1 debian-policy (3.5.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: #84641
4 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
8 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
10 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
11 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
12 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
13 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
14 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
16 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
18 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
19 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
20 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
21 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
22 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
23 * document the fact that x font utilities have moved to the package
24 xutils, closes: Bug#82966
25 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
26 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
27 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
28 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
29 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
30 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
31 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
32 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
33 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
36 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
38 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
40 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
41 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
43 * Document the Enhances relationship
44 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
45 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
46 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
47 policy. closes: Bug#53496
48 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
49 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
51 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
53 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
54 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
55 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
56 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
58 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
59 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
60 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
61 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
62 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
64 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
66 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
69 * Incorporate the packaging manual. The minimal change in version number
70 i because I suspect that this version is going to be buggy.
71 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
72 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
73 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
74 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
75 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
76 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
77 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
78 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
79 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
81 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
83 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
85 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
87 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
88 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
89 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
90 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
91 policy. closes: Bug#64437
92 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
93 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
94 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
95 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
96 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
97 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
98 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
99 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
100 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
101 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
102 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
103 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
104 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
105 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
106 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
107 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
108 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
110 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
111 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
113 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
115 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
117 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
118 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
119 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
120 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
121 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
122 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
123 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
124 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
125 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
126 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
127 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
128 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
129 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
130 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
131 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
132 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
133 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
134 alternative closes: Bug#53755
135 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
136 list closes: Bug#53756
137 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
138 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
139 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
140 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
141 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
142 policy closes: Bug#53760
143 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
144 policy closes: Bug#53761
145 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
146 that use X closes: Bug#53762
147 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
148 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
149 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
150 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
151 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
152 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
153 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
154 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
155 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
157 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
158 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
159 to install with older fileutils.
160 * Installed FHS version 2.1
161 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
162 * Added FHS details to copyright file
163 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
165 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
166 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
168 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
170 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
172 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
173 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
175 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
177 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
180 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
182 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
185 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
187 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
188 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
190 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
192 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
194 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
196 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
197 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
199 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
201 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
204 #45561, #42447, #48570)
205 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
206 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
207 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
208 directoried (closes: #41547)
209 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
210 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
211 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
212 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
213 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
214 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
215 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
216 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
217 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
218 package criteria (closes: #45318)
219 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
221 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
222 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
223 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
224 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
225 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
226 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
227 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
229 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
230 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
231 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
232 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
234 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
236 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
238 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
239 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
241 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
243 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
245 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
246 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
250 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
252 * A few typos and omissions corrected
253 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
255 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
256 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
257 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
258 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
259 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
260 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
261 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
262 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
263 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
264 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
265 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
266 this closes: Bug#38612
267 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
268 before. closes: Bug#40864
270 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
272 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
274 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
276 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
278 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
279 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
280 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
282 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
283 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
284 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
285 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
286 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
287 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
289 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
290 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
291 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
293 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
295 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
296 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
297 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
298 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
299 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
301 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
303 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
305 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
306 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
307 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
308 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
309 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
310 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
311 there). closes: Bug#34233
312 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
313 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
314 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
315 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
316 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
318 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
320 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
322 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
323 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
324 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
325 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
328 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
329 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
330 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
331 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
332 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
335 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
336 number. closes: BUG#25911
338 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
339 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
340 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
341 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
342 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
343 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
345 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
346 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
347 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
350 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
351 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
352 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
354 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
355 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
356 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
357 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
359 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
360 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
361 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
363 * Make the package optional, not extra.
365 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
366 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
367 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
368 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
369 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
370 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
371 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
372 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
375 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
377 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
378 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
381 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
383 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
385 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
387 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
389 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
391 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
392 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
393 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
394 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
395 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
396 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
397 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
398 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
400 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
401 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
403 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
405 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
407 * non-maintainer release
408 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
409 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
411 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
412 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
414 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
416 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
418 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
422 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
424 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
426 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
428 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
429 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
430 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
432 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
433 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
435 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
436 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
437 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
438 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
440 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
441 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
442 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
443 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
444 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
445 and restart options and to comply with the console message
446 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
448 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
449 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
450 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
453 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
454 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
455 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
457 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
458 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
459 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
461 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
462 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
464 * New version numbering scheme:
466 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
467 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
468 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
471 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
472 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
473 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
474 differ between the manuals.
476 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
477 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
478 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
479 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
483 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
484 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
486 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
488 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
490 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
492 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
494 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
495 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
496 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
498 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
499 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
502 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
503 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
504 file extension as the referenced file
506 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
507 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
509 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
510 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
511 start, stop, restart, force-reload
512 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
515 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
516 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
517 be installed into /etc/cron.d
519 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
520 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
521 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
522 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
525 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
526 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
529 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
530 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
531 reasonable default configuration
533 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
534 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
535 by all news servers and clients
537 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
538 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
539 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
540 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
541 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
543 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
544 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
547 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
549 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
550 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
552 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
555 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
556 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
558 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
559 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
561 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
563 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
565 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
567 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
568 - X library package is now called xlib6g
569 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
570 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
572 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
574 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
575 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
576 * Don't use debstd anymore
578 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
580 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
582 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
583 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
584 contrib/non-free policy
585 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
586 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
587 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
588 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
589 - new section about `Daemons'
590 - updated section about `Configuration files'
591 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
592 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
593 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
594 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
595 * Paper about libc6 migration:
596 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
597 * SGML source code included in package
598 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
600 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
602 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
604 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
605 - completely reworked structure
606 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
607 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
608 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
609 - removed all those ugly footnotes
610 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
611 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
612 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
613 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
614 - mention "orphaned packages"
615 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
616 distributions' policy
617 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
618 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
619 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
620 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
621 - added section about arch spec strings
622 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
623 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
624 - added section about "menus"
625 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
626 the new documentation policy soon
627 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
628 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
630 - added section about editors and pagers
631 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
632 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
633 - added section about device files
634 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
635 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
636 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
638 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
639 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
640 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
641 - Added new section about obsolete names
642 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
643 * Fixed package's description
645 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
647 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
649 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
651 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
653 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
655 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
656 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
657 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
658 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
660 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
662 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
664 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
665 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
666 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
668 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
669 and upload it "byhand" too.
671 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
673 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
676 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
677 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
678 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
679 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
680 functionality must not have the same name.
681 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
682 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
683 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
684 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
685 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
686 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
687 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
689 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
690 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
691 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
692 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
693 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
694 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
695 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
696 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
699 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
701 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
703 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
705 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
706 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
707 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
708 a package into. (Guy Maor)
709 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
712 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
714 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
716 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
718 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
719 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
720 description of deb file format.
721 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
722 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
724 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
726 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
727 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
729 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
731 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
733 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
734 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
735 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
736 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
737 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
738 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
739 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
740 packages in section on Procedure
741 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
743 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
744 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
745 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
747 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
748 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
749 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
750 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
751 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
752 on various shlib files
753 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
754 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
755 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
757 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
759 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
761 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
762 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
763 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
765 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
766 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
767 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
768 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
769 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
771 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
773 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
775 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
777 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
779 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
780 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
781 compatibility go in contrib.
783 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
784 instructions in policy manual.
785 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
788 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
790 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
792 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
793 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
794 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
795 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
797 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
798 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
801 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
803 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
805 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
806 * More detail about changelog format names.
808 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
809 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
813 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
815 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
817 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
819 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
821 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
823 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
825 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
827 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
828 * More verbosity about netiquette.
829 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
831 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
833 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
835 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
837 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
839 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
843 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
846 mode: debian-changelog