1 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
5 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
7 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
8 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
12 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
15 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
16 Wording: Steve Langasek.
17 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
18 Seconded: Julien Cristau
22 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
23 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery
25 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
28 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
29 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
30 Seconded: Russ Allbery
32 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
33 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
34 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
35 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
36 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
37 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
38 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
39 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
42 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
43 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
44 * [16afbcb]: Clarigy ./debian/rules #! line
45 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
46 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
47 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
48 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
50 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
51 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
52 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
55 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
56 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
59 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
60 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
63 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:04 -0600
65 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
67 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
68 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
72 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
73 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
77 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
78 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
82 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
83 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
86 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
87 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
89 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
90 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
95 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
96 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
100 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
101 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
105 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
106 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
110 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
111 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
115 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
116 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
120 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
121 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
122 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
123 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
124 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
125 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
126 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
127 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
128 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
129 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
130 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
131 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
132 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
133 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
134 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
136 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
137 Source field descriptions.
138 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
139 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
140 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
141 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
142 description says otherwise.
144 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
146 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
150 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
153 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
154 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
156 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
157 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
161 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
162 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
166 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
167 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
171 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
172 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
173 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
174 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
178 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
179 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
180 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
181 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
182 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
184 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
185 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
189 * Add myself to Uploaders.
192 * Add myself to Uploaders.
193 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
195 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
196 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
197 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
199 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
201 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
204 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
208 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
209 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
211 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
213 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
214 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
218 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
219 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
221 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
223 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
224 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
228 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
229 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
233 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
234 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
236 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
238 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
239 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
241 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
243 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
244 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
245 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
248 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
249 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
253 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
254 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
257 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
259 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
260 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
261 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
262 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
263 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
264 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
265 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
266 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
267 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
268 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
269 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
270 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
271 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
272 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
273 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
274 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
275 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
276 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
277 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
278 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
279 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
280 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
281 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
282 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
283 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
284 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
285 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
286 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
287 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
288 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
290 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
291 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
292 links was completed long ago.
293 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
295 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
297 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
299 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
300 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
302 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
304 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
306 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
307 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
308 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
309 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
310 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
311 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
312 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
313 Millan (Closes: #209008).
314 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
315 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
317 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
319 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
321 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
322 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
323 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
324 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
325 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
326 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
327 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
329 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
330 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
331 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
332 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
334 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
335 Küster (Closes: #403391).
336 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
337 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
338 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
339 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
340 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
341 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
345 Closes: #186700, #458910
346 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
347 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
350 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
351 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
352 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
353 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
354 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
355 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
356 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
357 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
359 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
360 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
362 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
363 * Add an md5sums control file.
364 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
365 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
366 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
367 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
368 currently part of policy.
369 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
370 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
371 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
374 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
376 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
379 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
380 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
381 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
382 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
383 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
384 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
385 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
386 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
387 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
388 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
389 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
390 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
391 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
392 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
393 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
395 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
397 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
398 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
399 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
401 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
402 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
403 list?" (Closes: #412634).
404 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
405 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
406 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
407 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
408 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
409 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
410 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
411 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
412 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
413 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
414 debconf specification.
