1 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
9 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
15 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
25 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
29 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
34 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
35 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
39 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
42 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
44 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
45 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
47 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
49 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
50 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
55 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
56 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
61 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
62 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
66 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
67 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
71 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
72 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
76 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
77 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
81 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
82 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
86 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
87 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
91 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
93 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
94 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
95 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
96 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
97 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
98 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
99 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
100 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
101 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
103 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
104 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
106 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:34:54 -0700
108 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
111 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
114 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
117 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
118 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
119 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
120 and distribution license' (three times).
121 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
122 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
127 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
129 Proposed by Santiago Vila
130 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
137 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
138 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
142 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
143 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
144 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
147 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
149 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
150 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
154 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
155 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
158 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
160 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
161 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
164 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
166 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
167 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
170 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
172 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
173 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
174 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
177 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
178 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
183 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
184 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
188 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
189 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
193 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
194 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
195 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
199 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
200 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
201 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
204 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
205 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
210 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
211 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
215 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
216 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
217 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
218 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
219 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
220 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
221 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
222 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
223 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
224 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
225 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
226 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
227 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
228 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
229 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
230 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
231 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
232 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
233 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
234 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
235 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
236 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
237 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
238 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
239 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
240 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
241 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
242 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
243 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
244 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
245 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
246 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
248 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
250 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
252 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
255 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
256 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
258 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
259 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
263 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
266 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
267 Wording: Steve Langasek.
268 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
269 Seconded: Julien Cristau
270 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
273 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
274 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
275 Seconded: Russ Allbery
276 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
279 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
280 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
281 Seconded: Russ Allbery
283 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
284 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
285 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
286 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
287 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
288 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
289 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
290 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
293 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
294 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
295 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
296 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
297 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
298 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
299 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
301 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
302 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
303 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
304 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
305 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
306 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
307 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
310 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
311 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
312 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
313 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
314 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
316 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
319 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
320 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
323 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
324 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
327 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
329 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
331 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
332 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
336 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
337 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
341 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
342 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
346 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
347 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
350 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
351 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
353 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
354 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
359 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
360 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
364 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
365 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
369 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
370 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
374 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
375 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
379 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
380 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
384 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
385 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
386 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
387 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
388 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
389 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
390 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
391 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
392 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
393 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
394 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
395 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
396 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
397 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
398 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
400 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
401 Source field descriptions.
402 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
403 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
404 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
405 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
406 description says otherwise.
408 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
410 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
413 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
414 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
417 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
418 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
420 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
421 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
422 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
423 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
425 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
426 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
428 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
430 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
431 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
433 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
435 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
436 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
437 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
438 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
442 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
443 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
444 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
445 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
446 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
448 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
449 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
450 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
453 * Add myself to Uploaders.
456 * Add myself to Uploaders.
457 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
459 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
460 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
461 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
463 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
465 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
467 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
468 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
472 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
473 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
475 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
477 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
478 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
482 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
483 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
485 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
487 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
488 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
489 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
490 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
492 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
493 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
494 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
495 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
497 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
498 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
500 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
502 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
503 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
504 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
505 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
507 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
508 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
509 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
510 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
512 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
513 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
515 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
517 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
518 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
520 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
521 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
523 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
524 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
525 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
526 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
527 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
528 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
529 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
530 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
531 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
532 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
533 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
534 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
535 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
536 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
537 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
538 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
539 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
540 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
541 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
542 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
543 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
544 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
545 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
546 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
547 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
548 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
549 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
550 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
551 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
552 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
554 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
555 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
556 links was completed long ago.
557 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
559 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
561 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
563 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
564 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
566 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
568 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
570 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
571 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
572 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
573 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
574 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
575 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
576 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
577 Millan (Closes: #209008).
578 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
579 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
581 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
583 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
585 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
586 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
587 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
588 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
589 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
590 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
591 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
593 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
594 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
595 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
596 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
598 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
599 Küster (Closes: #403391).
600 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
601 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
602 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
603 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
604 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
605 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
606 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
607 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
609 Closes: #186700, #458910
610 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
611 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
614 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
615 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
616 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
617 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
618 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
619 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
620 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
621 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
623 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
624 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
626 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
627 * Add an md5sums control file.
628 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
629 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
630 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
631 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
632 currently part of policy.
633 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
634 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
635 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
638 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
640 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
642 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
643 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
644 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
645 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
646 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
647 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
648 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
649 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
650 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
651 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
652 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
653 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
654 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
655 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
656 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
657 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
659 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
661 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
662 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
663 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
665 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
666 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
667 list?" (Closes: #412634).
668 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
669 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
670 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
671 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
672 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
673 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
674 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
675 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
676 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
677 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
678 debconf specification.
