1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
9 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
13 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
19 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
22 Seconded: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
23 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
24 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
26 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
27 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
32 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
33 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
35 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
38 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
42 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
43 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
47 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
48 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
49 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
50 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
51 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
52 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
53 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
54 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
55 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
56 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
57 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
58 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
59 Source field descriptions.
61 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
63 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
67 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
70 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
71 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
73 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
74 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
78 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
79 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
83 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
84 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
88 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
89 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
90 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
91 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
95 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
96 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
97 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
98 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
99 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
101 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
102 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
106 * Add myself to Uploaders.
109 * Add myself to Uploaders.
110 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
112 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
113 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
114 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
116 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
118 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
120 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
121 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
125 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
126 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
128 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
130 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
131 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
135 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
136 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
138 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
140 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
141 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
145 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
146 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
150 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
151 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
153 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
155 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
156 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
158 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
160 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
161 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
162 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
165 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
166 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
170 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
171 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
174 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
176 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
177 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
178 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
179 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
180 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
181 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
182 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
183 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
184 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
185 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
186 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
187 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
188 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
189 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
190 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
191 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
192 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
193 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
194 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
195 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
196 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
197 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
198 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
199 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
200 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
201 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
202 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
203 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
204 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
205 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
207 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
208 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
209 links was completed long ago.
210 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
212 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
214 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
217 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
219 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
221 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
223 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
224 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
225 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
226 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
227 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
228 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
229 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
230 Millan (Closes: #209008).
231 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
232 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
234 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
236 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
238 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
239 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
240 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
241 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
242 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
243 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
244 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
246 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
247 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
248 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
249 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
251 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
252 Küster (Closes: #403391).
253 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
254 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
255 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
256 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
257 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
258 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
261 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
262 Closes: #186700, #458910
263 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
264 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
267 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
268 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
269 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
270 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
271 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
272 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
273 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
274 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
276 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
277 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
279 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
280 * Add an md5sums control file.
281 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
282 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
283 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
284 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
285 currently part of policy.
286 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
287 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
288 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
291 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
293 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
295 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
296 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
297 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
298 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
299 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
300 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
301 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
302 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
303 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
304 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
306 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
307 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
308 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
309 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
310 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
312 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
314 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
315 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
316 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
318 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
319 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
320 list?" (Closes: #412634).
321 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
322 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
323 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
324 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
325 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
326 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
327 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
328 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
329 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
330 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
331 debconf specification.
