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7. By Ben Hutchings on 2012-08-17

[ Jonathan Nieder ]
* Fix capitalization in "Applying patches or configuration changes"
  section
* Add a reminder to disable CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO in 'make deb-pkg' examples

[ Ben Hutchings ]
* Work around debiandoc-sgml bug (#685046) to fix the 'current bug list'
  link in the 'Filing a bug against a kernel package' section

6. By Ben Hutchings on 2012-07-21

[ Ben Hutchings ]
* Remove custom version from 'make deb-pkg' example (Closes: #627838)
* Fix introduction to say the handbook describes wheezy (Closes: #651467)
* Add a section on disk space requirements for the official'linux' package
  (Closes: #681550)
* Add Vcs-Git control field (Closes: #638479)
* Mark as capable of satisfying relations from foreign packages
  (Multi-Arch: foreign) (Closes: #679204)
* Add example of using lsinitramfs command (Closes: #639846)
* Fix reference to linux-2.6 in package description

[ Jonathan Nieder ]
* Explain how to narrow the regression window with "git bisect"
  when filing bugs (Closes: #627960)

5. By Ben Hutchings on 2012-06-17

* Note that removed firmware is still packaged; suggested by Karl Goetz
* Remove documentation of linux-tree package, removed in squeeze
* Remove documentation of linux-patch-debian package, obsoleted by
  packaging changes and redundant with snapshot.debian.org
* Remove documentation of version-specific /etc/modules files, which are
  no longer supported
* Use 3.x version numbers and current flavour and featureset names in
  examples
* Refer to the linux source package rather than linux-2.6
* Remove outdated advice to try disabling ACPI and IRQ routing options
* Remove an unnecessary version qualification
* Update explanation of source directories for quilted linux package
* Update example orig tarball names to indicate xz compression
* Update hooks policy description
  - Debian 6.0 release is now in the past
  - initramfs-tools is no longer special
  - squeeze+1 has a name and number
* Note that official Linux kernel packages will use only 2 version
  components in wheezy+1

4. By Ben Hutchings on 2011-09-28

* Update reference to svn://svn.debian.org; the hostname for
  anonymous access is now anonscm.debian.org
* Update the description of version formats for 3.x

3. By Ben Hutchings on 2011-07-01

* Remove description of yaird and comparison with initramfs-tools
* Mention dracut as an experimental initramfs generator
* Explain how to build a linux-headers-common package, thanks to
  Faheem Mitha
* Reword a few paragraphs in common-tasks, thanks to Karl Goetz
* Bump copyright year for 2011, thanks to Jonathan Nieder
* Refer to git repository, replacing the old svn repository
  (Closes: #627835)

2. By Ben Hutchings on 2011-04-26

* Explain how to override official kernel configuration and change
  the ABI name, based in part on text by Faheem Mitha
* Explain the differences between upstream versions, package versions
  and kernel versions
* Move 'simplified patching and building' instructions up, since most
  users should be able to follow these

1. By Ben Hutchings on 2010-11-23

Initial upload to Debian archive - closes: #604713