1 debian-policy (3.8.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
5 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
9 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
12 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
13 Wording: Steve Langasek.
14 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
15 Seconded: Julien Cristau
19 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
20 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
21 Seconded: Russ Allbery
22 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
25 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:02:00 -0500
27 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
34 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
35 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
39 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
44 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
45 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
48 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
49 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
51 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
52 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
57 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
58 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
62 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
63 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
67 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
68 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
72 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
73 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
77 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
78 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
82 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
83 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
84 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
85 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
86 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
87 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
88 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
89 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
90 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
91 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
92 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
93 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
94 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
95 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
96 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
98 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
99 Source field descriptions.
100 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
101 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
102 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
103 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
104 description says otherwise.
106 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
108 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
111 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
112 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
115 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
116 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
118 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
119 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
123 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
124 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
128 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
129 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
133 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
134 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
135 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
136 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
140 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
141 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
142 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
143 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
144 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
146 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
147 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
151 * Add myself to Uploaders.
154 * Add myself to Uploaders.
155 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
157 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
158 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
159 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
161 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
163 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
165 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
166 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
170 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
171 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
173 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
175 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
176 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
180 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
181 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
183 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
185 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
186 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
190 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
191 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
195 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
196 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
198 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
200 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
201 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
203 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
205 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
206 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
207 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
210 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
211 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
215 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
216 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
219 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
221 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
222 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
223 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
224 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
225 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
226 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
227 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
228 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
229 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
230 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
231 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
232 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
233 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
234 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
235 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
236 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
237 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
238 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
239 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
240 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
241 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
242 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
243 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
244 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
245 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
246 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
247 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
248 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
249 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
250 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
252 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
253 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
254 links was completed long ago.
255 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
257 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
259 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
261 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
262 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
264 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
266 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
268 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
269 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
270 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
271 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
272 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
273 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
274 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
275 Millan (Closes: #209008).
276 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
277 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
279 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
281 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
283 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
284 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
285 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
286 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
287 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
288 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
289 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
291 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
292 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
293 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
294 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
296 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
297 Küster (Closes: #403391).
298 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
299 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
300 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
301 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
302 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
303 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
305 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
307 Closes: #186700, #458910
308 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
309 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
310 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
312 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
313 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
314 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
315 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
316 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
317 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
318 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
319 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
321 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
322 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
324 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
325 * Add an md5sums control file.
326 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
327 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
328 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
329 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
330 currently part of policy.
331 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
332 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
333 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
336 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
338 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
340 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
341 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
342 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
343 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
344 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
345 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
346 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
347 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
348 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
349 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
351 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
352 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
353 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
354 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
355 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
357 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
359 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
360 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
361 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
363 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
364 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
365 list?" (Closes: #412634).
366 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
367 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
368 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
369 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
370 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
371 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
372 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
373 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
374 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
375 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
376 debconf specification.
