Clean up debian/changelog, document my changes to the package.

1 files changed, 126 insertions, 121 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1b6d4ce..2a28aea 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,30 +1,35 @@
 palo (1.92) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [Helge Deller]
-  * Increase possible command line length from 127 to 1024 bytes
-  * Each kernel parameter can hold up to 200 chars (79 before)
-  * Various smaller bugfixes
-  * Make myself the debian uploader
+  * Increase possible command line length from 127 to 1024 bytes.
+  * Each kernel parameter can hold up to 200 chars (79 before).
+  * Various smaller bugfixes.
+
+  [John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]
+  * Clean up debian/changelog.
+  * Clean up debian/README.Debian.
+  * Add debian/README.source to explain the version
+    history of the PALO sources in Debian.
+  * Bump debhelper level to 9.
+  * Use dh to streamline debian/rules.
+  * Remove usr/bin and usr/sbin from debian/dirs, they are empty.
+  * Update debian/copyright to copyright format 1.0.
 
  -- Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>  Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:47:54 +0200
 
 palo (1.91) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  [Helge Deller]
-  * added spec-file for RPM
-  * removed debugging infos
-  * added overflow checks
-  * made myself maintainer of this package
+  * Add spec-file for RPM.
+  * Remove debug infos.
+  * Add overflow checks.
 
  -- Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>  Sat, 06 Jul 2013 22:08:05 +0200
 
 palo (1.90) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  [Helge Deller]
-  * Add possibility to load gzip compressed vmlinuz file
+  * New maintainer.
+  * Add support for gzip-compressed kernel images.
   * Add boot menu option "x" to reset/reboot the machine.
-  * new palo source repository at:
-    http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/deller/palo.git
   * Lots of other small bug fixes.
 
  -- Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>  Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:22:36 +0200
@@ -33,45 +38,50 @@ palo (1.16) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   [Matthew Wilcox]
   * Increase allowed size from 20MB to 800MB when creating lifimage files
-    to be netbooted.
+    for booting over the network.
 
   [ Kyle McMartin ]
-  * Fix FTBFS on ia64... useful macros were undefined in userspace.
+  * Fix FTBFS on ia64: Useful macros were undefined in userspace.
 
  -- Kyle McMartin <kyle@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:09:38 -0500
 
 palo (1.15) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Kyle McMartin ]
-  * Make the -U on an unformatted volume message slightly more helpful.
+  * Make the message when using the -U option on an unformatted
+    volume slightly more helpful.
 
   [ Jeff Bailey ]
-  * Drop dependancy on linux-kernel-headers, the new package
-    linux-libc-dev is an indirect dependancy of build-essential.
+  * Drop dependency on linux-kernel-headers, the new package
+    linux-libc-dev is an indirect dependency of build-essential.
   * Depend on debhelper >= 5, set compat file to 5.
-  * Drop unneeded headers: asm/elf.h, asm/posix_types.h, asm/ptrace.h,
-    asm/types.h, linux/elf.h.
+  * Drop obsolete headers:
+    - asm/elf.h
+    - asm/posix_types.h
+    - asm/ptrace.h
+    - asm/types.h
+    - linux/elf.h
   * ipl/ext2.c: No longer needs asm/byteorder.h, include linux/types.h
-    after sys/stat.h to avoid compilation failure.
-  * Makefile: Note why iplboot isn't cleaned.
+    after sys/stat.h to avoid FTBFS.
+  * Makefile: Add note why iplboot isn't cleaned.
 
  -- LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:41:23 -0600
 
 palo (1.14) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [Helge Deller]
-  * Make ELF32 and ELF64 loaders more similiar, other small fixups.
+  * Make ELF32 and ELF64 loaders more similar, other small fixups.
   * Fix build on SuSE 10.
 
   [Kyle McMartin]
-  * Add LaMont and myself to Uploaders.
+  * Add LaMont and myself to the list of Uploaders.
 
  -- Kyle McMartin <kyle@debian.org>  Sat,  8 Apr 2006 16:00:55 -0400
 
 palo (1.13) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * One more workaround for linux-kernel-headers differences: __swab64
-    shows up on 64-bit machines on ubuntu.
+    shows up on 64-bit machines on Ubuntu.
   * 64-bit pointer casting fixes.
 
  -- LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>  Thu,  5 Jan 2006 10:08:58 -0700
@@ -79,9 +89,9 @@ palo (1.13) unstable; urgency=low
 palo (1.12) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Work around differences in linux-kernel-headers between
-    Debian and Ubuntu. Test built on sid and dapper on hppa, and
-    sid/i386.
-  * Use userspace sanitized ext2_fs.h file from e2fsprogs, note, we still
+    Debian and Ubuntu. Test build on sid and dapper on hppa
+    and sid/i386.
+  * Use userspace-sanitized ext2_fs.h file from e2fsprogs; we still
     need to include some kernel headers for per-arch types and endian
     conversions.
 
