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2006

doc-base (0.7.21) unstable; urgency=low

   * doc-base.sgml:
     + bless a few documentation formats: PDF, PostScript, Info, and DVI,
       which are already often used in the doc-base files
     + the `Index' field is required for the Info format.
   * install-docs:
     + support the above mentioned formats
     + warn if info format lacks the `Index' field.
   * install-docs: Some fixes for dhelp support:
     + when registering the doc files, don't remove the old .dhelp file until
       it's actually read and parsed. This partially fixes Bug#204195 (the full
       fix would probably require not removing .dhelp files when doc-base documents
       are unregistered)
     + don't HTML-encode entries already read from .dhelp file
     + made 'howto' and 'faq' section names  uppercase.
   * debian/postinst: Reregister all the doc-base files.

 -- Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:48:08 +0200

doc-base (0.7.20) unstable; urgency=low

   * doc-base.sgml:
     + document common practice that value of `Files' field is a space
       separated list of filenames or glob patterns
     + also explicitly document the meaning of lines starting with two
       or more spaces
     + add the missing word (closes: #289448)
   * install-docs:
     + encode HTML special characters when generating the .dhelp files
       (closes: #114877)
     + correctly handle the verbatim text and blank line for the .dhelp files
     + warn if files referred by the doc-base files does not exist.
   * debian/postinst: Reregister all the doc-base files because of the above
     install-docs changes.
   * Remove ancient stuff from postinst & prerm scripts, remove preinst
     entirely.
   * Use `which' instead of`command -v' in the scripts (closes: #292967).
   * debian/copyright: update.
   * debian/control: suggest doc-central as an alternative to dhelp or dwww.
   * Ack NMU (closes: #278495).

 -- Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 14:26:47 +0200

doc-base (0.7.19) unstable; urgency=low

   * New maintainer (closes: #358436).
   * debian/*: Switch build-system do debhelper v5.
   * debian/postinst: Reorder arguments to invocation of find(1) command
     (closes: #309516).

 -- Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:58:06 +0200

2005

doc-base (0.7.18-0.1) unstable; urgency=high

   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * High-urgency upload for sarge-targetted RC bugfix
   * Fix install-docs to not require perl's File::Basename, so that it
     works even when perl is unconfigured.  Thanks to Colin Watson for
     the patch.  Closes: #278495.

 -- Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>  Thu, 12 May 2005 17:25:15 -0700

2003

doc-base (0.7.18) unstable; urgency=low

   * postinst: don't die if /usr/lib/menu doesn't exist; closes: #186707

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:14:52 -0500

doc-base (0.7.17) unstable; urgency=low

   * new dwww changes: no longer produce files under /usr/lib/menu;
     obsoletes and closes: #153242; conflict with dwww < 1.9.0
   * on upgrade, remove the files /usr/lib/menu/doc-base-*
   * postinst should use stderr, not stdout
   * rewrite the description/synopsis
   * policy compliance updated to 3.5.9, no changes required
   * preinst: don't babble about removing dhelp files unless they are
     really there; let dhelp_parse_fsstnd fail if it wants to

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 16:28:15 -0500

doc-base (0.7.16) unstable; urgency=low

   * fix a /usr/doc problem in preinst; closes: #183491

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 13:53:18 -0500

doc-base (0.7.15) unstable; urgency=low

   * attempting to flush the easy bugs before the major rewrite...
 
   * don't set /usr/doc symlink, in fact, remove it in preinst if it is there
   * add #DEBHELPER# areas in maintainer scripts (thanks, linda)
   * postinst: don't variablize /usr/bin/update-menus, it confuses lintian
   * install lintian overrides for:
     doc-base: maintainer-script-does-not-check-for-existence-of-installdocs postinst
     doc-base: preinst-calls-installdocs
   * docs: update (c) date; s/command -v/which/; closes: #169115
   * install-docs: strip trailing space in fields that we read;
     closes: #86040 and part of #60981
   * install-docs: improve the error message when we fail writing a dhelp
     file; closes: #111620
   * Section is now a required field, otherwise, we create invalid menu
     files; closes: #112450
   * doc-base.sgml: document document and format fields, indicating which
     fields are required; closes: #63822, #151945
   * install-docs: POD documentation improvements
   * postinst: don't create /usr/doc symlink

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 22:17:55 -0500

2002

doc-base (0.7.14) unstable; urgency=low

   * fix a bug introduced in last version, thanks to bug hunting by
     David Kimdon; closes: #171202
   * dhelp registration was busted in 0.7.13, so if we're upgrading from
     that version, take the time to reregister all docreg files

