ChangeLog

   1 2006-10-02  Manoj Srivastava  <srivasta@debian.org>
   2
   3         * policy.sgml (Build-Depends):
   4                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-26
   5                   Fix spelling error in "dependency"
   6
   7 2006-06-20  Manoj Srivastava  <srivasta@debian.org>
   8
   9         * policy.sgml:
  10                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-21
  11                   Fix FSF email address
  12                   Text Documentation --> Plain text documentation, since
  13                   the meaning appeared unclear.
  14
  15         * perl-policy.sgml:
  16                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-24
  17                   Fix FSF email address
  18
  19         * menu-policy.sgml:
  20                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-24
  21                   Fix FSF email address
  22
  23         * mime-policy.sgml:
  24                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-24
  25                   Fix FSF email address
  26
  27 2006-06-19  Manoj Srivastava  <srivasta@debian.org>
  28
  29         * upgrading-checklist.html (issue):
  30                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-20
  31                   Typo fixes.
  32
  33         * policy.sgml (INSTALL_DIR):
  34                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-20
  35                   typo fix: s/s/a/
  36                   Add "is"
  37                   Clarify the fact that most fields can have multi line
  38                   values in control files, apart from the Uploaders field.
  39                   Since the packaging system can handle multi line fields
  40                   anyway, it does not make sense to prohibit them in
  41                   policy.
  42                   Mention the need to have a copyright file in the source
  43                   package section as well.
  44
  45 2006-05-03  Manoj Srivastava  <srivasta@debian.org>
  46
  47         * policy.sgml (INSTALL_DIR):
  48                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-17
  49                   Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the
  50                   standard directive that shared libraries must be
  51                   compiled with  -fPIC, and static libraries without,
  52                   added the protocol to be followed  when doing so.
  53
  54 2006-04-26  Manoj Srivastava  <srivasta@debian.org>
  55
  56         * policy.sgml:
  57                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-14
  58                   Added an informative footnote to document the fact that
  59                   while dpkg does handle changes to file
  60                   ownership/permissions on upgrade, ownership or
  61                   permissions on directories already on the system are not
  62                   modified.
  63           (Version): Disambiguate the overloaded use of section for main,
  64                   contrib, non-free as well as for admin, lib,devel,
  65                   etc. Various fixes based on a 1999 nit picking message
  66                   from Joey Hess
  67
  68 2006-04-25  Manoj Srivastava  <srivasta@debian.org>
  69
  70         * policy-process.sgml:
  71                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-16
  72                   Minor typo fix
  73
  74         * upgrading-checklist.html (issue):
  75                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-15
  76                   Document the fact that cgi executable location is
  77                   changing, and that web servers need to provide script
  78                   aliases.
  79           (issue):
  80                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-15
  81                   mentioned the change to FHS 2.3
  82           (issue):
  83                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-15
  84                   When scripts are installed into into a  directory in the
  85                   system PATH, the script name should not include
  86                   aextension that denotes the scripting language currently
  87                   used to implement it.
  88
  89         * policy.sgml (http):
  90                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-15
  91                   [PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin. Since
  92                   most web servers do include this, it seems like it is
  93                   about time.
  94                   (Version):
  95                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-15
  96                   Changed the default version we refer to in
  97                   policy to version 2.3, and added in specific
  98                   exceptions t the new version of the FHS.
  99           (Package):
 100                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-15
 101                   Mention that all fileds, except the Uploaders, are
 102                   supposed to be a single logical line, which may be
 103                   spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by
 104                   space is elided). Also mention that anything  parsing
 105                   the control file must allow for a multi-line uploaders
 106                   field.
 107           (INSTALL_DIR):
 108                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-15
 109                   When scripts are installed into into a  directory in the
 110                   system PATH, the script name should not include an
 111                   extensionthat denotes the scripting language currently
 112                   used to  implement it.
