual which is no longer available (#306493) - pkg_basics.sgml: Describe how aptitude can be used to hold/unhold packages (Closes: #309777) - nexxtime.sgml: Improvements to the next things for etch, not a full rewrite, but will do (Closes: #304130) - pkgtools.sgml and uptodate.sgml: The apt guide is now provided in apt-doc. (Closes: #304156) - pkgtools.sgml: Better indication of Contents location (Closes: #283033) - support.sgml: Added a reference to the DDP documents and also added a pointer to the Debian Reference (Closes: #276625) - debian-faq.sgml: Reference to the authors section (Closes: #202491) - update.sgml: APT is 'advanced' (Closes: #241094) - pkg_basics.sgml: Remove emacs from standard and add gcc/g++ as well as standard server software also document what gets installed in a standard installation (Closes: #303987) - software.sgml: Complete sentence (Closes: #291790) - software.sgml: Be more verbose about Java support, use patch provided by Jeroen van Wolffelaar (Closes: #299434) * Use which instead of command -v in maintainer scripts (Closes: #292972) * Added myself as uploader -- Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a Fri, 3 Jun 2005 00:24:50 +0200 doc-debian (3.1) unstable; urgency=high * Update for imminent Sarge release * Refresh the files from the FTP site (closes: #252794, #220291) * Upgrade constitution.txt to 1.2 (closes: #222102) * Add constitution.1.0.txt, constitution.1.1.txt * Upgrade the social-contract to version 1.1 * Add social-contract 1.0 * Fix location of README for kernel-package in FAQ/kernel.sgml (closes: #183020) * Bump Standards-Version to 3.6.1 * Added myself as package uploader -- Pierre Machard Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:05:21 +0200 doc-debian (3.0.2) unstable; urgency=low * Propagating the updates from CVS to the package. -- Josip Rodin Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:27:46 +0100 doc-debian (3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low * Propagating the updates from CVS to the package. * Mentioned apt-get build dep, closes: #103108. * Mentioned alien explicitely, closes: #129420. * Thanks to Tollef Fog Heen for a lot of proofreading and URL fixes, Osamu Aoki for an update to the init script system description, Javier F.S.P. for an update to the code names sections. * Normalized titles, added a link to the testing web page. * Refreshed the files from the FTP site. -- Josip Rodin Sat, 31 Aug 2002 15:09:02 +0200 doc-debian (3.0) unstable; urgency=critical * Updated for the imminent woody release. * Updated BTS docs from the FTP site, closes: #133422, #133440. * Updated description of frozen, closes: #142801. * Built a PDF version. -- Josip Rodin Tue, 30 Apr 2002 19:02:09 +0200 doc-debian (2.2.5) unstable; urgency=low * A bunch of fixes in the FAQ, including a rewritten section about Java, which closes: #115807. * Replaced Build-Depends with Build-Depends-Indep. -- Josip Rodin Wed, 31 Oct 2001 23:48:43 +0100 doc-debian (2.2.4) unstable; urgency=low * Updated the BTS docs from the FTP site, closes: #99721, #106495, #109293. * Fixed the FTP site URL(s), closes: #100471. * Replaced mention of tee with script, and dpkg -BORGiE with something less specific, closes: #110391. * Other small fixes in the FAQ. -- Josip Rodin Fri, 7 Sep 2001 19:38:53 +0200 doc-debian (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=medium * Removed info on local packages in dselect, because it works only for obsolete access methods; s/Packages.new/my_Packages/ and s/update-avail/merge-avail/ in the other answer, closes: #77096. Added a reference to sources.list. * Included fixes from Colin Watson and Bill Wohler regarding the pool and the testing distribution, closes: #89320. * Updated the answer about X resources regarding the change in their placement, closes: #84808. * Expanded the `difference' section title and added a link to our why_debian web page, closes: #83549. * Added "Why do I get "ld: cannot find -lfoo" messages when compiling programs?" to the other question about that, closes: #83046. ("why can't I compile stuff?" seemed way too generic) * Removed needless build-dependency on debhelper and upped the standards version to 3.5.2. -- Josip Rodin Fri, 24 Nov 2000 22:43:48 +0100 doc-debian (2.2.2) stable unstable; urgency=low * Quite a few updates to the FAQ regarding potato being stable now. (we don't want packages in released potato saying slink is the current stable distribution, don't we? :) * Refreshed the doc/ directory from the FTP site, to include the dedication (with the translations) and an updated mailing-lists.txt file. * Fixed the section about dselect a bit, closes: #67218. * Added a blurb about apt-get in the section about packaging tools, closes: #69784. -- Josip Rodin Sun, 24 Sep 2000 12:13:00 +0200 doc-debian (2.2.