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Sun, 1 Dec 2002 17:30:05 -0500

doc-base (0.7.13) unstable; urgency=low

   * documentation corrections and updates from Chris Tillman;
     closes: #130054
   * add --no-update-menus switch for more efficient bulk invocation, and
     rewrite postinst to use that, so we end up calling update-menus only
     once; closes: #114886
   * postinst: don't re-register all doc-base files if they don't need
     re-registering
   * install-docs: less cryptic arg processing warnings
   * if you want to re-register all doc-base files, just purge and install
     the package; closes: #97009
   * remove old FSSTD stuff in documentation; closes: #146226
   * remove old FSSTD stuff in dhelp support; closes: #127985

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 14:25:40 -0500

doc-base (0.7.12) unstable; urgency=low

   * deal with problems when locale is UTF-8, patch from Drew Parsons
     closes: #158624, #163188, #165312
   * embarrassing: doc-base's own doc-base file was a bit wrong
     closes: #137514
   * slight postinst message change
 
   * note: many more changes coming; I'm just trying to close any easy and
     gratuitous bugs here while I'm working on the redesign

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:36:24 -0500

2001

doc-base (0.7.11) unstable; urgency=low

   * incorporate NMU (closes: #111703, #114657)
   * strengthen the wording of the prerm case -- for people getting
       dpkg: warning - unable to delete old file `directory': Directory not empty
     due to old .dhelp files, please read section 2.4
     (closes: #59850)
   * some other minor updates in the documentation
   * debian/control: upgrade to standards version to 3.5.6, no changes
     needed
 
     - Note that the stipulation that programs cannot reference files in
       /usr/share/doc [13.3] is not honored because that is required by
       dhelp; complaints about that should be directed towards dhelp.

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:38:04 -0400

doc-base (0.7.10.1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * Quote control file names for regexps (closes: #111703).

 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Sat, 6 Oct 2001 13:06:59 +0100

doc-base (0.7.10) unstable; urgency=low

   * clarify wording when unregistering documentation
   * postrm works better when it's actually installed into the deb, duh
     really closes: #101252

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 02:11:12 -0400

doc-base (0.7.9) unstable; urgency=low

   * process doc-base files present already at configure time
     closes: #39006
   * conversely, remove all our files (nicely) at remove time, and purge
     /var/lib/doc-base at purge time
     closes: #101252
   * get our perl depends right, using dh_perl (required build-depends on
     debhelper)
     closes: #67171
   * fix a minor usr/doc vs usr/share/doc problem in the man page
     closes: #81126
   * fix for new license location in copyright file
   * in the documentation, we weren't noting the date properly based on the
     Debian changelogs
   * fixed a while ago:
     closes: #62230

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:56:07 -0400

2000

doc-base (0.7.8) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * small changes for bugfixing, no new features, should go in potato
   * install-docs: if open of control file fails, look for file in
     /usr/share/doc-base/ (closes: Bug#53555)
   * update to Policy standards 3.1.1 -- added Build-Depends-Indep
     (closes: Bug#53261)
   * tweak preinst wording as it removes old .dhelp files
     (closes: Bug#47010)
   * doc-base.sgml: use version.ent for dynamic versioning (shipped too);
     SGML aesthetics and tagging

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:07:16 -0500

1999

doc-base (0.7.7) unstable; urgency=low

   * really update Policy standards to 3.0.1
   * dhelp now has a different program, dhelp_parse_fsstnd, to deal with
     /usr/doc vs /usr/share/doc, so use it
   * debian/control: conflict with dhelp (<< 0.3.14)
   * prerm, postinst: implement tech committe solution on /usr/doc symlink

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Sat, 25 Sep 1999 16:34:11 -0400

doc-base (0.7.6) unstable; urgency=low

   * add perl5 depends (closes: Bug#44623)

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:37:01 -0400

doc-base (0.7.5) unstable; urgency=low

   * update Policy standards to 3.0.1
   * debian/rules: move documentation area back to /usr/doc for now;
     clean is a bit cleaner
   * maintainer scripts: simplify a bit; call 'install-docs -r' from
     preinst for upgrade from 0.7.4 (dir move) to avoid the dpkg warning
     (closes Bug#41785, #41161, #41326)
   * install-docs: prior to installing new docreg file, remove any already
     installed dhelp files -- this will help with the /usr/doc ->
     /usr/share/doc transition, although it won't suppress the dpkg
     warning, since 'install-docs -i' runs after the warning
   * doc-base.sgml: talk about how to avoid the dpkg warning about
     'Directory not empty' due to .dhelp file left around during upgrade;
     the solution in short is to run 'install-docs -r' during 'upgrade' in
     prerm