415 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
416 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
418 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
420 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
422 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
423 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
424 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
425 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
426 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
428 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
430 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
431 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
432 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
433 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
434 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
436 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
437 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
438 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
439 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
440 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
441 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
442 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
443 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
444 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
445 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
446 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
447 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
448 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
449 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
450 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
451 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
453 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
456 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
457 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
458 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
459 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
460 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
461 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
462 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
464 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
466 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
468 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
469 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
470 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
471 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
472 Polo (Closes: #372497).
473 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
474 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
476 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
477 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
478 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
479 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
480 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
481 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
482 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
483 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
484 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
485 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
487 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
488 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
489 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
490 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
491 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
492 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
494 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
496 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
498 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
499 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
500 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
501 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
503 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
504 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
506 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
508 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
510 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
511 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
512 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
513 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
514 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
515 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
516 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
517 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
518 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
519 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
521 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
522 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
523 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
524 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
525 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
526 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
527 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
528 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
529 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
530 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
531 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
534 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
536 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
538 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
539 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
540 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
541 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
542 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
543 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
544 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
545 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
546 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
547 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
548 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
549 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
550 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
551 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
552 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
553 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
554 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
555 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
556 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
557 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
558 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
559 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
560 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
561 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
562 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
563 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
564 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
565 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
567 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
568 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
569 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
570 Hess (Closes: #362247).
571 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
572 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
573 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
574 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
575 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
576 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
577 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
578 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
579 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
580 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
581 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
582 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
584 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
585 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
587 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
588 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
589 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
590 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
591 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
592 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
593 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
594 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
595 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
596 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
597 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
599 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
601 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
604 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
605 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
606 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
607 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
608 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
609 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
610 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
611 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
612 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
613 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
614 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
615 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
616 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
618 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
619 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
620 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
621 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
622 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
623 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
624 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
625 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
626 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
627 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
628 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
629 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
630 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
631 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
632 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
633 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
634 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
636 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
639 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
641 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
643 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
644 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
645 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
646 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
648 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
649 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
650 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
651 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
653 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
655 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
658 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
659 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
660 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
661 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
662 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
663 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
664 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
665 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
666 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
667 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
669 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
670 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
671 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
673 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
674 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
675 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
676 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
677 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
678 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
679 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
681 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
682 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
683 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
684 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
686 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
687 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
688 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
689 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
690 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
691 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
692 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
693 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
695 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
696 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
697 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
698 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
699 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
700 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
701 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
702 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
703 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
704 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
705 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
706 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
707 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
708 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
709 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
710 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
711 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
713 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
715 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
718 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
719 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
720 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
721 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
722 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
723 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
724 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
725 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
726 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
728 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
729 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
730 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
731 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
732 this section. closes: Bug#248618
733 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
734 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
735 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
736 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
737 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
738 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
739 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
740 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
741 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
742 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
743 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
744 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
746 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
747 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
748 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
751 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
752 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
753 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
755 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
756 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
757 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
758 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
759 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
760 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
762 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
763 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
765 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
766 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
767 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
768 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
769 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
770 Closes: #185943, #237049
772 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
774 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
777 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
780 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
781 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
782 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
783 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
784 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
785 running. closes: Bug#187250
786 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
787 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
788 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
789 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
790 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
791 user closes: Bug#176506
793 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
795 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
798 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
799 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
800 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
801 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
802 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
803 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
804 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
805 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
806 deb-building toolchain.
807 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
808 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
809 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
810 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
811 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
812 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
813 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
814 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
815 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
816 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
817 sections about changelog files.
819 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
820 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
821 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
822 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
823 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
824 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
826 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
827 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
828 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
829 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
830 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
831 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
832 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
833 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
834 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
835 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
836 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
837 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
838 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
839 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
840 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
841 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
842 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
843 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
844 for the restructuring
846 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
848 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
851 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
853 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
854 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
855 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
856 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
857 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
858 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
860 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
861 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
862 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
863 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
864 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
865 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
866 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
868 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
869 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
870 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
871 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
873 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
875 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
878 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
879 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
880 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
881 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
882 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
883 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
885 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
886 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
887 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
888 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
890 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
891 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
892 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
893 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
894 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
895 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
896 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
897 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
898 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
900 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
901 script should start it, closes: #60979
902 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
903 "should", closes: #170019
904 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
905 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
906 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
907 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
908 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
909 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
910 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
911 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
914 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
916 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
919 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
920 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
921 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
922 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
923 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
924 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
925 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
926 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
927 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
929 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
930 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
931 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
932 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
933 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
934 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
935 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
936 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
937 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
939 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
940 file, closes: Bug#65764
942 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
944 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
947 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
948 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
949 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
950 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
951 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
952 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
953 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
954 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
955 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
956 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
957 details. closes: Bug#133030
958 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
959 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
962 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
964 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
966 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
967 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
968 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
969 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
970 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
971 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
972 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
973 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
974 not. closes: Bug#139820
975 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
976 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
977 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
978 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
979 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
980 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
981 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
982 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
983 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
984 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
986 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
988 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
989 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
990 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
991 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
992 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
993 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
994 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
995 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
996 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
997 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
998 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
999 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1000 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1001 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1002 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1003 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1004 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1005 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1006 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1007 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1009 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1010 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1011 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1012 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1013 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1014 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1015 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1017 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1018 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1019 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1020 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1021 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1022 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1023 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1024 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1025 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1027 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1029 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1032 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1033 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1034 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1035 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1036 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1037 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1038 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1039 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1040 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1041 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1042 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1043 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1044 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1045 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1046 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1047 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1048 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1049 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1050 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1051 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1052 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1053 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1055 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1057 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1060 medium, high, emergency.
