1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
18 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
21 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
38 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
39 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
40 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
41 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
42 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
43 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
44 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
45 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
46 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
47 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
48 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
49 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
50 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
51 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
52 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
53 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
54 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
55 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
57 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
59 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
61 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
62 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
64 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
66 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
69 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
70 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
71 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
72 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
73 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
74 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
75 Millan (Closes: #209008).
76 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
77 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
79 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
81 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
83 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
84 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
85 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
86 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
87 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
88 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
89 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
91 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
92 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
93 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
94 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
96 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
97 Küster (Closes: #403391).
98 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
99 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
100 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
101 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
102 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
103 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
107 Closes: #186700, #458910
108 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
109 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
113 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
114 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
115 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
116 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
117 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
118 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
119 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
121 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
122 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
124 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
125 * Add an md5sums control file.
126 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
127 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
128 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
129 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
130 currently part of policy.
131 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
132 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
133 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
136 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
138 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
140 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
141 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
142 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
143 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
144 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
145 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
146 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
147 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
148 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
149 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
150 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
151 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
152 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
153 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
154 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
155 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
157 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
159 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
160 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
161 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
163 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
164 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
165 list?" (Closes: #412634).
166 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
167 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
168 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
169 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
170 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
171 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
172 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
173 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
174 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
175 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
176 debconf specification.
177 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
178 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
180 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
182 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
184 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
185 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
187 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
188 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
190 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
192 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
193 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
194 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
195 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
196 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
198 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
199 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
200 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
201 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
202 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
203 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
204 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
205 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
206 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
207 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
208 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
209 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
210 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
212 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
215 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
218 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
219 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
220 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
222 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
223 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
224 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
226 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
228 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
231 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
232 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
234 Polo (Closes: #372497).
235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
236 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
239 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
240 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
241 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
243 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
245 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
247 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
249 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
250 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
251 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
252 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
253 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
254 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
256 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
258 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
260 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
261 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
262 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
263 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
266 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
268 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
270 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
273 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
274 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
275 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
276 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
277 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
278 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
279 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
280 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
281 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
283 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
284 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
286 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
287 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
288 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
290 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
291 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
292 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
293 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
296 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
298 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
300 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
301 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
303 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
304 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
305 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
306 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
307 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
308 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
309 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
310 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
311 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
312 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
313 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
314 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
315 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
316 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
317 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
318 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
319 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
321 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
322 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
323 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
324 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
325 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
326 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
327 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
329 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
330 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
331 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
332 Hess (Closes: #362247).
333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
334 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
335 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
336 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
337 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
338 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
339 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
340 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
341 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
342 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
343 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
344 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
347 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
349 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
350 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
351 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
352 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
353 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
354 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
355 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
356 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
357 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
358 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
359 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
361 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
363 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
366 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
367 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
369 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
371 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
372 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
373 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
375 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
376 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
377 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
381 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
383 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
384 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
385 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
386 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
388 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
389 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
390 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
391 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
392 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
394 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
395 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
396 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
398 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
401 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
403 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
405 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
406 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
407 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
408 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
410 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
411 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
412 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
413 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
415 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
417 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
420 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
421 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
422 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
423 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
424 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
425 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
426 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
427 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
428 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
429 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
431 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
432 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
433 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
435 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
436 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
437 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
438 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
439 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
440 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
441 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
443 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
444 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
445 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
446 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
448 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
449 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
450 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
451 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
452 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
453 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
454 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
455 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
457 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
458 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
459 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
460 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
461 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
462 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
463 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
464 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
465 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
466 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
467 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
468 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
469 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
470 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
471 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
472 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
473 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
475 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
477 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
480 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
481 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
482 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
483 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
484 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
485 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
486 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
487 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
488 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
490 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
491 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
492 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
493 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
494 this section. closes: Bug#248618
495 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
496 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
497 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
498 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
499 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
500 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
501 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
502 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
503 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
504 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
505 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
506 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
508 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
509 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
510 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
513 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
514 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
515 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
517 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
518 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
519 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
520 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
521 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
522 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
524 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
525 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
527 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
528 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
529 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
530 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
531 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
532 Closes: #185943, #237049
534 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
536 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
539 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
542 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
543 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
544 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
545 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
546 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
547 running. closes: Bug#187250
548 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
549 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
550 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
551 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
552 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
553 user closes: Bug#176506
555 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
557 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
560 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
561 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
562 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
563 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
564 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
565 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
566 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
567 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
568 deb-building toolchain.
569 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
570 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
571 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
572 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
573 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
574 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
575 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
576 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
577 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
578 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
579 sections about changelog files.