679 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
680 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
682 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
684 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
686 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
687 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
688 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
689 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
690 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
692 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
694 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
695 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
696 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
697 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
698 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
700 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
701 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
702 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
703 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
704 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
705 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
706 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
707 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
708 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
709 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
710 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
711 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
712 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
713 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
714 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
715 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
717 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
719 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
720 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
721 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
722 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
723 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
724 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
725 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
726 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
728 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
730 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
732 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
733 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
734 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
735 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
736 Polo (Closes: #372497).
737 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
738 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
740 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
741 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
742 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
743 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
744 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
745 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
746 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
747 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
748 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
749 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
751 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
752 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
753 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
754 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
755 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
756 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
758 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
760 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
762 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
763 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
764 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
765 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
767 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
768 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
770 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
772 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
774 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
775 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
776 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
777 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
778 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
779 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
780 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
781 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
782 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
783 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
785 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
786 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
787 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
788 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
789 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
790 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
791 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
792 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
793 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
794 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
795 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
798 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
800 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
802 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
803 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
804 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
805 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
806 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
807 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
808 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
809 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
810 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
811 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
812 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
813 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
814 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
815 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
816 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
817 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
818 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
819 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
820 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
821 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
822 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
823 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
824 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
825 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
826 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
827 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
828 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
829 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
831 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
832 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
833 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
834 Hess (Closes: #362247).
835 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
836 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
837 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
838 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
839 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
840 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
841 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
842 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
843 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
844 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
845 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
846 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
848 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
849 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
851 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
852 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
853 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
854 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
855 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
856 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
857 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
858 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
859 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
860 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
861 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
863 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
865 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
868 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
869 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
870 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
871 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
872 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
873 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
874 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
875 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
876 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
877 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
878 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
879 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
880 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
882 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
883 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
885 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
886 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
887 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
888 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
889 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
890 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
891 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
892 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
893 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
894 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
895 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
896 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
897 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
898 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
899 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
900 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
903 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
905 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
907 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
908 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
909 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
910 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
912 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
913 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
914 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
915 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
917 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
919 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
922 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
923 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
924 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
925 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
926 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
927 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
928 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
929 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
930 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
931 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
933 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
934 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
935 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
937 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
938 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
939 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
940 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
941 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
942 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
943 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
945 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
946 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
947 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
948 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
950 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
951 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
952 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
953 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
954 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
955 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
956 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
957 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
959 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
960 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
961 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
962 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
963 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
964 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
965 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
966 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
967 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
968 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
969 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
970 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
971 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
972 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
973 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
974 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
975 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
977 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
979 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
982 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
983 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
984 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
985 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
986 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
987 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
988 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
989 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
990 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
992 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
993 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
994 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
995 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
996 this section. closes: Bug#248618
997 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
998 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
999 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1000 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1001 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1002 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1003 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1004 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1005 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1006 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1007 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1008 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1010 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1011 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1012 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1015 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1016 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1017 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1019 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1020 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1021 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1022 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1023 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1024 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1026 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1027 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1029 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1030 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1031 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1032 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1033 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1034 Closes: #185943, #237049
1036 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1038 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1044 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1045 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1046 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1047 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1048 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1049 running. closes: Bug#187250
1050 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1051 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1052 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1053 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1054 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1055 user closes: Bug#176506
1057 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1059 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1063 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1064 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1065 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1066 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1067 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1068 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1069 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1070 deb-building toolchain.
1071 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1072 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1073 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1074 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1075 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1076 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1077 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1078 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1079 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1080 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1081 sections about changelog files.
1083 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1084 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1085 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1086 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1087 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1088 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1090 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1091 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1092 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1093 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1094 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1095 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1096 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1097 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1098 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1099 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1100 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1101 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1102 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1103 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1104 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1105 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1106 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1107 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1108 for the restructuring
1110 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1112 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1115 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1117 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1118 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1119 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1120 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1121 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1122 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1124 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1125 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1126 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1127 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1128 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1129 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1130 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1132 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1133 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1134 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1135 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1137 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1139 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1143 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1144 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1145 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1146 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1147 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1149 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1150 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1151 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1152 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1154 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1155 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1156 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1157 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1158 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1159 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1160 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1161 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1162 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1163 offtopic stuff, too.
1164 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1165 script should start it, closes: #60979
1166 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1167 "should", closes: #170019
1168 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1169 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1170 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1171 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1172 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1173 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1174 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1175 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1178 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1180 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1184 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1185 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1186 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1187 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1188 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1189 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1190 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1191 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1193 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1194 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1195 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1196 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1197 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1198 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1199 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1200 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1201 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1203 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1204 file, closes: Bug#65764
1206 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1208 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1211 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1212 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1213 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1214 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1215 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1216 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1217 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1218 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1219 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1220 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1221 details. closes: Bug#133030
1222 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1223 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1224 parts of Bug#161455.