1061 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1062 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1063 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1064 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1065 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1068 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1069 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1070 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1072 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1073 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1074 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1075 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1076 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1077 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1078 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1081 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1083 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1086 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1087 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1088 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1090 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1091 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1092 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1093 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1094 debian/rules to do this
1095 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1096 patches are incorporated upstream
1097 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1098 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1099 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1100 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1101 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1102 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1104 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1105 system closes: Bug#91249
1106 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1107 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1108 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1109 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1110 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1111 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1112 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1113 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1114 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1115 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1116 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1117 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1118 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1120 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1122 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1125 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1126 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1127 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1129 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1130 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1131 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1133 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1136 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1138 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1141 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1142 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1143 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1144 package for the time being
1145 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1146 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1147 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1148 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1149 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1150 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1151 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1152 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1153 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1154 Build-Depends arch syntax
1155 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1157 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1158 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1160 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1161 from policy maintenance duties.
1162 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1163 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1165 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1167 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1171 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1173 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1176 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1177 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1178 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1179 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1180 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1181 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1182 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1183 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1184 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1185 minor version number for this
1186 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1187 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1188 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1189 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1190 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1191 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1192 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1193 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1194 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1196 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1198 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1201 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1202 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1203 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1204 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1206 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1208 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1209 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1210 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1211 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1212 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1213 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1214 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1215 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1216 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1217 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1218 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1219 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1220 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1221 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1222 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1223 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1226 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1228 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1230 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1231 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1233 * Document the Enhances relationship
1234 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1235 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1236 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1237 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1238 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1239 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1241 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1243 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1244 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1245 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1246 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1248 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1249 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1250 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1251 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1252 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1254 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1256 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1259 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1260 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1262 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1263 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1264 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1265 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1266 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1267 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1268 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1269 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1270 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1272 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1274 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1276 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1279 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1280 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1281 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1282 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1283 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1284 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1285 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1286 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1287 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1288 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1289 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1290 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1291 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1292 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1293 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1294 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1295 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1296 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1297 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1298 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1299 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1301 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1302 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1304 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1306 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1309 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1310 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1311 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1312 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1313 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1314 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1315 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1316 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1317 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1318 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1319 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1320 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1321 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1322 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1323 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1324 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1325 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1326 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1327 list closes: Bug#53756
1328 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1329 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1330 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1331 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1332 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1333 policy closes: Bug#53760
1334 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1335 policy closes: Bug#53761
1336 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1337 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1338 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1339 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1340 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1341 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1342 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1343 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1344 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1345 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1346 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1348 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1349 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1350 to install with older fileutils.
1351 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1352 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1353 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1354 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1356 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1357 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1359 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1361 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1363 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1364 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1366 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1368 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1371 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1373 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1376 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1378 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1379 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1381 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1383 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1385 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1387 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1388 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1390 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1392 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1394 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1395 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1396 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1397 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1398 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1399 directoried (closes: #41547)
1400 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1401 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1402 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1403 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1404 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1405 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1406 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1407 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1408 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1409 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1410 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1412 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1413 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1414 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1415 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1416 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1417 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1418 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1420 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1421 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1422 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1423 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1425 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1427 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1429 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1430 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1432 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1434 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1436 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1437 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1439 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1441 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1443 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1444 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1446 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1447 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1448 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1449 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1450 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1451 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1452 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1453 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1454 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1455 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1456 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1457 this closes: Bug#38612
1458 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1459 before. closes: Bug#40864
1461 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1463 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1466 officially uploaded.