377 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
378 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
380 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
382 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
384 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
385 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
387 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
388 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
392 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
393 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
394 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
395 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
396 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
398 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
399 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
400 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
401 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
402 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
403 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
404 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
405 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
406 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
407 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
408 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
409 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
410 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
411 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
412 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
415 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
417 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
418 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
419 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
420 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
421 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
422 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
423 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
424 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
426 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
428 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
430 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
431 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
432 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
433 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
434 Polo (Closes: #372497).
435 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
436 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
438 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
439 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
440 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
441 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
443 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
444 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
445 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
446 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
447 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
449 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
450 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
451 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
452 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
453 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
454 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
456 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
458 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
460 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
461 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
462 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
463 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
465 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
466 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
468 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
470 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
472 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
473 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
474 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
475 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
476 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
477 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
478 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
479 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
480 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
481 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
483 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
484 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
485 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
486 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
487 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
488 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
489 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
490 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
491 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
492 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
493 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
496 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
498 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
500 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
501 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
502 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
503 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
504 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
505 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
506 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
507 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
508 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
509 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
510 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
511 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
512 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
513 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
514 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
515 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
516 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
517 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
518 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
519 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
520 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
521 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
522 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
523 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
524 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
525 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
526 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
527 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
529 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
530 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
531 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
532 Hess (Closes: #362247).
533 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
534 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
535 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
536 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
537 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
538 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
539 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
540 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
541 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
542 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
543 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
544 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
546 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
547 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
549 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
550 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
551 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
552 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
553 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
554 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
555 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
556 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
557 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
558 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
559 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
561 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
563 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
566 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
567 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
568 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
569 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
570 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
571 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
572 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
573 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
574 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
575 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
576 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
577 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
578 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
580 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
581 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
582 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
583 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
584 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
585 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
586 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
587 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
588 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
589 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
590 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
591 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
592 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
593 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
594 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
595 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
596 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
597 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
598 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
601 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
603 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
606 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
607 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
608 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
610 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
611 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
612 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
613 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
615 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
617 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
620 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
621 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
622 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
623 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
624 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
625 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
626 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
627 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
628 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
629 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
631 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
632 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
633 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
636 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
637 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
638 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
639 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
640 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
641 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
643 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
644 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
645 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
646 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
648 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
649 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
650 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
651 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
652 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
653 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
654 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
655 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
657 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
658 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
659 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
660 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
661 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
662 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
663 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
664 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
665 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
666 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
667 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
668 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
669 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
670 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
671 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
672 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
673 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
675 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
677 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
680 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
681 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
682 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
683 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
684 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
685 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
686 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
687 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
688 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
690 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
691 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
692 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
693 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
694 this section. closes: Bug#248618
695 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
696 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
697 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
698 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
699 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
700 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
701 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
702 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
703 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
704 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
705 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
706 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
708 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
709 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
710 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
713 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
714 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
715 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
717 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
718 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
719 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
720 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
721 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
722 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
724 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
725 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
727 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
728 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
729 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
730 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
731 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
732 Closes: #185943, #237049
734 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
736 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
739 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
742 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
743 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
744 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
745 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
746 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
747 running. closes: Bug#187250
748 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
749 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
750 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
751 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
752 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
753 user closes: Bug#176506
755 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
757 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
760 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
761 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
762 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
763 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
764 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
765 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
766 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
767 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
768 deb-building toolchain.
769 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
770 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
771 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
772 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
773 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
774 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
775 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
776 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
777 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
778 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
779 sections about changelog files.
781 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
782 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
783 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
784 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
785 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
786 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
788 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
789 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
790 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
791 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
792 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
793 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
794 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
795 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
796 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
797 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
798 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
799 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
800 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
801 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
802 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
803 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
804 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
805 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
806 for the restructuring
808 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
810 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
813 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
815 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
816 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
817 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
818 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
819 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
820 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
822 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
823 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
824 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
825 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
826 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
827 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
828 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
830 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
831 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
832 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
833 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
835 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
837 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
840 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
841 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
842 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
843 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
844 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
845 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
847 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
848 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
849 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
850 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
852 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
853 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
854 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
855 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
856 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
857 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
858 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
859 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
860 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
862 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
863 script should start it, closes: #60979
864 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
865 "should", closes: #170019
866 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
867 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
868 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
869 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
870 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
871 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
872 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
873 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
876 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
878 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
881 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
882 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
883 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
884 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
885 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
886 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
887 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
888 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
889 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
891 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
892 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
893 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
894 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
895 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
896 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
897 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
898 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
899 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
901 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
902 file, closes: Bug#65764
904 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
906 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
908 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
909 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
910 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
911 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
912 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
913 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
914 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
915 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
916 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
917 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
918 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
919 details. closes: Bug#133030
920 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
921 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
924 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
926 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
928 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
929 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
930 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
931 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
932 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
933 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
934 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
935 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
936 not. closes: Bug#139820
937 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
938 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
939 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
940 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
941 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
942 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
943 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
944 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
945 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
946 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
948 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
950 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
951 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
952 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
953 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
954 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
955 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
956 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
957 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
958 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
959 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
960 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
961 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
962 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
963 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
964 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
965 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
966 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
967 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
968 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
969 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
971 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
972 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
973 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
974 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
975 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
976 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
977 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
979 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
980 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
981 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
982 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
983 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
984 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
985 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
986 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
987 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
989 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
991 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
994 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
995 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
996 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
997 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
998 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
999 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1000 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1001 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1002 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1003 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1004 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1005 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1006 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1007 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1008 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1009 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1010 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1011 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1012 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1013 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1014 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1015 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1017 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1019 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1022 medium, high, emergency.
