1 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
4 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
5 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement on dependancies
6 and priorities closes: Bug#39398
7 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
8 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
9 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
10 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
11 alternative closes: Bug#53755
12 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
13 list closes: Bug#53756
14 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
15 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
16 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
17 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
18 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
19 policy closes: Bug#53760
20 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
21 policy closes: Bug#53761
22 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
23 that use X closes: Bug#53762
24 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
25 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since that is where they
26 belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
27 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
28 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
29 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
30 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
31 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
32 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
33 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
34 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
35 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
36 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
37 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack (which dependend
38 on file system specific kinks to work) is no longer required by newer
39 versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
40 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
41 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
43 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
44 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
45 to install with older fileutils.
46 * Installed FHS version 2.1
47 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
48 * Added FHS details to copyright file
52 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
54 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
55 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
57 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
59 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
61 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
62 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
64 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
67 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
70 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
72 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
74 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
76 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
78 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
79 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
81 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
83 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
85 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
86 #45561, #42447, #48570)
87 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
88 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
89 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
90 directoried (closes: #41547)
91 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
92 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
93 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
94 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
95 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
96 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
97 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
98 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
99 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
100 package criteria (closes: #45318)
101 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
103 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
104 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
105 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
106 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
107 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
108 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
109 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
111 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
112 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
113 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
114 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
116 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
118 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
120 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
121 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
123 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
125 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
127 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
128 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
130 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
132 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
134 * A few typos and omissions corrected
135 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
137 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
138 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
139 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
140 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
141 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
142 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
143 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
144 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
145 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
146 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
147 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
148 this closes: Bug#38612
149 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
150 before. closes: Bug#40864
152 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
154 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
156 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
158 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
160 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
161 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
162 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
164 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
165 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
166 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
167 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
168 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
169 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
171 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
172 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
173 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
175 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
177 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
178 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
179 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
180 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
181 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
183 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
185 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
187 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
188 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
189 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
190 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
191 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
192 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
193 there). closes: Bug#34233
194 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
195 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
196 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
197 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
198 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
200 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
202 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
204 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
205 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
206 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
207 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
210 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
211 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
212 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
213 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
214 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
217 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
218 number. closes: BUG#25911
220 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
221 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
222 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
223 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
224 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
225 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
227 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
228 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
229 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
232 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
233 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
234 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
236 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
237 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
238 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
239 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
241 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
242 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
243 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
245 * Make the package optional, not extra.
247 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
248 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
249 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
250 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
251 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
252 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
253 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
254 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
257 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
259 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
260 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
263 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
265 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
267 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
269 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
271 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
273 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
274 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
275 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
276 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
277 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
278 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
279 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
280 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
282 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
283 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
285 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
287 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
289 * non-maintainer release
290 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
291 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
293 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
294 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
296 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
298 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
300 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
304 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
306 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
308 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
310 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
311 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
312 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
314 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
315 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
317 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
318 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
319 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
320 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
322 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
323 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
324 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
325 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
326 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
327 and restart options and to comply with the console message
328 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
330 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
331 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
332 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
335 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
336 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
337 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
339 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
340 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
341 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
343 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
344 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
346 * New version numbering scheme:
348 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
349 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
350 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
353 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
354 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
355 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
356 differ between the manuals.
358 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
359 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
360 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
361 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
365 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
366 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
368 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
370 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
372 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
374 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
376 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
377 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
378 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
380 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
381 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
384 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
385 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
386 file extension as the referenced file
388 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
389 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
391 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
392 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
393 start, stop, restart, force-reload
394 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
397 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
398 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
399 be installed into /etc/cron.d
401 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
402 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
403 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
404 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
407 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
408 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
411 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
412 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
413 reasonable default configuration
415 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
416 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
417 by all news servers and clients
419 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
420 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
421 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
422 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
423 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
425 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
426 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
429 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
431 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
432 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
434 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
437 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
438 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
440 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
441 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
443 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
445 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
447 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
449 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
450 - X library package is now called xlib6g
451 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
452 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
454 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
456 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
457 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
458 * Don't use debstd anymore
460 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
462 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
464 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
465 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
466 contrib/non-free policy
467 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
468 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
469 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
470 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
471 - new section about `Daemons'
472 - updated section about `Configuration files'
473 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
474 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
475 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
476 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
477 * Paper about libc6 migration:
478 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
479 * SGML source code included in package
480 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
482 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
484 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
486 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
487 - completely reworked structure
488 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
489 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
490 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
491 - removed all those ugly footnotes
492 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
493 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
494 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
495 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
496 - mention "orphaned packages"
497 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
498 distributions' policy
499 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
500 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
501 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
502 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
503 - added section about arch spec strings
504 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
505 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
506 - added section about "menus"
507 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
508 the new documentation policy soon
509 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
510 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
512 - added section about editors and pagers
513 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
514 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
515 - added section about device files
516 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
517 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
518 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
520 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
521 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
522 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
523 - Added new section about obsolete names
524 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
525 * Fixed package's description
527 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
529 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
531 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
533 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
535 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
537 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
538 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
539 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
540 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
542 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
544 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
546 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
547 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
548 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
550 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
551 and upload it "byhand" too.
553 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
555 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
558 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
559 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
560 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
561 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
562 functionality must not have the same name.
563 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
564 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
565 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
566 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
567 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
568 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
569 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
571 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
572 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
573 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
574 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
575 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
576 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
577 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
578 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
581 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
583 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
585 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
587 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
588 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
589 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
590 a package into. (Guy Maor)
591 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
594 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
596 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
598 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
600 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
601 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
602 description of deb file format.
603 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
604 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
606 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
608 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
609 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
611 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
613 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
615 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
616 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
617 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
618 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
619 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
620 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
621 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
622 packages in section on Procedure
623 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
625 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
626 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
627 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
629 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
630 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
631 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
632 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
633 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
634 on various shlib files
635 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
636 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
637 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
639 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
641 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
643 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
644 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
645 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
647 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
648 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
649 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
650 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
651 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
653 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
655 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
657 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
659 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
661 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
662 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
663 compatibility go in contrib.
665 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
666 instructions in policy manual.
667 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
670 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
672 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
674 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
675 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
676 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
677 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
679 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
680 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
683 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
685 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
687 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
688 * More detail about changelog format names.
690 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
691 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
695 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
697 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
699 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
701 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
703 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
705 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
707 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
709 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
710 * More verbosity about netiquette.
711 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
713 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
715 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
717 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
719 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
721 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
725 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
728 mode: debian-changelog