@@ -92,156 +102,151 @@ palo (1.11) unstable; urgency=low
   * Flush Instruction Cache insn now requires space register to be
     specified. Previously it would assume %sr0.
   * Fix include of ext2_fs.h by stubbing out some definitions it
-    requires. Patch from Richard Hirst. (closes: #336346)
+    requires. Patch from Richard Hirst. (Closes: #336346)
   * Fix FTBFS from previous version a different way. Checked that it
     properly works on i386 and hppa. Patch from Andreas Jochens.
-    (closes: #320284)
+    (Closes: #320284)
 
  -- Kyle McMartin <kyle@debian.org>  Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:46:44 -0500
 
 palo (1.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
-  * Fix FTBFS with Debian's linux-kernel-headers.  Closes: #320284
-  * commandline overflow error was lacking arguments.
+  * Fix FTBFS with Debian's linux-kernel-headers. (Closes: #320284)
+  * Command line overflow error was lacking arguments.
 
  -- LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:41:00 -0600
 
 palo (1.9) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * linux-kernel-headers is about to change which broke the palo
+  * linux-kernel-headers is about to change which broke the PALO
     build, so removed lots of dependencies on copies and references
     to linux header files, but added a dep on linux-kernel-headers.
-  * handled a couple of lintian complaints
+  * Fix a couple of lintian complaints.
 
- -- Paul Bame <bame@fc.hp.com>  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:31:06 -0600
+ -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:31:06 -0600
 
 palo (1.8) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * remove -fwritable-strings from palo/ipl Makefile since gcc will
+  * Remove -fwritable-strings from palo/ipl Makefile since gcc will
     eliminate it before long.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Mon, 23 May 2005 10:53:46 -0600
 
 palo (1.7) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * on updates, was reporting "doing a format as ext1".
-    Fixed the message and improved the error handling.
+  * Fix the message and improve the error handling which
+    was reporting "doing a format as ext1" during updates.
 
  -- Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:00:00 -0800
 
 palo (1.6) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * some fail/restart changes didn't make it in 1.5 by mistake
+  * Some fail/restart changes didn't make it in 1.5 by mistake.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:11:00 -0600
 
 palo (1.5) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Some cleanups and error checking especially in ipl.c
-  * Heisenbug (overwriting a buffer) found
-  * Added an 'l' command for list kernel directory (jejb)
-  * Accept both \b and \0177 as the interactive erase character (jejb)
-  * Be sure to restart interactively after more failures (Joel and
+  * Some clean ups and error checking especially in ipl.c.
+  * Fix a Heisenbug (overwriting a buffer).
+  * Add an 'l' command for list kernel directory. (jejb)
+  * Accept both \b and \0177 as the interactive erase character. (jejb)
+  * Be sure to restart interactively after more failures. (Joel and
     Bjoern A. Zeeb)
 
- -- Paul Bame <bame@ldl.fc.hp.com>  Wed, 14 May 2004 09:00:29 -0600
+ -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Wed, 14 May 2004 09:00:29 -0600
 
 palo (1.4) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * increase interactive command line size from 127 to 259 bytes
-  * add more robust 'strcat' checking
-  * add interactive 'r' command to reset command line to initial state
+  * Increase interactive command line size from 127 to 259 bytes.
+  * Add more robust 'strcat' checking.
+  * Add interactive 'r' command to reset command line to initial state.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 13:01:23 -0700
 
 palo (1.3) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Add ability to format palo partition as ext3 (James Bottomley)
-  * Make iplboot restart if it encounters and error (James Bottomley)
-  * Detect and boot properly via serial mux (Ryan Bradetich)
+  [James Bottomley]
+  * Add ability to format PALO partition as ext3.
+  * Make iplboot restart if it encounters and error.
+
+  [Ryan Bradetich]
+  * Detect and boot properly via serial mux.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:06:45 -0700
 
 
 palo (1.2) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Recognize RAID partition types (Martin K. Petersen)
+  [Martin K. Petersen]
+  * Recognize RAID partition types.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:06:45 -0700
 