1023 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1024 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1025 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1026 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1027 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1030 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1031 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1032 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1034 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1035 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1036 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1037 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1038 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1039 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1040 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1043 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1045 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1048 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1049 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1050 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1052 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1053 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1054 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1055 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1056 debian/rules to do this
1057 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1058 patches are incorporated upstream
1059 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1060 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1061 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1062 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1063 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1064 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1066 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1067 system closes: Bug#91249
1068 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1069 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1070 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1071 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1072 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1073 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1074 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1075 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1076 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1077 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1078 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1079 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1080 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1082 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1084 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1087 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1088 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1089 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1091 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1092 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1093 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1095 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1098 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1100 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1103 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1104 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1105 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1106 package for the time being
1107 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1108 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1109 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1110 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1111 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1112 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1113 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1114 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1115 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1116 Build-Depends arch syntax
1117 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1119 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1120 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1122 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1123 from policy maintenance duties.
1124 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1125 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1127 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1129 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1131 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1133 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1135 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1138 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1139 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1140 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1141 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1142 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1143 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1144 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1145 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1146 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1147 minor version number for this
1148 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1149 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1150 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1151 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1152 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1153 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1154 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1155 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1156 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1158 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1160 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1163 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1164 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1165 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1166 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1168 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1170 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1171 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1172 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1173 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1174 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1175 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1176 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1177 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1178 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1179 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1180 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1181 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1182 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1183 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1184 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1185 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1188 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1190 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1193 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1195 * Document the Enhances relationship
1196 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1197 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1198 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1199 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1200 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1201 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1203 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1205 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1206 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1207 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1208 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1210 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1211 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1212 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1213 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1214 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1216 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1218 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1221 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1222 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1224 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1225 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1226 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1227 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1228 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1229 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1230 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1231 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1232 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1234 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1236 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1238 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1241 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1242 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1243 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1244 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1245 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1246 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1247 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1248 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1249 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1250 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1251 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1252 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1253 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1254 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1255 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1256 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1257 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1258 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1259 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1260 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1261 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1263 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1264 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1266 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1268 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1271 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1272 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1273 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1274 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1275 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1276 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1277 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1278 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1279 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1280 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1281 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1282 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1283 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1284 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1285 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1286 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1287 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1288 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1289 list closes: Bug#53756
1290 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1291 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1292 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1293 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1294 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1295 policy closes: Bug#53760
1296 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1297 policy closes: Bug#53761
1298 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1299 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1300 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1301 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1302 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1303 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1304 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1305 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1306 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1307 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1308 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1310 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1311 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1312 to install with older fileutils.
1313 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1314 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1315 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1316 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1318 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1319 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1321 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1323 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1325 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1326 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1328 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1330 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1333 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1335 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1338 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1340 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1341 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1343 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1345 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1347 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1349 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1350 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1352 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1354 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1357 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1358 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1359 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1360 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1361 directoried (closes: #41547)
1362 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1363 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1364 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1365 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1366 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1367 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1368 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1369 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1370 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1371 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1372 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1374 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1375 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1376 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1377 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1378 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1379 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1380 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1382 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1383 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1384 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1385 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1387 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1389 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1391 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1392 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1394 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1396 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1399 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1401 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1403 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1405 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1406 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1408 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1409 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1410 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1411 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1412 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1413 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1414 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1415 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1416 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1417 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1418 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1419 this closes: Bug#38612
1420 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1421 before. closes: Bug#40864
1423 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1425 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1428 officially uploaded.
