1 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
4 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
5 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
6 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
7 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
8 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
9 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
10 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
11 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
12 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
13 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
14 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
15 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
16 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
17 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
18 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
19 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
20 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
21 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
22 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
23 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
24 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
25 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
27 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
29 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
32 medium, high, emergency.
33 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
34 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
35 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
36 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
37 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
40 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
41 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
42 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
44 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
45 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
46 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
47 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
48 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
49 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
50 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
53 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
55 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
58 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
59 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
60 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
62 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
63 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
64 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
65 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
66 debian/rules to do this
67 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
68 patches are incorporated upstream
69 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
70 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
71 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
72 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
73 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
74 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
76 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
77 system closes: Bug#91249
78 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
79 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
80 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
81 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
82 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
83 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
84 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
85 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
86 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
87 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
88 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
89 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
90 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
92 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
94 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
96 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
97 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
98 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
99 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
101 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
102 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
103 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
105 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
108 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
110 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
112 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
113 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
114 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
115 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
116 package for the time being
117 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
118 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
119 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
120 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
121 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
122 * Rename all .text files as .txt
123 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
124 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
125 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
126 Build-Depends arch syntax
127 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
129 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
130 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
132 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
133 from policy maintenance duties.
134 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
135 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
137 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
139 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
141 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
143 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
145 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
147 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
148 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
149 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
150 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
151 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
152 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
153 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
154 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
155 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
156 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
157 minor version number for this
158 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
159 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
160 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
161 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
162 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
163 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
164 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
165 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
166 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
168 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
170 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
172 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
173 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
174 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
175 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
176 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
178 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
180 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
181 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
182 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
183 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
184 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
185 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
186 xutils closes: Bug#82966
187 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
188 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
189 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
190 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
191 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
192 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
193 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
194 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
195 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
198 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
200 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
202 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
203 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
205 * Document the Enhances relationship
206 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
207 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
208 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
209 policy. closes: Bug#53496
210 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
211 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
213 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
215 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
216 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
217 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
218 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
220 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
221 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
222 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
223 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
224 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
226 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
228 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
230 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
231 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
232 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
234 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
235 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
236 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
237 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
238 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
239 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
240 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
241 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
242 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
244 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
246 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
248 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
250 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
251 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
252 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
253 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
254 policy. closes: Bug#64437
255 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
256 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
257 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
258 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
259 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
260 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
261 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
262 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
263 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
264 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
265 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
266 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
267 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
268 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
269 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
270 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
271 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
273 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
274 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
276 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
278 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
280 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
281 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
282 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
283 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
284 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
285 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
286 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
287 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
288 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
289 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
290 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
291 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
292 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
293 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
294 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
295 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
296 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
297 alternative closes: Bug#53755
298 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
299 list closes: Bug#53756
300 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
301 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
302 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
303 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
304 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
305 policy closes: Bug#53760
306 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
307 policy closes: Bug#53761
308 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
309 that use X closes: Bug#53762
310 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
311 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
312 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
313 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
314 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
315 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
316 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
317 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
318 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
320 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
321 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
322 to install with older fileutils.
323 * Installed FHS version 2.1
324 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
325 * Added FHS details to copyright file
326 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
328 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
329 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
331 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
333 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
335 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
336 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
338 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
340 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
342 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
343 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
345 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
348 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
350 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
351 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
353 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
355 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
357 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
359 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
360 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
362 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
364 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
366 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
367 #45561, #42447, #48570)
368 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
369 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
370 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
371 directoried (closes: #41547)
372 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
373 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
374 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
375 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
376 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
377 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
378 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
379 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
380 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
381 package criteria (closes: #45318)
382 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
384 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
385 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
386 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
387 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
388 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
389 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
390 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
392 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
393 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
394 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
395 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
397 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
399 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
401 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
402 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
404 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
406 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
408 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
409 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
411 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
413 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
415 * A few typos and omissions corrected
416 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
418 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
419 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
420 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
421 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
422 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
423 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
424 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
425 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
426 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
427 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
428 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
429 this closes: Bug#38612
430 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
431 before. closes: Bug#40864
433 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
435 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
437 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
439 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
441 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
442 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
443 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
445 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
446 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
447 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
448 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
449 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
450 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
452 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
453 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
454 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
456 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
458 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
459 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
460 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
461 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
462 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
464 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
466 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
468 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
469 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
470 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
471 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
472 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
473 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
474 there). closes: Bug#34233
475 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
476 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
477 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
478 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
479 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
481 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
483 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
485 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
486 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
487 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
488 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
491 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
492 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
493 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
494 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
495 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
498 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
499 number. closes: BUG#25911
501 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
502 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
503 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
504 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
505 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
506 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
508 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
509 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
510 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
513 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
514 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
515 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
517 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
518 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
519 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
520 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
522 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
523 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
524 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
526 * Make the package optional, not extra.