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 21:32:55 -0400

doc-base (0.7.4) unstable; urgency=low

   * install-docs: skip dhelp when directory != /usr/doc or
     /usr/share/doc (closes Bug#32034)
   * changes for Policy 3.0.0 (no /usr/doc compat symlinks)
   * debian/control: removed perl-base dependancy -- it's required!
     (thanks to Raphael Hertzog)

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Sat, 10 Jul 1999 21:45:41 -0400

doc-base (0.7.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * doc-base.sgml: fix typo (closes Bug#35986)
   * install-docs: only warn about unknown formats if verbose ('-v') is in
     effect (closes Bug#33509, Bug#35947, and hopefully quells the recent
     outcry on debian-devel)
   * debian/rules: debiandoc2text now has a default extension of .txt,
     which is better anyway, so use that

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Thu, 13 May 1999 01:25:06 -0400

doc-base (0.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * maintainer name change
   * debian/rules: more robust way to interact with changelog, which is
     what I use on all my other packages
   * install-docs: fix some glitches in the POD output
   * doc-base.sgml: minor typo in documentation fixed (closes Bug#26530)
   * debian/control: suggests 'dwww | dhelp', without which the package
     currently isn't much good (closes Bug#31302)
   * no code changes

 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>  Sat, 2 Jan 1999 04:38:30 -0500

1998

doc-base (0.7.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low (HIGH if you have problems

     with quotes in document registration files)
 
   * depend on recent Perl (closes Bug#21816)
   * set umask explictly, so all files are -rw-r--r-- (closes Bug#22275)
   * quote quotes for dwww-menu files (closes grave Bug#22990)

 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org>  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 01:49:50 -0400

doc-base (0.7.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * maintainer scripts: one of the shell function used '-', which was
     renamed to '_'; shell for maintainer scripts set back to /bin/sh
   * doc-base.sgml: update the FSF address
   * copyright: list myself as maintainer
   * bump standards version to 2.4.1.0 (checked)
   * add digit to version number: 0.7.x will be for hamm maintenance
     (branched); probably 0.8 will be for our documentation drafts
     including information on the Debian Document Hierarchy, the new docreg
     file format documentation and system, and other documents; 0.9 will
     probalby contain our implementations of these new infrastructures for
     slink; and eventually it'll all be a done deal and we'll hit 1.0.

 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org>  Sun, 3 May 1998 09:05:23 -0400

doc-base (0.6) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * change shell on maintainer scripts to bash, since that seems to cope
     with the shell functions better (closes Bug#21359, and undoubtedly
     more reports to come until this makes it into the archive)

 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org>  Sun, 19 Apr 1998 01:54:36 -0400

doc-base (0.5) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * fix minor problems with the new install-docs-man document id, the
     document id was misnamed install-doc-man
   * improve the maintainer scripts immensely, trying to minimize removal,
     since it's not necessary to remove a document id when replacing it
   * doc-base.sgml: update TODO list

 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org>  Fri, 17 Apr 1998 01:17:06 -0400

doc-base (0.4) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * much better dhelp support: be sure to run 'dhelp_parse -d' before
     altering a .dhelp file, multiple <item>s in one .dhelp file, and very
     good parsing of existing .dhelp files in case more than one
     document-id is adding a files in the same directory (closes
     Bug#18808, Bug#20038, Bug#20529)
   * we now will modify even foreign .dhelp files
   * lowercase sections for dhelp (only), and remove leading 'Apps/', which
     is a workaround until we have a real, policy-specified and thought-out
     documentation hierarchy (closes Bug#20862)
   * register install-docs man page, html version
   * moved Section for our own documentation from Apps/Programming to
     Debian

 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org>  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 06:27:08 -0400

doc-base (0.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * add manual page for install-docs
   * debian/rules: clarifications and cleanup
   * added frozen to distribution ("oopsie" on last version)
   * install-docs is idempotent for --remove, that is, if you try to remove
     a docid which is already removed, it exits with a warning, but not a
     non-zero exit status (closes Bug#19875, I think)

 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org>  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 20:36:00 -0400

doc-base (0.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * new maintainer
   * clarify how to call install-docs in documentation (closes Bug#20530)
   * practice what I preach in maintainer scripts
   * debian/rules: call dpkg-gencontrol with -isp
   * copyright: update FSF address
   * actively fixing rest of bugs and lack of man page, patience please

 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org>  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 07:31:21 -0400

doc-base (0.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Initial Release.
   * Only supports registering documents to the online documentation
     systems dwww and dhelp for now.

 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>  Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:38:45 +0100