1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
4 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
5 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
6 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
7 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
8 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
9 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
10 Millan (Closes: #209008).
11 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
12 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
14 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
16 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
18 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
19 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
20 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
21 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
22 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
23 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
24 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
26 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
27 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
28 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
29 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
31 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
32 Küster (Closes: #403391).
33 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
34 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
35 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
36 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
37 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
38 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
39 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
40 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
41 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
42 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
43 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
44 * Add an md5sums control file.
45 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
46 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
47 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
48 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
49 currently part of policy.
50 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
51 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
55 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
58 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
59 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
60 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
61 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
62 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
63 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
64 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
65 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
66 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
67 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
68 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
69 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
70 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
71 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
72 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
74 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
76 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
77 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
78 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
80 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
81 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
82 list?" (Closes: #412634).
83 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
84 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
85 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
86 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
87 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
88 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
89 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
90 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
91 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
92 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
93 debconf specification.
94 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
95 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
97 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
99 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
101 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
102 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
103 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
104 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
105 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
107 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
109 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
110 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
111 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
112 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
113 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
115 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
116 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
117 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
118 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
119 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
120 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
121 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
122 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
123 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
124 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
125 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
126 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
127 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
129 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
130 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
132 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
134 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
135 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
136 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
137 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
138 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
139 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
140 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
141 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
143 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
145 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
147 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
148 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
149 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
150 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
151 Polo (Closes: #372497).
152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
153 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
155 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
156 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
157 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
158 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
159 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
160 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
161 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
162 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
164 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
166 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
167 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
168 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
169 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
170 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
171 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
173 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
175 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
177 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
178 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
179 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
180 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
183 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
185 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
187 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
189 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
190 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
191 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
192 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
193 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
194 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
195 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
196 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
197 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
198 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
200 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
201 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
203 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
204 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
205 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
206 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
207 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
208 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
209 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
210 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
215 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
218 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
219 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
220 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
221 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
222 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
223 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
224 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
225 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
226 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
227 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
228 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
229 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
230 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
231 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
232 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
233 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
234 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
235 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
236 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
238 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
239 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
240 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
241 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
242 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
243 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
244 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
246 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
247 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
248 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
249 Hess (Closes: #362247).
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
251 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
252 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
253 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
254 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
255 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
256 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
257 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
258 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
259 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
260 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
261 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
263 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
264 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
267 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
268 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
269 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
270 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
271 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
272 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
273 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
274 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
275 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
276 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
278 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
280 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
283 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
284 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
286 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
288 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
289 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
290 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
291 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
292 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
293 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
294 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
295 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
298 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
300 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
301 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
303 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
305 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
307 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
308 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
309 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
311 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
312 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
313 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
315 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
318 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
320 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
323 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
324 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
325 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
327 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
328 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
329 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
330 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
332 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
334 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
337 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
338 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
339 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
340 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
341 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
343 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
344 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
345 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
346 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
348 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
349 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
350 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
352 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
353 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
354 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
356 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
357 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
358 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
360 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
361 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
362 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
363 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
366 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
367 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
368 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
369 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
370 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
371 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
372 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
375 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
376 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
377 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
379 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
380 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
381 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
383 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
384 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
385 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
386 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
387 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
388 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
389 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
390 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
394 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
397 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
398 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
399 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
400 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
401 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
402 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
403 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
404 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
405 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
407 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
408 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
409 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
410 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
411 this section. closes: Bug#248618
412 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
413 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
414 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
415 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
416 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
417 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
418 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
419 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
420 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
421 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
422 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
423 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
425 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
426 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
427 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
430 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
431 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
432 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
434 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
435 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
436 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
437 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
438 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
439 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
441 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
442 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
444 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
445 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
446 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
447 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
448 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
449 Closes: #185943, #237049
451 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
453 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
456 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
459 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
460 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
461 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
462 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
463 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
464 running. closes: Bug#187250
465 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
466 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
467 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
468 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
469 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
470 user closes: Bug#176506
472 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
474 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
477 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
478 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
479 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
480 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
481 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
482 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
483 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
484 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
485 deb-building toolchain.
486 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
487 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
488 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
489 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
490 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
491 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
492 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
493 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
494 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
495 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
496 sections about changelog files.