 palo (1.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Changed argument checking in palo.c
-    Originally you could specify a kernel command line of up to 255
-    characters, but in reality the firstblock structure could only
-    hold 127. The check in palo.c has been changed to 127.
-
-  * These changes relate to:
-        - Build palo without kernel header source
-
-    Removed conditional header includes depending on kernel version
-    Removed the include for fs.h since we don't really need it.
-        - ./ipl/ext2.c
-
-    Removed the include for time.h since we don't really need it.
-        - ./ipl/ipl.c
-
-    Added ./include/asm and ./include/linux/byteorder to accomodate
-    for all the new asm/* and linux/byteorder/* header files that
-    were required to build palo without kernel headers.
-
-  * Changes in this update done by Carlos O'Donell
+  [Carlos O'Donell]
+  * Change argument checking in palo.c: Originally you could specify
+    a kernel command line of up to 255 characters, but in reality the
+    firstblock structure could only hold 127 characters. The check in
+    palo.c has been adjusted to 127.
+  * Change PALO to build without kernel headers:
+    - Remove conditional header includes depending on
+      kernel version
+    - Remove the #include directive for fs.h in ipl/ext2.c.
+    - Remove the #include directive for time.h in /ipl/ipl.c.
+    - Add ./include/asm and ./include/linux/byteorder to accomodate
+      for all the new asm/* and linux/byteorder/* header files that
+      are required to build PALO without kernel headers.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Tue,  6 Aug 2002 08:47:57 -0600
 
 palo (1.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * package override has been fixed so debian/rules changes should
-    now be honored, causing palo to be built on all architectures
-    priority optional
-  * closes: 140580
+  * Fix package override so debian/rules changes should now
+    be honored, causing PALO to be built on all architectures.
+    priority optional. (Closes: #140580)
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Mon,  1 Apr 2002 09:59:15 -0700
 
 palo (0.99) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * remove extraneous files from source pkg (Closes: #130365)
-  * smarter STI console selection from Fleedwood
-  * message tweek from Helge
-  * experimental palo_kernel= passed to kernel
+  * Remove cruft from source package. (Closes: #130365)
+  * Smarter STI console selection from Fleedwood.
+  * Message tweaks from Helge Deller.
+  * The experimental palo_kernel= parameter is now passed to the kernel.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:49:03 -0700
 
 palo (0.98) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * load ramdisk from ext2 implementation from James Bottomley
+  * Load ramdisk from ext2 implementation. (Thanks James Bottomley)
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 12:38:31 -0700
 
 palo (0.97) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Fixed lintian complaints
-  * Minor makefile tweek
-  * Optimize boot device reads for better performance
-  * Adopt/adapt aboot-0.9 ext2 code (was from aboot-0.5)
-  * Add '-onlcr' to puts() and removed \r from most printfs
+  * Fix lintian complaints.
+  * Minor makefile tweaks.
+  * Optimize boot device reads for better performance.
+  * Adopt/adapt aboot-0.9 ext2 code (was from aboot-0.5).
+  * Add '-onlcr' to puts() and removed \r from most printfs.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 20:47:57 -0700
 
 palo (0.96) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Many boot message usability improvements.
-  * Closes: #113651, #114515, #114614, #115350, #114999, #114145
+  * Clean up changelog. (Closes: #114999)
+  * Change arch back to hppa. (Closes: #114145)
+  * Fix dhelp postinstall problem. (Closes: #113651, #114515, #114614, #115350)
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Thu,  1 Nov 2001 16:24:24 -0700
 
 palo (0.95) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Non-Maintainer Upload
-  * increment palo version in lib/common.h
-  * Cleanup changelog. Closes: #114999
-  * Change arch back to hppa. Closes: #114145
-  * Fix dhelp postinstall problem.  Closes: #113651, #114515, #114614, #115350
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Increment PALO version in lib/common.h.
 
  -- Matt Taggart <taggart@debian.org>  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 18:34:45 -0600
 
@@ -249,12 +254,12 @@ palo (0.94) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Add support for symlinks so we can reference /boot/vmlinux in palo.conf
     and not have to rerun palo on every kernel upgrade.(Richard Hirst)
-  * Move iplboot into /usr/share/palo.(Richard Hirst)
-  * Only generate iplboot if building on hppa machines.  debian-cd needs
-    palo, and is likely to be run on i386.(Richard Hirst)
-  * --bootloader now defaults to /usr/share/palo/iplboot so is usually
-    not required.  Adjusted documents slightly to accomodate.
-  * add postinstall/prerm scripts to handle changed iplboot location
+  * Move iplboot into /usr/share/palo. (Richard Hirst)
+  * Only generate iplboot if building on hppa machines. debian-cd needs
+    PALO, and is likely to be run on i386. (Richard Hirst)
+  * --bootloader now defaults to /usr/share/palo/iplboot, so it is usually
+    not required. Adjust documents slightly to accomodate.
+  * Add postinstall/prerm scripts to handle changed iplboot location.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Sat,  8 Sep 2001 12:32:21 -0600
 