332 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
333 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
335 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
337 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
339 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
340 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
342 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
343 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
347 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
348 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
349 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
350 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
351 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
353 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
354 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
355 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
356 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
357 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
358 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
359 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
360 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
361 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
362 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
363 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
364 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
365 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
367 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
373 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
374 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
375 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
377 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
378 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
379 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
381 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
383 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
385 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
386 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
387 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
388 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
389 Polo (Closes: #372497).
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
391 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
394 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
395 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
396 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
398 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
399 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
400 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
401 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
402 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
404 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
405 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
406 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
407 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
408 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
409 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
411 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
413 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
415 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
416 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
417 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
418 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
420 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
421 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
423 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
425 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
427 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
428 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
429 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
430 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
431 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
432 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
433 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
434 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
435 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
436 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
438 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
439 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
440 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
441 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
442 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
443 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
444 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
445 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
446 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
447 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
448 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
451 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
453 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
455 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
456 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
457 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
458 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
459 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
460 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
461 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
462 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
463 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
464 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
465 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
466 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
467 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
468 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
469 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
470 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
471 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
472 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
473 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
474 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
475 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
476 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
477 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
478 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
479 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
480 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
481 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
482 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
484 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
485 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
486 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
487 Hess (Closes: #362247).
488 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
489 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
490 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
491 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
492 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
493 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
494 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
495 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
496 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
497 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
498 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
499 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
501 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
502 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
504 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
505 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
506 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
507 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
508 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
509 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
510 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
511 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
512 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
513 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
514 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
516 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
518 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
522 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
523 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
524 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
525 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
526 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
527 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
528 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
529 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
530 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
531 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
532 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
533 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
535 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
536 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
537 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
538 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
539 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
540 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
541 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
542 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
543 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
544 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
545 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
546 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
547 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
548 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
549 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
550 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
551 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
552 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
553 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
556 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
558 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
560 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
561 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
562 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
563 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
565 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
566 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
567 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
568 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
570 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
572 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
575 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
576 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
577 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
578 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
579 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
580 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
581 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
582 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
583 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
584 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
586 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
587 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
588 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
590 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
591 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
592 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
593 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
594 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
595 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
596 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
598 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
599 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
600 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
601 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
603 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
604 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
605 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
606 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
607 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
608 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
609 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
610 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
612 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
613 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
614 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
615 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
616 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
617 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
618 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
619 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
620 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
621 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
622 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
623 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
624 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
625 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
626 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
627 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
628 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
630 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
632 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
635 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
636 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
637 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
638 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
639 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
640 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
641 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
642 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
643 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
645 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
646 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
647 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
648 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
649 this section. closes: Bug#248618
650 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
651 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
652 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
653 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
654 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
655 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
656 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
657 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
658 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
659 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
660 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
661 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
663 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
664 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
665 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
668 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
669 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
670 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
672 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
673 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
674 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
675 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
676 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
677 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
679 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
680 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
682 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
683 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
684 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
685 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
686 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
687 Closes: #185943, #237049
689 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
691 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
694 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
697 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
698 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
699 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
700 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
701 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
702 running. closes: Bug#187250
703 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
704 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
705 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
706 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
707 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
708 user closes: Bug#176506
710 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
712 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
715 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
716 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
717 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
718 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
719 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
720 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
721 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
722 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
723 deb-building toolchain.
724 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
725 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
726 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
727 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
728 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
729 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
730 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
731 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
732 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
733 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
734 sections about changelog files.
736 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
737 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
738 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
739 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
740 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
741 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
743 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
744 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
745 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
746 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
747 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
748 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
749 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
750 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
751 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
752 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
753 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
754 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
755 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
756 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
757 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
758 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
759 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
760 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
761 for the restructuring
763 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
765 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
768 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
770 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
771 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
772 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
773 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
774 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
775 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
777 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
778 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
779 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
780 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
781 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
782 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
783 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
785 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
786 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
787 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
788 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
790 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
792 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
795 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
796 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
797 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
798 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
799 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
800 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
802 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
803 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
804 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
805 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
807 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
808 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
809 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
810 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
811 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
812 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
813 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
814 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
815 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
817 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
818 script should start it, closes: #60979
819 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
820 "should", closes: #170019
821 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
822 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
823 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
824 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
825 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
826 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
827 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
828 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
831 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
833 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
836 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
837 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
838 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
839 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
840 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
841 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
842 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
843 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
844 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
846 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
847 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
848 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
849 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
850 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
851 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
852 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
853 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
854 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
856 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
857 file, closes: Bug#65764
859 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
861 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
863 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
864 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
865 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
866 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
867 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
868 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
869 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
870 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
871 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
872 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
873 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
874 details. closes: Bug#133030
875 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
876 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
879 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
881 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
883 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
884 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
885 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
886 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
887 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
888 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
889 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
890 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
891 not. closes: Bug#139820
892 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
893 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
894 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
895 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
896 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
897 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
898 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
899 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
900 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
901 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
903 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
905 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
906 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
907 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
908 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
909 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
910 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
911 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
912 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
913 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
914 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
915 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
916 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
917 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
918 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
919 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
920 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
921 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
922 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
923 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
924 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
926 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
927 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
928 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
929 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
930 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
931 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
932 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
934 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
935 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
936 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
937 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
938 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
939 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
940 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
941 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
942 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
944 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
946 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
948 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
949 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
950 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
951 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
952 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
953 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
954 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
955 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
956 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
957 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
958 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
959 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
960 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
961 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
962 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
963 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
964 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
965 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
966 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
967 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
968 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
969 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
970 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
972 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
974 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
976 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
977 medium, high, emergency.
