1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
4 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
5 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
6 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
7 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
8 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
9 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
10 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
11 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
12 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
13 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
14 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
15 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
16 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
17 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
18 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
20 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
22 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
23 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
24 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
26 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
27 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
28 list?" (Closes: #412634).
29 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
30 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
34 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
36 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
37 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
38 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
39 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
40 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
42 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
44 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
45 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
46 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
47 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
48 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
50 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
51 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
52 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
53 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
54 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
55 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
56 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
57 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
58 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
59 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
60 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
61 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
62 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
63 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
64 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
65 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
67 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
69 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
70 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
71 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
72 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
73 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
74 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
75 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
76 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
78 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
80 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
83 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
84 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
85 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
86 Polo (Closes: #372497).
87 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
88 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
90 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
91 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
92 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
93 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
94 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
95 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
96 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
97 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
98 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
99 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
101 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
102 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
103 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
104 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
105 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
106 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
108 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
110 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
112 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
113 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
114 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
115 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
117 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
118 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
120 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
122 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
124 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
125 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
126 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
127 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
128 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
129 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
130 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
131 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
132 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
133 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
135 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
136 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
138 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
139 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
140 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
142 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
143 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
144 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
145 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
150 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
153 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
155 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
156 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
157 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
158 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
159 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
160 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
161 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
162 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
163 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
164 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
165 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
166 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
167 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
168 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
169 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
170 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
171 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
172 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
173 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
174 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
175 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
176 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
177 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
178 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
179 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
181 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
182 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
183 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
184 Hess (Closes: #362247).
185 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
186 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
187 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
188 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
189 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
190 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
191 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
192 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
193 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
194 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
195 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
196 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
199 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
202 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
204 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
205 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
206 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
207 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
208 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
209 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
210 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
211 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
215 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
218 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
219 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
221 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
223 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
224 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
225 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
227 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
228 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
229 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
233 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
235 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
236 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
238 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
240 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
242 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
244 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
246 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
247 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
248 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
249 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
250 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
253 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
255 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
257 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
258 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
259 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
260 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
262 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
263 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
264 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
265 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
267 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
269 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
273 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
274 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
275 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
276 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
278 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
279 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
280 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
281 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
284 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
285 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
288 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
289 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
291 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
292 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
293 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
295 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
296 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
297 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
298 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
301 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
302 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
303 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
305 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
306 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
307 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
310 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
311 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
312 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
313 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
314 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
315 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
316 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
317 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
318 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
319 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
320 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
321 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
322 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
323 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
324 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
325 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
327 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
329 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
332 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
333 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
334 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
335 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
336 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
337 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
338 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
339 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
340 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
342 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
343 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
344 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
345 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
346 this section. closes: Bug#248618
347 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
348 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
349 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
350 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
351 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
352 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
353 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
355 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
356 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
357 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
358 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
361 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
362 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
365 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
366 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
367 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
369 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
370 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
371 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
372 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
373 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
374 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
376 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
377 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
379 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
380 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
381 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
382 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
383 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
384 Closes: #185943, #237049
386 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
388 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
391 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
394 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
395 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
396 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
397 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
398 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
399 running. closes: Bug#187250
400 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
401 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
402 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
403 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
404 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
405 user closes: Bug#176506
407 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
409 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
412 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
413 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
414 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
415 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
416 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
417 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
418 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
419 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
420 deb-building toolchain.
421 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
422 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
423 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
424 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
425 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
426 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
427 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
428 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
429 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
430 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
431 sections about changelog files.
433 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
434 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
435 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
436 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
437 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
438 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
440 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
441 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
442 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
443 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
444 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
445 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
446 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
447 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
448 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
449 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
450 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
451 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
452 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
453 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
454 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
455 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
456 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
457 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
458 for the restructuring
460 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
462 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
465 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
467 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
468 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
469 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
470 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
471 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
472 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
474 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
475 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
476 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
477 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
478 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
479 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
480 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
482 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
483 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
484 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
485 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
487 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
489 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
492 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
493 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
494 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
495 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
496 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
497 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
499 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
500 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
501 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
502 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
504 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
505 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
506 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
507 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
508 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
509 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
510 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
511 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
512 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
514 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
515 script should start it, closes: #60979
516 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
517 "should", closes: #170019
518 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
519 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
520 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
521 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
522 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
523 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
524 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
525 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
528 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
530 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
533 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
534 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
535 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
536 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
537 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
538 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
539 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
540 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
541 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
543 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
544 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
545 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
546 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
547 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
548 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
549 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
550 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
551 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
553 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
554 file, closes: Bug#65764
556 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
558 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
560 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
561 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
562 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
563 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
564 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
565 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
566 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
567 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
568 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
569 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
570 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
571 details. closes: Bug#133030
572 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
573 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
576 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
578 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
580 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
581 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
582 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
583 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
584 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
585 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
586 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
587 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
588 not. closes: Bug#139820
589 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
590 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
591 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
592 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
593 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
594 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
595 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
596 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
597 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
598 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
600 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
602 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
603 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
604 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
605 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
606 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
607 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
608 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
609 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
610 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
611 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
612 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
613 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
614 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
615 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
616 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
617 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
618 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
619 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
620 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
621 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
623 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
624 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
625 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
626 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
627 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
628 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
629 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
631 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
632 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
633 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
634 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
635 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
636 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
637 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
638 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
639 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
641 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
643 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
645 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
646 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
647 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
648 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
649 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
650 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
651 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
652 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
653 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
654 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
655 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
656 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
657 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
658 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
659 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
660 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
661 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
662 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
663 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
664 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
665 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
666 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
667 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
669 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
671 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
673 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
674 medium, high, emergency.