 113                   No longer specify the full list of common license
 114                   files,since the list gets out dated with newer
 115                   versions of license files.
 116                   Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing legal
 117                           architecture strings, since that's what is used
 118                           by everyone anyway.  The version in policy was
 119                           wrong, but that s=does not seem to  have
 120                           hindered anyone, which indicates that this
 121                           policy directive was uneeded. Now the
 122                           dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative,
 123                           which  it is, and the format is in an
 124                           informative foot note.
 125                   Make use of invoke-rc.d mandatory when calling initscripts.
 126                   Changed various X related paths to reflect the move over
 127                           to Xorg, and away from /usr/X11R6.
 128
 129 2005-12-26  Manoj Srivastava  <srivasta@debian.org>
 130
 131         * policy.sgml:
 132                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-6
 133                   Mention config files, with a proper reference in the
 134                   maintainer scripts area
 135
 136 2005-12-24  Manoj Srivastava  <srivasta@debian.org>
 137
 138         * perl-policy.sgml:
 139                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-8
 140                   Typo fix (as -> at)
 141
 142         * policy.sgml:
 143                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-6
 144                   Policy does not describe the current tasksel/tasks
 145                   situation very well. After correctiong the errors, and
 146                   eliminating obsolete paragraphs, therewas nothing that a
 147                   general maintainer needs to do about tasksel task
 148                   selection, it makes no sense to have this section in
 149                   policy. removed.
 150                   One of the examples listed in B.1 is not correct and
 151                   does not work. Three problems.  One is that 'xof' does
 152                   not write to stdout, 'xOf' does.  Another is
 153                   that filenames in debs start with "./" and so
 154                   the listed file will not be matched.  Third is
 155                   that f needs a filename and "-" is usually the
 156                   tradition, but hyphen problems with fonts
 157                   probably caused it to be dropped.  That last
 158                   probably needs a special crosscheck to make sure
 159                   it makes it through the formatting.
 160           (INSTALL):
 161                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-6
 162                   typo fix.
 163                   Fixed up the description, and summary, of the maintainer
 164                   scripts call sequence.
 165                   remove obsolete footnote statements about UTF-8
 166                   Erase mention of obsolete non-US section
 167                   (Package):
 168                           srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-6
 169                           The format field of .dsc is now mandatory
 170
 171 2005-06-18  Manoj Srivastava  <srivasta@debian.org>
 172
 173         * virtual-package-names-list.txt (Format):
 174                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-5
 175                   Added x-session-manager
 176           (Format):
 177                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-5
 178                   Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
 179                   includes: scheme-r4rs scheme-r5rs scheme-ieee-11878-1900
 180                   scheme-srfi-0 scheme-srfi-7 scheme-srfi-55
 181           (Format):
 182                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-5
 183                   Added x-display-manager
 184
 185         * upgrading-checklist.html (issue):
 186                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-4
 187                   Fixed a type (missing /)
 188
 189 2005-06-16  Manoj Srivastava  <srivasta@debian.org>
 190
 191         * upgrading-checklist.html (issue):
 192                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--patch-1
 193                   Document the fact that HTTP servers are recommended to
 194                   provide an /image alias for packages to share images
 195                   with the server.
 196
 197         * policy.sgml (http):
 198                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--base-0
 199                   The proposal states that /usr/share/images/<package> and
 200                   can be referred to as
 201                   http://localhost/images/<package>/<filename. This allows
 202                   a simple solution to making images in packages
 203                   accessible to the HTTP server without having to resort
 204                   to symbolic links.
 205
 206                 Various spelling errors were also corrected in a spell
 207                 check run.
 208
 209                   Provide the URL for the down-loadable version of policy
 210                   documents in various formats, instead of just providing
 211                   a link.
 212
 213         * virtual-package-names-list.txt (Format):
 214                   srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.6--base-0
 215                   Removed aspell-dictionary, as  requested by the package
 216                   maintainers, as it is no longer in use.
 217