498 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
499 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
500 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
501 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
502 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
503 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
505 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
506 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
507 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
508 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
509 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
510 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
511 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
512 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
513 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
514 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
515 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
516 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
517 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
518 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
519 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
520 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
521 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
522 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
523 for the restructuring
525 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
527 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
530 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
532 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
533 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
534 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
535 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
536 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
537 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
539 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
540 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
541 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
542 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
543 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
544 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
545 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
547 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
548 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
549 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
550 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
552 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
554 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
557 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
558 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
559 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
560 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
561 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
562 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
564 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
565 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
566 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
567 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
569 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
570 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
571 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
572 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
573 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
574 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
575 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
576 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
577 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
579 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
580 script should start it, closes: #60979
581 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
582 "should", closes: #170019
583 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
584 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
585 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
586 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
587 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
588 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
589 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
590 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
593 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
595 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
598 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
599 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
600 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
601 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
602 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
603 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
604 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
605 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
606 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
608 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
609 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
610 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
611 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
612 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
613 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
614 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
615 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
616 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
618 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
619 file, closes: Bug#65764
621 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
623 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
625 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
626 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
627 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
628 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
629 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
630 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
631 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
632 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
633 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
634 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
635 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
636 details. closes: Bug#133030
637 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
638 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
641 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
643 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
645 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
646 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
647 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
648 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
649 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
650 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
651 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
652 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
653 not. closes: Bug#139820
654 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
655 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
656 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
657 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
658 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
659 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
660 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
661 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
662 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
663 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
665 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
667 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
668 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
669 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
670 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
671 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
672 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
673 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
674 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
675 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
676 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
677 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
678 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
679 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
680 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
681 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
682 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
683 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
684 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
685 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
686 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
688 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
689 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
690 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
691 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
692 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
693 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
694 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
696 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
697 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
698 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
699 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
700 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
701 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
702 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
703 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
704 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
706 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
708 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
710 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
711 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
712 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
713 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
714 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
715 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
716 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
717 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
718 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
719 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
720 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
721 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
722 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
723 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
724 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
725 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
726 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
727 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
728 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
729 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
730 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
731 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
732 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
734 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
736 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
738 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
739 medium, high, emergency.
740 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
741 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
742 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
743 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
744 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
747 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
748 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
749 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
751 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
752 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
753 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
754 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
755 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
756 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
757 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
760 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
762 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
765 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
766 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
767 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
769 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
770 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
771 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
772 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
773 debian/rules to do this
774 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
775 patches are incorporated upstream
776 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
777 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
778 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
779 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
780 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
781 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
783 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
784 system closes: Bug#91249
785 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
786 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
787 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
788 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
789 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
790 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
791 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
792 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
793 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
794 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
795 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
796 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
797 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
799 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
801 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
803 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
804 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
805 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
806 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
808 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
809 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
810 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
812 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
815 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
817 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
819 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
820 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
821 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
822 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
823 package for the time being
824 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
825 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
826 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
827 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
828 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
829 * Rename all .text files as .txt
830 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
831 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
832 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
833 Build-Depends arch syntax
834 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
836 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
837 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
839 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
840 from policy maintenance duties.
841 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
842 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
844 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
846 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
848 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
850 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
852 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
855 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
856 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
857 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
858 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
859 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
860 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
861 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
862 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
863 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
864 minor version number for this
865 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
866 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
867 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
868 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
869 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
870 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
871 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
872 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
873 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
875 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
877 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
879 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
880 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
881 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
882 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
883 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
885 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
887 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
888 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
889 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
890 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
891 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
892 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
893 xutils closes: Bug#82966
894 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
895 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
896 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
897 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
898 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
899 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
900 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
901 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
902 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
905 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
907 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
909 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
910 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
912 * Document the Enhances relationship
913 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
914 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
915 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
916 policy. closes: Bug#53496
917 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
918 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
920 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
922 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
923 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
924 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
925 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
927 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
928 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
929 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
930 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
931 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
933 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
935 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
937 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
938 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
939 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
941 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
942 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
943 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
944 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
945 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
946 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
947 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
948 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
949 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
951 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
953 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
955 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
957 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
958 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
959 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
960 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
961 policy. closes: Bug#64437
962 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
963 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
964 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
965 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
966 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
967 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
968 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
969 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
970 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
971 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
972 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
973 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
974 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
975 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
976 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
977 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
978 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
980 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
981 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
983 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
985 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
988 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
989 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
990 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
991 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
992 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
993 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
994 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
995 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
996 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
997 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
998 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
999 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1000 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1001 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1002 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1003 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1004 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1005 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1006 list closes: Bug#53756
1007 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1008 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1009 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1010 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1011 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1012 policy closes: Bug#53760
1013 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1014 policy closes: Bug#53761
1015 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1016 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1017 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1018 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1019 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1020 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1021 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1022 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1023 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1024 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1025 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1027 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1028 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1029 to install with older fileutils.
1030 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1031 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1032 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1033 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1035 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1036 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1038 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1040 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1043 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1045 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1047 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1050 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1052 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1055 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1058 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1060 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1062 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1064 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1067 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1069 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1071 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1074 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1075 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1076 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1077 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1078 directoried (closes: #41547)
1079 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1080 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1081 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1082 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1083 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1084 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1085 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1086 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1087 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1088 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1089 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1091 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1092 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1093 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1094 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1095 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1096 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1097 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1099 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1100 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1101 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1102 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1104 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1106 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1108 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1109 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1111 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1113 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1115 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1116 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1118 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1120 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1123 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1125 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1126 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1127 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1128 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1129 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1130 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1131 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1132 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1133 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1134 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1135 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1136 this closes: Bug#38612
1137 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1138 before. closes: Bug#40864
1140 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1142 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1145 officially uploaded.