675 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
676 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
677 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
678 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
679 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
682 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
683 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
684 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
686 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
687 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
688 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
689 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
690 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
691 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
692 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
695 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
697 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
699 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
700 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
701 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
702 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
704 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
705 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
706 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
707 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
708 debian/rules to do this
709 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
710 patches are incorporated upstream
711 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
712 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
713 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
714 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
715 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
716 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
718 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
719 system closes: Bug#91249
720 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
721 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
722 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
723 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
724 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
725 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
726 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
727 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
728 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
729 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
730 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
731 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
732 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
734 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
736 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
738 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
739 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
740 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
741 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
743 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
744 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
745 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
747 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
750 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
752 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
754 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
755 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
756 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
757 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
758 package for the time being
759 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
760 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
761 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
762 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
763 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
764 * Rename all .text files as .txt
765 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
766 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
767 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
768 Build-Depends arch syntax
769 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
771 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
772 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
774 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
775 from policy maintenance duties.
776 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
777 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
779 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
781 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
783 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
785 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
787 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
789 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
790 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
791 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
792 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
793 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
794 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
795 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
796 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
797 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
798 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
799 minor version number for this
800 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
801 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
802 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
803 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
804 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
805 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
806 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
807 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
808 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
810 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
812 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
814 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
815 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
816 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
817 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
818 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
820 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
822 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
823 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
824 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
825 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
826 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
827 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
828 xutils closes: Bug#82966
829 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
830 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
831 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
832 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
833 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
834 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
835 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
836 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
837 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
840 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
842 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
844 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
845 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
847 * Document the Enhances relationship
848 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
849 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
850 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
851 policy. closes: Bug#53496
852 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
853 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
855 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
857 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
858 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
859 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
860 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
862 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
863 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
864 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
865 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
866 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
868 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
870 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
872 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
873 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
874 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
876 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
877 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
878 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
879 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
880 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
881 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
882 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
883 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
884 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
886 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
888 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
890 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
892 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
893 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
894 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
895 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
896 policy. closes: Bug#64437
897 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
898 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
899 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
900 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
901 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
902 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
903 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
904 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
905 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
906 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
907 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
908 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
909 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
910 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
911 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
912 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
913 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
915 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
916 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
918 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
920 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
922 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
923 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
924 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
925 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
926 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
927 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
928 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
929 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
930 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
931 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
932 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
933 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
934 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
935 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
936 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
937 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
938 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
939 alternative closes: Bug#53755
940 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
941 list closes: Bug#53756
942 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
943 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
944 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
945 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
946 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
947 policy closes: Bug#53760
948 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
949 policy closes: Bug#53761
950 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
951 that use X closes: Bug#53762
952 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
953 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
954 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
955 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
956 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
957 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
958 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
959 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
960 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
962 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
963 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
964 to install with older fileutils.
965 * Installed FHS version 2.1
966 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
967 * Added FHS details to copyright file
968 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
970 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
971 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
973 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
975 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
977 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
978 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
980 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
982 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
984 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
985 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
987 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
990 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
992 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
993 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
995 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
997 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
999 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1002 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1004 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1006 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1009 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1010 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1011 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1012 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1013 directoried (closes: #41547)
1014 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1015 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1016 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1017 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1018 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1019 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1020 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1021 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1022 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1023 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1024 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1026 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1027 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1028 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1029 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1030 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1031 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1032 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1034 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1035 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1036 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1037 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1039 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1041 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1043 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1044 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1046 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1048 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1050 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1051 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1053 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1055 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1058 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1060 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1061 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1062 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1063 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1064 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1065 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1066 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1067 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1068 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1069 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1070 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1071 this closes: Bug#38612
1072 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1073 before. closes: Bug#40864
1075 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1077 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1080 officially uploaded.