1226 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1228 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1230 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1231 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1232 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1233 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1234 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1235 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1236 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1237 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1238 not. closes: Bug#139820
1239 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1240 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1241 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1242 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1243 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1244 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1245 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1246 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1247 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1248 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1250 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1252 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1253 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1254 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1255 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1256 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1257 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1258 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1259 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1260 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1261 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1262 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1263 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1264 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1265 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1266 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1267 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1268 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1269 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1270 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1271 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1273 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1274 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1275 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1276 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1277 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1278 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1279 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1281 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1282 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1283 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1284 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1285 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1286 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1287 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1288 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1289 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1291 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1293 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1296 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1297 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1298 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1299 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1300 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1301 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1302 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1303 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1304 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1305 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1306 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1307 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1308 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1309 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1310 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1311 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1312 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1313 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1314 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1315 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1316 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1317 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1319 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1321 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1324 medium, high, emergency.
1325 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1326 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1327 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1328 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1329 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1332 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1333 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1334 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1336 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1337 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1338 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1339 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1340 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1341 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1342 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1345 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1347 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1349 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1350 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1351 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1352 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1354 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1355 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1356 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1357 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1358 debian/rules to do this
1359 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1360 patches are incorporated upstream
1361 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1362 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1363 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1364 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1365 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1366 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1368 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1369 system closes: Bug#91249
1370 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1371 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1372 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1373 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1374 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1375 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1376 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1377 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1378 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1379 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1380 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1381 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1382 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1384 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1386 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1388 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1389 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1390 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1391 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1393 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1394 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1395 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1397 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1400 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1402 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1404 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1405 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1406 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1407 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1408 package for the time being
1409 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1410 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1411 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1412 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1413 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1414 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1415 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1416 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1417 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1418 Build-Depends arch syntax
1419 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1421 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1422 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1424 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1425 from policy maintenance duties.
1426 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1427 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1429 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1431 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1433 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1435 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1437 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1439 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1440 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1441 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1442 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1443 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1444 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1445 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1446 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1447 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1448 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1449 minor version number for this
1450 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1451 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1452 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1453 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1454 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1455 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1456 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1457 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1458 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1460 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1462 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1464 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1465 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1466 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1467 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1468 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1470 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1472 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1473 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1474 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1475 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1476 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1477 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1478 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1479 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1480 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1481 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1482 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1483 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1484 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1485 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1486 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1487 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1490 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1492 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1494 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1495 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1497 * Document the Enhances relationship
1498 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1499 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1500 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1501 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1502 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1503 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1505 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1507 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1508 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1509 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1510 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1512 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1513 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1514 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1515 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1516 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1518 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1520 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1522 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1523 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1524 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1526 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1527 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1528 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1529 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1530 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1531 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1532 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1533 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1534 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1536 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1538 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1540 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1542 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1543 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1544 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1545 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1546 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1547 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1548 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1549 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1550 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1551 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1552 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1553 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1554 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1555 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1556 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1557 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1558 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1559 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1560 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1561 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1562 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1563 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1565 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1566 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1568 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1570 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1572 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1573 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1574 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1575 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1576 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1577 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1578 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1579 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1580 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1581 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1582 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1583 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1584 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1585 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1586 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1587 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1588 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1589 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1590 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1591 list closes: Bug#53756
1592 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1593 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1594 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1595 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1596 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1597 policy closes: Bug#53760
1598 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1599 policy closes: Bug#53761
1600 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1601 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1602 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1603 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1604 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1605 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1606 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1607 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1608 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1609 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1610 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1612 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1613 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1614 to install with older fileutils.
1615 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1616 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1617 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1618 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1620 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1621 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1623 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1625 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1627 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1628 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1630 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1632 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1634 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1635 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1637 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1640 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1642 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1643 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1645 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1647 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1649 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1651 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1652 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1654 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1656 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1658 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1659 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1660 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1661 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1662 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1663 directoried (closes: #41547)
1664 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1665 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1666 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1667 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1668 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1669 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1670 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1671 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1672 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1673 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1674 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1676 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1677 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1678 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1679 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1680 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1681 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1682 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1684 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1685 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1686 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1687 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1689 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1691 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1693 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1694 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1696 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1698 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1700 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1701 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1703 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1705 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1707 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1708 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1710 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1711 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1712 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1713 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1714 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1715 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1716 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1717 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1718 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1719 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1720 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1721 this closes: Bug#38612
1722 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1723 before. closes: Bug#40864
1725 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1727 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1729 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1730 officially uploaded.