978 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
979 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
980 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
981 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
982 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
985 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
986 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
987 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
989 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
990 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
991 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
992 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
993 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
994 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
995 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
998 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1000 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1003 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1004 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1005 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1007 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1008 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1009 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1010 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1011 debian/rules to do this
1012 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1013 patches are incorporated upstream
1014 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1015 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1016 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1017 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1018 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1019 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1021 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1022 system closes: Bug#91249
1023 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1024 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1025 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1026 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1027 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1028 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1029 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1030 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1031 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1032 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1033 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1034 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1035 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1037 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1039 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1042 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1043 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1044 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1046 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1047 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1048 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1050 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1053 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1055 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1058 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1059 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1060 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1061 package for the time being
1062 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1063 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1064 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1065 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1066 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1067 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1068 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1069 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1070 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1071 Build-Depends arch syntax
1072 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1074 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1075 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1077 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1078 from policy maintenance duties.
1079 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1080 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1082 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1084 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1088 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1090 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1092 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1093 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1094 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1095 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1096 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1097 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1098 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1099 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1100 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1101 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1102 minor version number for this
1103 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1104 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1105 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1106 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1107 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1108 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1109 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1110 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1111 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1113 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1115 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1118 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1119 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1120 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1121 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1123 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1125 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1126 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1127 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1128 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1129 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1130 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1131 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1132 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1133 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1134 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1135 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1136 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1137 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1138 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1139 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1140 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1143 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1145 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1148 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1150 * Document the Enhances relationship
1151 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1152 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1153 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1154 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1155 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1156 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1158 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1160 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1161 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1162 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1163 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1165 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1166 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1167 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1168 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1169 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1171 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1173 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1176 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1177 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1179 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1180 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1181 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1182 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1183 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1184 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1185 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1186 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1187 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1189 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1191 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1193 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1196 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1197 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1198 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1199 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1200 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1201 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1202 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1203 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1204 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1205 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1206 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1207 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1208 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1209 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1210 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1211 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1212 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1213 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1214 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1215 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1216 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1218 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1219 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1221 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1223 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1226 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1227 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1228 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1229 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1230 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1231 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1232 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1233 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1234 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1235 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1236 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1237 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1238 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1239 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1240 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1241 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1242 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1243 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1244 list closes: Bug#53756
1245 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1246 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1247 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1248 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1249 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1250 policy closes: Bug#53760
1251 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1252 policy closes: Bug#53761
1253 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1254 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1255 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1256 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1257 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1258 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1259 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1260 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1261 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1262 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1263 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1265 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1266 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1267 to install with older fileutils.
1268 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1269 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1270 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1271 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1273 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1274 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1276 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1278 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1281 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1283 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1285 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1287 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1288 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1290 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1293 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1296 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1298 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1300 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1302 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1304 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1305 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1307 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1309 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1311 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1312 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1313 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1314 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1315 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1316 directoried (closes: #41547)
1317 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1318 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1319 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1320 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1321 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1322 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1323 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1324 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1325 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1326 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1327 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1329 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1330 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1331 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1332 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1333 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1334 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1335 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1337 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1338 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1339 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1340 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1342 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1344 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1346 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1347 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1349 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1351 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1354 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1356 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1358 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1360 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1361 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1363 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1364 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1365 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1366 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1367 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1368 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1369 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1370 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1371 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1372 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1373 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1374 this closes: Bug#38612
1375 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1376 before. closes: Bug#40864
1378 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1380 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1382 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1383 officially uploaded.