@@ -262,27 +267,27 @@ palo (0.93) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Fix boot loader "guess" logic to be smarter on dual-width-capable
     machines when only one kernel is available.
-  * Remove a couple of gratuitous printfs
-  * Archive link palo.  Not a bad idea otherwise but required because
-    dpkg-shlibdeps started whining.  I'm sure I'll get grief for this.
+  * Remove a couple of gratuitous printfs.
+  * Archive link PALO. Not a bad idea otherwise but required because
+    dpkg-shlibdeps started whining. I'm sure I'll get grief for this.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:00:17 -0600
 
 palo (0.92) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Removed SOM loader code
-  * If the user hasn't specified one, palo/ipl adds the correct console=
+  * Remove SOM loader code.
+  * If the user hasn't specified one, PALO/ipl adds the correct console=
     to the command line based on whether the boot console is full
-    (ttyS0, serial) or half (tty0, graphics) duplex.  Also adds sti=
+    (ttyS0, serial) or half (tty0, graphics) duplex. Also adds sti=
     and sti_font= if they're missing.
-  * Palo header version is now 3.  Can store both a 32 and a 64-bit kernel
+  * PALO header version is now 3. Can store both a 32 and a 64-bit kernel
     in the F0/sequential/CDROM formats.
-  * When booting from F0/sequential/CDROM palo guesses the 32/64-ness
+  * When booting from F0/sequential/CDROM PALO guesses the 32/64-ness
     by asking firmware if the user doesn't specify 0/vmlinux64 or 0/vmlinux32.
     On boxes which support both 32 and 64, 32 is chosen.
   * If no TERM= in kernel cmd line, when guessing serial/sti, add TERM=vt102
-    for former and TERM=linux for latter
-  * Print boot command line even in non-interactive mode
+    for former and TERM=linux for latter.
+  * Print boot command line even in non-interactive mode.
   * Place kernels and ramdisks on 2k boundaries on sequential media to help
     avoid reverse seeks during boot.
 
@@ -290,44 +295,44 @@ palo (0.92) unstable; urgency=low
 
 palo (0.91) unstable; urgency=high
 
-  * Fixed check which causes some narrow IPL loads to fail
+  * Fix check which causes some narrow IPL loads to fail.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Tue, 29 May 2001 11:39:23 -0600
 
 palo (0.90) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Added support for calling PDC/IODC in wide mode (i.e., for
-    Superdome).  PALO ipl continues to run in narrow mode on all
-    platforms, except that PDC/IODC calls are made in the mode ipl was
-    started in.
+  * Add support for calling PDC/IODC in wide mode (i.e., for
+    Superdome). PALO ipl continues to run in narrow mode on all
+    platforms, except that PDC/IODC calls are made in the mode
+    that ipl was started in.
 
  -- Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn_helgaas@hp.com>  Tue, 15 May 2001 13:17:21 -0600
 
 palo (0.89) unstable; urgency=high
 
-  * Palo can now prepare disks >2G on 32-bit kernels (even though it
-    is not using large file I/O calls, which are not useful yet anyway).
-    (fixes bugs.parisc-linux.org #125)
-   * fixed bugs.parisc-linux.org #89
+  * PALO can now prepare disks >2G on 32-bit kernels, even though it
+    is not using large file I/O calls, which are not useful yet
+    anyway. Fixes bugs.parisc-linux.org #125.
+  * Fix bugs.parisc-linux.org #89.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Fri, 11 May 2001 19:07:18 -0600
 
 palo (0.88) unstable; urgency=high
 
-  * Fix several lintian bugs by uncommenting 2 lines in debian/rules
+  * Fix several lintian bugs by uncommenting 2 lines in debian/rules.
   * No longer ship /etc/palo.conf as config file -- expect installer
-    to provide one now.  Example in /usr/share/doc/palo.  Should have
+    to provide one now. Example in /usr/share/doc/palo. Should have
     some post-install magic to offer to run palo if /etc/palo.conf
     exists, and a complaint if /etc/palo.conf doesn't exist because
     you should have one from running the installer.
-  * Changed palo to a native Debian package since it's maintained
+  * Change palo to a native Debian package since it's maintained
     as one.
 
  -- Paul Bame <bame@debian.org>  Fri, 11 May 2001 16:07:18 -0600
 
 palo (0.86-1) unstable; urgency=high
 
-  * Probably required to support later non-0xc0100000 kernels
+  * Probably required to support later non-0xc0100000 kernels.
 
  -- Paul Bame <paul_bame@hp.com>  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 15:22:45 -0700