1146 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1148 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1149 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1150 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1152 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1153 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1154 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1155 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1156 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1157 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1159 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1160 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1161 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1163 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1165 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1166 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1167 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1168 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1169 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1171 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1173 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1176 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1177 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1178 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1179 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1180 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1181 there). closes: Bug#34233
1182 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1183 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1184 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1185 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1186 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1188 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1190 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1193 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1194 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1195 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1198 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1199 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1200 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1201 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1202 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1205 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1206 number. closes: BUG#25911
1208 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1209 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1210 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1211 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1212 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1213 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1215 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1216 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1217 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1220 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1221 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1222 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1224 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1225 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1226 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1227 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1229 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1230 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1231 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1233 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1235 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1236 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1237 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1238 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1239 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1240 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1241 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1242 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1245 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1247 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1248 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1251 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1253 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1255 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1257 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1259 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1262 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1263 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1264 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1265 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1266 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1267 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1268 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1270 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1271 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1273 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1275 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1277 * non-maintainer release
1278 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1279 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1281 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1282 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1283 * no content changes
1284 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1286 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1288 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1292 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1294 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1296 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1298 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1299 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1300 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1302 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1303 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1305 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1306 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1307 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1308 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1310 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1311 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1312 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1313 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1314 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1315 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1316 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1318 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1319 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1320 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1323 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1324 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1325 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1327 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1328 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1329 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1331 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1332 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1334 * New version numbering scheme:
1336 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1337 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1338 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1341 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1342 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1343 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1344 differ between the manuals.
1346 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1347 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1348 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1349 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1351 * Packaging changes:
1353 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1354 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1356 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1358 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1360 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1364 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1365 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1366 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1368 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1369 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1372 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1373 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1374 file extension as the referenced file
1376 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1377 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1379 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1380 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1381 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1382 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1385 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1386 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1387 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1389 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1390 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1391 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1392 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1395 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1396 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1399 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1400 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1401 reasonable default configuration
1403 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1404 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1405 by all news servers and clients
1407 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1408 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1409 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1410 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1411 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1413 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1414 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1417 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1419 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1420 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1422 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1425 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1426 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1428 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1429 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1431 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1433 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1435 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1438 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1439 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1440 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1442 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1444 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1445 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1446 * Don't use debstd anymore
1448 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1450 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1452 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1453 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1454 contrib/non-free policy
1455 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1456 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1457 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1458 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1459 - new section about `Daemons'
1460 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1461 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1462 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1463 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1464 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1465 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1466 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1467 * SGML source code included in package
1468 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1470 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1472 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1474 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1475 - completely reworked structure
1476 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1477 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1478 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1479 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1480 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1481 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1482 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1483 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1484 - mention "orphaned packages"
1485 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1486 distributions' policy
1487 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1488 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1489 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1490 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1491 - added section about arch spec strings
1492 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1493 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1494 - added section about "menus"
1495 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1496 the new documentation policy soon
1497 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1498 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1500 - added section about editors and pagers
1501 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1502 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1503 - added section about device files
1504 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1505 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1506 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1508 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1509 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1510 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1511 - Added new section about obsolete names
1512 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1513 * Fixed package's description
1515 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1517 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1519 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1521 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1523 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1525 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1526 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1527 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1528 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1530 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1532 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1534 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1535 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1536 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1538 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1539 and upload it "byhand" too.
1541 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1543 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1546 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1547 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1548 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1549 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1550 functionality must not have the same name.
1551 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1552 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1553 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1554 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1555 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1556 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1557 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1559 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1560 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1561 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1562 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1563 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1564 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1565 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1566 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1569 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1571 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1573 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1575 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1576 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1577 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1578 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1579 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1582 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1584 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1586 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1588 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1589 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1590 description of deb file format.
1591 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1592 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1594 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1596 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1597 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1599 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1601 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1603 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1604 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1605 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1606 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1607 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1608 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1609 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1610 packages in section on Procedure
1611 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1612 a package maintainer
1613 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1614 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1615 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1617 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1618 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1619 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1620 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1621 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1622 on various shlib files
1623 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1624 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1625 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1627 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1629 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1631 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1632 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1633 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1635 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1636 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1637 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1638 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1639 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1641 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1643 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1645 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1647 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1649 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1650 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1651 compatibility go in contrib.
1653 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1654 instructions in policy manual.
1655 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1658 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1660 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1662 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1663 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1664 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1665 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1667 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1668 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1671 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1673 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1675 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1676 * More detail about changelog format names.
1678 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1679 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1683 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1685 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1687 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1689 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1691 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1693 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1695 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1697 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1698 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1699 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1701 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1703 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1705 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1707 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1709 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1713 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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