1731 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1733 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1734 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1735 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1737 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1738 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1739 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1740 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1741 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1742 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1744 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1745 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1746 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1748 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1750 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1751 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1752 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1753 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1754 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1756 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1758 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1760 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1761 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1762 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1763 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1764 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1765 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1766 there). closes: Bug#34233
1767 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1768 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1769 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1770 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1771 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1773 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1775 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1777 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1778 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1779 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1780 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1783 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1784 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1785 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1786 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1787 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1790 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1791 number. closes: BUG#25911
1793 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1794 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1795 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1796 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1797 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1798 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1800 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1801 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1802 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1805 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1806 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1807 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1809 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1810 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1811 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1812 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1814 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1815 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1816 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1818 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1820 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1821 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1822 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1823 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1824 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1825 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1826 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1827 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1830 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1832 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1833 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1836 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1838 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1840 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1842 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1844 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1846 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1847 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1848 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1849 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1850 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1851 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1852 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1853 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1855 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1856 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1858 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1860 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1862 * non-maintainer release
1863 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1864 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1866 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1867 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1868 * no content changes
1869 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1871 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1873 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1877 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1879 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1881 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1883 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1884 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1885 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1887 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1888 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1890 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1891 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1892 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1893 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1895 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1896 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1897 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1898 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1899 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1900 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1901 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1903 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1904 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1905 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1908 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1909 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1910 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1912 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1913 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1914 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1916 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1917 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1919 * New version numbering scheme:
1921 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1922 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1923 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1926 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1927 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1928 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1929 differ between the manuals.
1931 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1932 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1933 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1934 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1936 * Packaging changes:
1938 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1939 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1941 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1943 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1945 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1947 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1949 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1950 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1951 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1953 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1954 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1957 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1958 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1959 file extension as the referenced file
1961 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1962 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1964 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1965 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1966 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1967 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1970 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1971 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1972 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1974 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1975 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1976 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1977 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1980 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1981 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1984 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1985 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1986 reasonable default configuration
1988 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1989 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1990 by all news servers and clients
1992 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1993 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1994 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1995 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1996 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1998 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1999 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2002 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2004 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2005 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2007 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2010 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2011 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2013 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2014 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2016 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2018 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2020 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2022 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2023 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2024 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2025 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2027 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2029 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2030 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2031 * Don't use debstd anymore
2033 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2035 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2037 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2038 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2039 contrib/non-free policy
2040 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2041 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2042 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2043 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2044 - new section about `Daemons'
2045 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2046 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2047 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2048 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2049 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2050 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2051 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2052 * SGML source code included in package
2053 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2055 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2057 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2059 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2060 - completely reworked structure
2061 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2062 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2063 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2064 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2065 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2066 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2067 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2068 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2069 - mention "orphaned packages"
2070 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2071 distributions' policy
2072 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2073 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2074 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2075 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2076 - added section about arch spec strings
2077 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2078 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2079 - added section about "menus"
2080 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2081 the new documentation policy soon
2082 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2083 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2085 - added section about editors and pagers
2086 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2087 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2088 - added section about device files
2089 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2090 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2091 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2093 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2094 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2095 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2096 - Added new section about obsolete names
2097 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2098 * Fixed package's description
2100 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2102 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2104 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2106 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2108 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2110 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2111 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2112 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2113 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2115 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2117 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2119 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2120 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2121 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2123 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2124 and upload it "byhand" too.
2126 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2128 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2131 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2132 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2133 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2134 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2135 functionality must not have the same name.
2136 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2137 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2138 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2139 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2140 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2141 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2142 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2144 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2145 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2146 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2147 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2148 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2149 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2150 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2151 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2154 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2156 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2158 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2160 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2161 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2162 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2163 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2164 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2167 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2169 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2171 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2173 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2174 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2175 description of deb file format.
2176 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2177 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2179 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2181 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2182 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2184 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2186 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2188 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2189 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2190 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2191 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2192 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2193 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2194 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2195 packages in section on Procedure
2196 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2197 a package maintainer
2198 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2199 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2200 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2202 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2203 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2204 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2205 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2206 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2207 on various shlib files
2208 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2209 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2210 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2212 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2214 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2216 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2217 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2218 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2220 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2221 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2222 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2223 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2224 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2226 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2228 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2230 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2232 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2234 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2235 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2236 compatibility go in contrib.
2238 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2239 instructions in policy manual.
2240 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2243 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2245 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2247 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2248 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2249 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2250 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2252 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2253 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2256 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2258 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2260 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2261 * More detail about changelog format names.
2263 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2264 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2268 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2270 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2272 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2274 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2276 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2278 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2280 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2282 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2283 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2284 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2286 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2288 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2290 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2292 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2294 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2298 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100