1384 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1386 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1387 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1388 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1390 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1391 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1392 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1393 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1394 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1395 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1397 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1398 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1399 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1401 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1403 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1404 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1405 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1406 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1407 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1409 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1411 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1413 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1414 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1415 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1416 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1417 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1418 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1419 there). closes: Bug#34233
1420 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1421 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1422 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1423 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1424 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1426 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1428 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1430 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1431 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1432 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1433 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1436 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1437 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1438 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1439 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1440 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1443 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1444 number. closes: BUG#25911
1446 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1447 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1448 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1449 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1450 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1451 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1453 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1454 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1455 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1458 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1459 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1460 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1462 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1463 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1464 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1465 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1467 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1468 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1469 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1471 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1473 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1474 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1475 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1476 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1477 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1478 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1479 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1480 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1483 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1485 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1486 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1489 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1491 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1493 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1495 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1497 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1499 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1500 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1501 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1502 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1503 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1504 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1505 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1506 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1508 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1509 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1511 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1513 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1515 * non-maintainer release
1516 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1517 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1519 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1520 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1521 * no content changes
1522 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1524 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1526 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1530 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1532 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1534 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1536 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1537 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1538 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1540 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1541 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1543 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1544 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1545 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1546 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1548 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1549 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1550 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1551 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1552 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1553 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1554 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1556 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1557 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1558 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1561 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1562 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1563 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1565 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1566 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1567 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1569 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1570 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1572 * New version numbering scheme:
1574 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1575 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1576 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1579 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1580 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1581 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1582 differ between the manuals.
1584 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1585 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1586 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1587 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1589 * Packaging changes:
1591 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1592 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1594 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1596 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1598 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1600 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1602 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1603 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1604 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1606 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1607 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1610 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1611 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1612 file extension as the referenced file
1614 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1615 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1617 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1618 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1619 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1620 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1623 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1624 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1625 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1627 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1628 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1629 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1630 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1633 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1634 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1637 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1638 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1639 reasonable default configuration
1641 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1642 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1643 by all news servers and clients
1645 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1646 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1647 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1648 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1649 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1651 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1652 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1655 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1657 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1658 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1660 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1663 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1664 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1666 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1667 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1669 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1671 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1673 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1675 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1676 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1677 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1678 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1680 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1682 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1683 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1684 * Don't use debstd anymore
1686 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1688 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1690 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1691 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1692 contrib/non-free policy
1693 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1694 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1695 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1696 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1697 - new section about `Daemons'
1698 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1699 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1700 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1701 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1702 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1703 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1704 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1705 * SGML source code included in package
1706 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1708 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1710 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1712 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1713 - completely reworked structure
1714 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1715 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1716 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1717 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1718 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1719 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1720 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1721 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1722 - mention "orphaned packages"
1723 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1724 distributions' policy
1725 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1726 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1727 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1728 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1729 - added section about arch spec strings
1730 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1731 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1732 - added section about "menus"
1733 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1734 the new documentation policy soon
1735 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1736 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1738 - added section about editors and pagers
1739 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1740 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1741 - added section about device files
1742 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1743 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1744 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1746 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1747 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1748 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1749 - Added new section about obsolete names
1750 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1751 * Fixed package's description
1753 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1755 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1757 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1759 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1761 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1763 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1764 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1765 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1766 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1768 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1770 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1772 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1773 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1774 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1776 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1777 and upload it "byhand" too.
1779 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1781 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1784 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1785 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1786 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1787 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1788 functionality must not have the same name.
1789 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1790 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1791 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1792 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1793 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1794 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1795 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1797 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1798 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1799 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1800 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1801 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1802 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1803 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1804 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1807 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1809 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1811 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1813 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1814 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1815 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1816 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1817 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1820 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1822 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1824 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1826 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1827 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1828 description of deb file format.
1829 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1830 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1832 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1834 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1835 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1837 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1839 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1841 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1842 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1843 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1844 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1845 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1846 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1847 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1848 packages in section on Procedure
1849 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1850 a package maintainer
1851 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1852 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1853 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1855 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1856 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1857 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1858 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1859 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1860 on various shlib files
1861 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1862 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1863 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1865 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1867 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1869 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1870 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1871 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1873 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1874 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1875 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1876 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1877 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1879 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1881 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1883 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1885 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1887 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1888 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1889 compatibility go in contrib.
1891 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1892 instructions in policy manual.
1893 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1896 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1898 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1900 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1901 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1902 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1903 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1905 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1906 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1909 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1911 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1913 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1914 * More detail about changelog format names.
1916 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1917 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1921 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1923 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1925 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1927 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1929 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1931 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1933 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1935 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1936 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1937 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1939 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1941 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1943 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1945 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1947 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1951 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100