1429 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1431 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1432 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1433 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1435 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1436 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1437 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1438 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1439 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1440 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1442 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1443 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1444 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1446 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1448 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1449 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1450 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1451 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1452 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1454 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1456 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1458 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1459 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1460 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1461 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1462 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1463 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1464 there). closes: Bug#34233
1465 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1466 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1467 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1468 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1469 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1471 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1473 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1475 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1476 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1477 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1478 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1481 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1482 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1483 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1484 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1485 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1488 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1489 number. closes: BUG#25911
1491 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1492 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1493 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1494 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1495 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1496 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1498 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1499 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1500 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1503 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1504 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1505 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1507 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1508 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1509 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1510 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1512 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1513 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1514 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1516 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1518 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1519 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1520 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1521 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1522 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1523 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1524 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1525 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1528 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1530 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1531 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1534 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1536 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1538 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1540 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1542 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1544 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1545 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1546 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1547 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1548 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1549 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1550 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1551 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1553 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1554 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1556 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1558 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1560 * non-maintainer release
1561 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1562 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1564 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1565 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1566 * no content changes
1567 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1569 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1571 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1575 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1577 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1579 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1581 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1582 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1583 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1585 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1586 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1588 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1589 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1590 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1591 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1593 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1594 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1595 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1596 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1597 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1598 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1599 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1601 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1602 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1603 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1606 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1607 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1608 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1610 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1611 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1612 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1614 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1615 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1617 * New version numbering scheme:
1619 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1620 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1621 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1624 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1625 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1626 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1627 differ between the manuals.
1629 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1630 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1631 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1632 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1634 * Packaging changes:
1636 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1637 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1639 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1641 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1643 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1645 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1647 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1648 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1649 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1651 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1652 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1655 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1656 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1657 file extension as the referenced file
1659 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1660 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1662 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1663 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1664 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1665 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1668 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1669 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1670 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1672 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1673 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1674 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1675 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1678 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1679 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1682 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1683 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1684 reasonable default configuration
1686 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1687 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1688 by all news servers and clients
1690 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1691 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1692 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1693 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1694 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1696 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1697 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1700 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1702 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1703 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1705 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1708 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1709 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1711 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1712 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1714 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1716 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1718 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1720 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1721 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1722 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1723 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1725 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1727 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1728 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1729 * Don't use debstd anymore
1731 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1733 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1735 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1736 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1737 contrib/non-free policy
1738 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1739 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1740 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1741 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1742 - new section about `Daemons'
1743 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1744 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1745 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1746 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1747 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1748 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1749 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1750 * SGML source code included in package
1751 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1753 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1755 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1757 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1758 - completely reworked structure
1759 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1760 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1761 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1762 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1763 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1764 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1765 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1766 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1767 - mention "orphaned packages"
1768 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1769 distributions' policy
1770 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1771 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1772 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1773 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1774 - added section about arch spec strings
1775 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1776 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1777 - added section about "menus"
1778 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1779 the new documentation policy soon
1780 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1781 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1783 - added section about editors and pagers
1784 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1785 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1786 - added section about device files
1787 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1788 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1789 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1791 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1792 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1793 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1794 - Added new section about obsolete names
1795 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1796 * Fixed package's description
1798 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1800 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1802 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1804 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1806 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1808 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1809 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1810 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1811 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1813 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1815 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1817 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1818 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1819 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1821 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1822 and upload it "byhand" too.
1824 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1826 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1829 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1830 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1831 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1832 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1833 functionality must not have the same name.
1834 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1835 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1836 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1837 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1838 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1839 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1840 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1842 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1843 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1844 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1845 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1846 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1847 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1848 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1849 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1852 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1854 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1856 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1858 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1859 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1860 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1861 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1862 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1865 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1867 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1869 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1871 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1872 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1873 description of deb file format.
1874 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1875 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1877 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1879 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1880 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1882 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1884 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1886 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1887 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1888 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1889 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1890 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1891 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1892 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1893 packages in section on Procedure
1894 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1895 a package maintainer
1896 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1897 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1898 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1900 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1901 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1902 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1903 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1904 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1905 on various shlib files
1906 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1907 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1908 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1910 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1912 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1914 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1915 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1916 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1918 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1919 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1920 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1921 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1922 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1924 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1926 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1928 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1930 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1932 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1933 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1934 compatibility go in contrib.
1936 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1937 instructions in policy manual.
1938 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1941 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1943 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1945 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1946 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1947 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1948 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1950 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1951 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1954 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1956 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1958 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1959 * More detail about changelog format names.
1961 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1962 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1966 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1968 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1970 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1972 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1974 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1976 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1978 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1980 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1981 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1982 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1984 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1986 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1988 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1990 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1992 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1996 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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