1081 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1083 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1084 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1085 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1087 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1088 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1089 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1090 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1091 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1092 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1094 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1095 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1096 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1098 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1100 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1101 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1102 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1103 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1104 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1106 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1108 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1111 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1112 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1113 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1114 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1115 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1116 there). closes: Bug#34233
1117 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1118 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1119 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1120 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1121 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1123 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1125 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1128 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1129 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1130 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1133 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1134 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1135 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1136 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1137 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1140 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1141 number. closes: BUG#25911
1143 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1144 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1145 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1146 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1147 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1148 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1150 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1151 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1152 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1155 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1156 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1157 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1159 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1160 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1161 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1162 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1164 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1165 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1166 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1168 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1170 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1171 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1172 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1173 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1174 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1175 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1176 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1177 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1180 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1182 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1183 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1186 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1188 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1190 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1192 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1194 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1196 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1197 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1198 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1199 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1200 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1201 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1202 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1203 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1205 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1206 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1208 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1210 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1212 * non-maintainer release
1213 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1214 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1216 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1217 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1218 * no content changes
1219 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1221 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1223 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1227 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1229 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1231 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1233 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1234 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1235 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1237 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1238 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1240 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1241 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1242 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1243 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1245 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1246 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1247 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1248 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1249 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1250 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1251 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1253 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1254 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1255 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1258 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1259 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1260 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1262 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1263 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1264 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1266 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1267 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1269 * New version numbering scheme:
1271 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1272 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1273 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1276 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1277 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1278 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1279 differ between the manuals.
1281 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1282 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1283 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1284 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1286 * Packaging changes:
1288 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1289 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1291 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1293 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1295 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1297 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1299 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1300 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1301 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1303 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1304 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1307 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1308 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1309 file extension as the referenced file
1311 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1312 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1314 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1315 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1316 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1317 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1320 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1321 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1322 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1324 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1325 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1326 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1327 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1330 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1331 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1334 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1335 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1336 reasonable default configuration
1338 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1339 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1340 by all news servers and clients
1342 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1343 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1344 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1345 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1346 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1348 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1349 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1352 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1354 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1355 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1357 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1360 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1361 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1363 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1364 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1366 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1368 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1370 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1373 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1374 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1375 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1377 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1379 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1380 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1381 * Don't use debstd anymore
1383 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1385 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1387 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1388 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1389 contrib/non-free policy
1390 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1391 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1392 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1393 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1394 - new section about `Daemons'
1395 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1396 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1397 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1398 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1399 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1400 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1401 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1402 * SGML source code included in package
1403 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1405 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1407 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1410 - completely reworked structure
1411 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1412 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1413 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1414 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1415 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1416 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1417 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1418 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1419 - mention "orphaned packages"
1420 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1421 distributions' policy
1422 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1423 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1424 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1425 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1426 - added section about arch spec strings
1427 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1428 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1429 - added section about "menus"
1430 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1431 the new documentation policy soon
1432 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1433 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1435 - added section about editors and pagers
1436 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1437 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1438 - added section about device files
1439 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1440 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1441 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1443 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1444 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1445 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1446 - Added new section about obsolete names
1447 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1448 * Fixed package's description
1450 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1452 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1454 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1456 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1458 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1460 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1461 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1462 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1463 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1465 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1467 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1469 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1470 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1471 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1473 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1474 and upload it "byhand" too.
1476 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1478 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1481 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1482 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1483 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1484 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1485 functionality must not have the same name.
1486 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1487 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1488 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1489 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1490 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1491 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1492 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1494 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1495 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1496 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1497 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1498 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1499 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1500 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1501 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1504 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1506 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1508 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1510 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1511 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1512 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1513 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1514 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1517 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1519 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1521 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1523 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1524 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1525 description of deb file format.
1526 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1527 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1529 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1531 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1532 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1534 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1536 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1538 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1539 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1540 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1541 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1542 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1543 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1544 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1545 packages in section on Procedure
1546 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1547 a package maintainer
1548 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1549 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1550 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1552 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1553 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1554 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1555 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1556 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1557 on various shlib files
1558 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1559 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1560 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1562 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1564 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1566 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1567 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1568 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1570 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1571 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1572 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1573 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1574 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1576 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1578 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1580 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1582 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1584 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1585 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1586 compatibility go in contrib.
1588 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1589 instructions in policy manual.
1590 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1593 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1595 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1597 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1598 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1599 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1600 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1602 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1603 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1606 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1608 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1610 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1611 * More detail about changelog format names.
1613 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1614 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1618 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1620 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1622 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1624 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1626 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1628 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1630 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1632 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1633 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1634 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1636 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1638 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1640 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1642 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1644 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1648 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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