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low * Several small updates to the Debian FAQ, including: + s/German/Italian/ in the manpages-it example, closes: #61108 + Added description on how to put a package on hold, closes: #61109 + Mention pine and pico replacements in pine section, closes: #64541 * Synced doc/* files with what's on the FTP site, to remove \0s from the end of two files, closes: #63842. * Removed the directory (debian-faq.html/) from debian-faq.html.tar.gz, it's not quite useful. -- Josip Rodin Sun, 28 May 2000 14:45:12 +0200 doc-debian (2.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low * New maintainer (thanks, Santiago!). * Big update of the Debian FAQ (also closes: #57980, #59132, #60168). * Polished up package to my likings. Removed dvi version of the FAQ. * Now Suggests: www-browser, postscript-viewer, for obvious reasons. -- Josip Rodin Sun, 19 Mar 2000 00:51:17 +0100 doc-debian (2.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low * Create a compatibility symlink for /usr/doc/debian also (Bug #57861). * Fixed debian-constitution-text's "Document:" field (Bug #57861). * Moved doc-base location from "Help" to "Debian" (Bug #57980). * Remove all references to the old debian-faq mailing list (Bug #59136). Use doc-debian@packages.debian.org or the bug system instead. * Remove way outdated "list" of Debian mailing lists. Refer to the text version at /usr/share/doc/debian/mailing-lists.txt for now (Bug #59136). -- Santiago Vila Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:57:39 +0100 doc-debian (2.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low * Removed outdated information about the kernel-source packages (Bug #33469). * Removed outdated information about creating boot floppies (Bug #41771). * Added doc-base support (replacing dwww support). Thanks to Josip Rodin. * Updated figures: 3900 packages. 500 developers. * Minor updates here and there. * Standards-Version: 3.1.1. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 5 Feb 2000 18:49:15 +0100 doc-debian (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low * Refreshed doc directory from ftp.debian.org. * Updated figures about disk space for mirroring. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 12 Nov 1999 13:14:50 +0100 doc-debian (2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low * Updated information about make-kpkg (Bug #38106). * Fixed minor counting issue in second chapter (Bug #39003). -- Santiago Vila Wed, 7 Jul 1999 16:42:52 +0200 doc-debian (2.0) unstable; urgency=medium * Some updates for slink. * Added a paragraph about pine. * Changed the way debian/add-files manages the index.html file. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:52:02 +0200 doc-debian (1.9.3) frozen unstable; urgency=medium * Changed info to become a developer (Bug #30964). Now it simply refers to the developers-reference. * Refer to the appropriate web page for the list of CD-vendors. * Discourage the use of the cdrom dselect access method. * Mention the http://cdimage.debian.org/ site. * Refreshed doc directory from ftp.debian.org. * Fixed and enhanced a lot of minor things. -- Santiago Vila Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:00:47 +0100 doc-debian (1.9.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium * Changed contact info for SPI. * Changed reference to lintian home page. * Changed answer to the question about "Can't find libX11.so.6". -- Santiago Vila Sat, 12 Dec 1998 17:48:22 +0100 doc-debian (1.9.1) unstable; urgency=low * Refreshed doc directory from ftp.debian.org. * Switched from sdc to sgml-tools. Otherwise this package would have to be moved to contrib. * Removed the info version of the FAQ for now, since sgml2info is apparently unable to process it. * Added the .dvi version. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 13 Oct 1998 20:28:49 +0200 doc-debian (1.9) unstable; urgency=low * Removed debian-keyring.tar.gz, since it is now in a separate package. * Added "set -e" to prerm, postrm and postinst. Fixes Bug #23975. * Refreshed doc directory from ftp.debian.org. * Minor fixes here and there, for example, the stable release is now for both i386 and m68k. * Rewritten the part about the Debian FTP archives. It has now a separate section. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:33:58 +0200 doc-debian (1.8) frozen unstable; urgency=medium * Standarized name for the Intel architecture: 80386 -> 386. * Rewritten the paragraphs about "Major Package Trees". * New questions and answers about libc5 compatibility. * Updated minimal disk space requirements. -- Santiago Vila Tue, 14 Apr 1998 19:32:14 +0200 doc-debian (1.7) unstable; urgency=medium * Removed gnuplot from the list of "major GNU applications". * Updated the "How-to-upgrade" part, by referring to autoup.sh, the libc5-libc6 mini-HOWTO, APT, pkg-order, etc. Still unfinished. * Added a menu entry for dwww. * Updated URL for Linux-PAM. * Fixed some sunsite dangling hyperlinks. * Added a question about "installing" source packages. * Added a question about building binary packages from source packages. * There are only two versions of Debian: 2.0 and the unstable version. (Will be true by the time hamm was released :-). * Version 2.0.32 of the kernel is used in all the examples. -- Santiago Vila Thu, 9 Apr 1998 14:31:56 +0200 doc-debian (1.6) unstable; urgency=medium * Refreshed doc directory from ftp.debian.org. Now a text version of the Social Contract is included. * Added a (previously commented out) paragraph about the GNUish meaning of "free" with a reference to the DFSG. * Updated figures: 1500 packages. 300 developers. * Added a small paragraph about lintian in bugs.sgml (recommend this over submitting several bugs). * Removed grep and gzip from the list of needed packages to compile the kernel, since they are essential. * man-db is now the package providing the man program. * Updated FSF's postal address in the GPL. * init now executes /etc/init.d/rcS, not /etc/init.d/boot. * Added Pentium II to the list of supported hardware in hardware.sgml. * binary symlink is being deprecated. * We do not adhere so "strictly" to the FSSTND since we are moving to the FHS. * Commented out Unifix URL, and changed "is available" by "was available". * Installation instructions for the current release link points now to dists/stable/main/etc. so that it is always current. * debian-policy is now included in its own package. -- Santiago Vila Wed, 8 Apr 1998 14:40:46 +0200 doc-debian (1.5.1) unstable; urgency=low * Refreshed doc directory from ftp.debian.org. In particular, the docs about the bug system have been updated. * Some fixes by James Treacy (dangling hyperlinks etc.). * Changed most gnu.org domain addresses. * New maintainer. -- Santiago Vila Sat, 24 Jan 1998 19:10:21 +0100 doc-debian (1.5.0) unstable; urgency=low * Made self-consistent: local Debian mirror not required anymore. * Installed /usr/doc//changelog.gz * Removed FAQ/tweaked/* from the source. * Cleaned up debian/rules. * Non-maintainer release. -- Santiago Vila Fri, 28 Nov 1997 11:20:32 +0100 doc-debian (1.5-0) frozen unstable; urgency=low * changed Priority: to standard * removed core file (Bug#6393, Bug#7167) * removed package-developer directory (now in debian-policy package) * FAQ updated (fixes #7521) -- Sven Rudolph Thu, 1 May 1997 23:06:01 +0200 doc-debian (1.4-0) stable unstable; urgency=low * updated FAQ (for Debian 1.2) -- Sven Rudolph Sat, 28 Dec 1996 00:06:25 +0100 doc-debian (1.3-0) unstable; urgency=low * deleted 00-INDEX (Bug#5327) * deleted dangling debian-faq.txt symlink (Bug#5181) * updated FAQ * reintroduced html, ascii, ps versions (Bug#5513) -- Sven Rudolph Mon, 18 Nov 1996 22:54:14 +0100 doc-debian (1.2-0) unstable; urgency=low * updated FAQ * deleted .mirror (Bug#4786) -- Sven Rudolph Wed, 23 Oct 1996 21:11:19 +0200 doc-debian (1.1-0) unstable; urgency=low * converted to new source package format * included FAQ source * updated FAQ -- Sven Rudolph Thu, 26 Sep 1996 22:09:30 +0200 Old Changelog: doc-debian (1.0-3) unstable; urgency=low * releasing 1.0-3 * FAQ updated -- Sven Rudolph Fri, 14 Jun 1996 02:19:07 doc-debian (0.2-xx) unstable; urgency=low * gzipping all files * debian.control: added Architecture field * debian.control: formatted Description -- Sven Rudolph Thu Mar 14 xx:xx:xx 1996 doc-debian (0.1-xx) unstable; urgency=low * added Debian GNU/Linux package maintenance system files -- Sven Rudolph Wed Feb 21 22:53:06 1996