1467 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1469 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1470 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1471 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1473 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1474 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1475 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1476 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1477 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1478 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1480 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1481 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1482 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1484 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1486 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1487 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1488 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1489 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1490 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1492 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1494 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1496 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1497 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1498 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1499 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1500 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1501 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1502 there). closes: Bug#34233
1503 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1504 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1505 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1506 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1507 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1509 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1511 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1513 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1514 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1515 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1516 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1519 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1520 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1521 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1522 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1523 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1526 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1527 number. closes: BUG#25911
1529 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1530 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1531 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1532 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1533 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1534 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1536 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1537 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1538 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1541 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1542 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1543 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1545 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1546 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1547 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1548 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1550 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1551 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1552 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1554 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1556 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1557 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1558 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1559 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1560 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1561 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1562 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1563 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1566 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1568 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1569 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1572 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1574 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1576 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1578 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1580 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1582 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1583 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1584 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1585 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1586 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1587 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1588 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1589 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1591 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1592 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1594 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1596 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1598 * non-maintainer release
1599 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1600 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1602 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1603 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1604 * no content changes
1605 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1607 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1609 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1613 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1615 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1617 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1619 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1620 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1621 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1623 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1624 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1626 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1627 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1628 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1629 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1631 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1632 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1633 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1634 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1635 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1636 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1637 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1639 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1640 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1641 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1644 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1645 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1646 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1648 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1649 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1650 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1652 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1653 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1655 * New version numbering scheme:
1657 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1658 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1659 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1662 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1663 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1664 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1665 differ between the manuals.
1667 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1668 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1669 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1670 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1672 * Packaging changes:
1674 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1675 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1677 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1679 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1681 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1683 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1685 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1686 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1687 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1689 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1690 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1693 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1694 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1695 file extension as the referenced file
1697 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1698 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1700 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1701 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1702 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1703 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1706 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1707 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1708 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1710 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1711 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1712 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1713 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1716 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1717 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1720 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1721 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1722 reasonable default configuration
1724 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1725 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1726 by all news servers and clients
1728 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1729 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1730 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1731 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1732 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1734 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1735 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1738 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1740 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1741 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1743 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1746 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1747 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1749 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1750 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1752 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1754 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1756 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1758 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1759 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1760 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1761 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1763 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1765 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1766 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1767 * Don't use debstd anymore
1769 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1771 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1773 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1774 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1775 contrib/non-free policy
1776 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1777 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1778 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1779 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1780 - new section about `Daemons'
1781 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1782 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1783 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1784 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1785 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1786 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1787 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1788 * SGML source code included in package
1789 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1791 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1793 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1795 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1796 - completely reworked structure
1797 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1798 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1799 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1800 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1801 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1802 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1803 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1804 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1805 - mention "orphaned packages"
1806 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1807 distributions' policy
1808 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1809 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1810 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1811 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1812 - added section about arch spec strings
1813 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1814 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1815 - added section about "menus"
1816 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1817 the new documentation policy soon
1818 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1819 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1821 - added section about editors and pagers
1822 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1823 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1824 - added section about device files
1825 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1826 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1827 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1829 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1830 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1831 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1832 - Added new section about obsolete names
1833 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1834 * Fixed package's description
1836 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1838 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1840 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1842 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1844 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1846 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1847 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1848 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1849 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1851 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1853 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1855 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1856 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1857 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1859 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1860 and upload it "byhand" too.
1862 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1864 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1867 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1868 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1869 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1870 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1871 functionality must not have the same name.
1872 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1873 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1874 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1875 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1876 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1877 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1878 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1880 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1881 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1882 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1883 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1884 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1885 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1886 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1887 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1890 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1892 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1894 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1896 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1897 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1898 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1899 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1900 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1903 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1905 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1907 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1909 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1910 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1911 description of deb file format.
1912 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1913 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1915 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1917 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1918 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1920 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1922 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1924 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1925 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1926 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1927 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1928 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1929 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1930 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1931 packages in section on Procedure
1932 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1933 a package maintainer
1934 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1935 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1936 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1938 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1939 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1940 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1941 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1942 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1943 on various shlib files
1944 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1945 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1946 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1948 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1950 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1952 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1953 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1954 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1956 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1957 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1958 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1959 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1960 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1962 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1964 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1966 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1968 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1970 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1971 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1972 compatibility go in contrib.
1974 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1975 instructions in policy manual.
1976 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1979 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1981 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1983 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1984 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1985 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1986 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1988 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1989 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1992 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1994 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1996 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1997 * More detail about changelog format names.
1999 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2000 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2004 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2006 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2008 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2010 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2012 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2014 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2016 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2018 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2019 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2020 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2022 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2024 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2026 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2028 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2030 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2034 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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