528 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
529 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
530 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
531 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
532 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
533 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
534 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
535 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
538 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
540 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
541 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
544 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
546 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
548 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
550 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
552 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
554 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
555 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
556 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
557 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
558 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
559 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
560 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
561 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
563 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
564 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
566 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
568 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
570 * non-maintainer release
571 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
572 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
574 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
575 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
577 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
579 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
581 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
585 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
587 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
589 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
591 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
592 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
593 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
595 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
596 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
598 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
599 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
600 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
601 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
603 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
604 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
605 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
606 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
607 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
608 and restart options and to comply with the console message
609 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
611 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
612 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
613 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
616 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
617 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
618 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
620 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
621 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
622 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
624 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
625 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
627 * New version numbering scheme:
629 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
630 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
631 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
634 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
635 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
636 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
637 differ between the manuals.
639 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
640 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
641 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
642 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
646 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
647 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
649 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
651 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
653 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
655 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
657 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
658 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
659 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
661 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
662 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
665 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
666 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
667 file extension as the referenced file
669 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
670 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
672 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
673 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
674 start, stop, restart, force-reload
675 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
678 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
679 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
680 be installed into /etc/cron.d
682 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
683 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
684 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
685 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
688 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
689 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
692 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
693 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
694 reasonable default configuration
696 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
697 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
698 by all news servers and clients
700 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
701 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
702 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
703 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
704 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
706 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
707 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
710 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
712 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
713 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
715 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
718 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
719 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
721 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
722 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
724 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
726 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
728 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
730 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
731 - X library package is now called xlib6g
732 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
733 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
735 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
737 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
738 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
739 * Don't use debstd anymore
741 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
743 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
745 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
746 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
747 contrib/non-free policy
748 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
749 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
750 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
751 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
752 - new section about `Daemons'
753 - updated section about `Configuration files'
754 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
755 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
756 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
757 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
758 * Paper about libc6 migration:
759 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
760 * SGML source code included in package
761 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
763 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
765 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
767 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
768 - completely reworked structure
769 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
770 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
771 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
772 - removed all those ugly footnotes
773 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
774 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
775 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
776 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
777 - mention "orphaned packages"
778 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
779 distributions' policy
780 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
781 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
782 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
783 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
784 - added section about arch spec strings
785 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
786 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
787 - added section about "menus"
788 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
789 the new documentation policy soon
790 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
791 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
793 - added section about editors and pagers
794 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
795 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
796 - added section about device files
797 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
798 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
799 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
801 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
802 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
803 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
804 - Added new section about obsolete names
805 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
806 * Fixed package's description
808 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
810 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
812 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
814 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
816 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
818 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
819 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
820 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
821 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
823 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
825 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
827 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
828 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
829 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
831 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
832 and upload it "byhand" too.
834 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
836 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
839 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
840 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
841 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
842 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
843 functionality must not have the same name.
844 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
845 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
846 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
847 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
848 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
849 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
850 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
852 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
853 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
854 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
855 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
856 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
857 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
858 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
859 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
862 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
864 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
866 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
868 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
869 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
870 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
871 a package into. (Guy Maor)
872 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
875 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
877 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
879 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
881 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
882 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
883 description of deb file format.
884 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
885 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
887 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
889 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
890 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
892 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
894 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
896 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
897 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
898 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
899 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
900 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
901 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
902 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
903 packages in section on Procedure
904 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
906 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
907 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
908 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
910 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
911 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
912 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
913 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
914 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
915 on various shlib files
916 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
917 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
918 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
920 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
922 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
924 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
925 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
926 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
928 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
929 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
930 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
931 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
932 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
934 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
936 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
938 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
940 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
942 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
943 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
944 compatibility go in contrib.
946 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
947 instructions in policy manual.
948 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
951 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
953 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
955 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
956 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
957 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
958 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
960 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
961 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
964 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
966 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
968 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
969 * More detail about changelog format names.
971 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
972 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
976 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
978 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
980 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
982 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
984 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
986 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
988 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
990 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
991 * More verbosity about netiquette.
992 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
994 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
996 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
998 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1000 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1002 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1006 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100