581 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
582 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
583 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
584 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
585 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
586 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
588 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
589 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
590 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
591 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
592 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
593 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
594 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
595 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
596 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
597 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
598 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
599 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
600 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
601 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
602 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
603 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
604 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
605 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
606 for the restructuring
608 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
610 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
613 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
615 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
616 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
617 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
618 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
619 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
620 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
622 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
623 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
624 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
625 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
626 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
627 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
628 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
630 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
631 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
632 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
633 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
635 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
637 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
640 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
641 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
642 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
643 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
644 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
645 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
647 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
648 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
649 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
650 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
652 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
653 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
654 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
655 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
656 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
657 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
658 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
659 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
660 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
662 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
663 script should start it, closes: #60979
664 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
665 "should", closes: #170019
666 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
667 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
668 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
669 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
670 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
671 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
672 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
673 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
676 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
678 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
681 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
682 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
683 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
684 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
685 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
686 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
687 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
688 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
689 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
691 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
692 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
693 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
694 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
695 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
696 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
697 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
698 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
699 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
701 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
702 file, closes: Bug#65764
704 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
706 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
708 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
709 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
710 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
711 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
712 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
713 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
714 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
715 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
716 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
717 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
718 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
719 details. closes: Bug#133030
720 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
721 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
724 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
726 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
728 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
729 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
730 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
731 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
732 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
733 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
734 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
735 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
736 not. closes: Bug#139820
737 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
738 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
739 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
740 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
741 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
742 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
743 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
744 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
745 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
746 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
748 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
750 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
751 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
752 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
753 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
754 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
755 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
756 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
757 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
758 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
759 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
760 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
761 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
762 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
763 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
764 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
765 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
766 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
767 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
768 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
769 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
771 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
772 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
773 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
774 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
775 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
776 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
777 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
779 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
780 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
781 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
782 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
783 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
784 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
785 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
786 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
787 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
789 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
791 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
793 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
794 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
795 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
796 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
797 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
798 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
799 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
800 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
801 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
802 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
803 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
804 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
805 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
806 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
807 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
808 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
809 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
810 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
811 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
812 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
813 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
814 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
815 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
817 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
819 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
821 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
822 medium, high, emergency.
823 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
824 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
825 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
826 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
827 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
830 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
831 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
832 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
834 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
835 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
836 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
837 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
838 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
839 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
840 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
843 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
845 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
847 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
848 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
849 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
850 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
852 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
853 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
854 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
855 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
856 debian/rules to do this
857 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
858 patches are incorporated upstream
859 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
860 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
861 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
862 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
863 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
864 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
866 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
867 system closes: Bug#91249
868 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
869 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
870 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
871 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
872 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
873 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
874 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
875 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
876 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
877 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
878 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
879 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
880 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
882 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
884 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
886 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
887 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
888 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
889 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
891 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
892 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
893 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
895 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
898 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
900 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
902 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
903 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
904 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
905 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
906 package for the time being
907 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
908 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
909 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
910 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
911 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
912 * Rename all .text files as .txt
913 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
914 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
915 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
916 Build-Depends arch syntax
917 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
919 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
920 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
922 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
923 from policy maintenance duties.
924 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
925 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
927 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
929 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
931 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
933 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
935 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
937 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
938 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
939 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
940 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
941 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
942 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
943 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
944 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
945 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
946 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
947 minor version number for this
948 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
949 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
950 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
951 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
952 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
953 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
954 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
955 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
956 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
958 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
960 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
962 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
963 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
964 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
965 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
966 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
968 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
970 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
971 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
972 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
973 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
974 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
975 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
976 xutils closes: Bug#82966
977 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
978 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
979 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
980 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
981 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
982 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
983 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
984 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
985 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
988 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
990 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
992 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
993 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
995 * Document the Enhances relationship
996 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
997 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
998 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
999 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1000 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1001 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1003 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1005 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1006 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1007 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1008 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1010 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1011 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1012 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1013 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1014 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1016 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1018 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1021 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1022 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1024 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1025 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1026 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1027 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1028 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1029 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1030 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1031 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1032 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1034 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1036 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1038 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1040 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1041 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1042 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1043 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1044 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1045 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1046 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1047 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1048 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1049 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1050 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1051 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1052 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1053 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1054 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1055 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1056 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1057 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1058 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1059 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1060 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1061 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1063 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1064 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1066 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1068 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1070 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1071 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1072 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1073 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1074 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1075 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1076 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1077 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1078 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1079 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1080 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1081 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1082 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1083 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1084 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1085 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1086 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1087 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1088 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1089 list closes: Bug#53756
1090 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1091 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1092 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1093 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1094 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1095 policy closes: Bug#53760
1096 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1097 policy closes: Bug#53761
1098 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1099 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1100 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1101 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1102 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1103 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1104 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1105 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1106 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1107 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1108 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1110 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1111 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1112 to install with older fileutils.
1113 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1114 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1115 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1116 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1118 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1119 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1121 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1123 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1126 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1128 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1130 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1133 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1135 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1138 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1141 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1143 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1145 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1147 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1150 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1152 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1154 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1157 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1158 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1159 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1160 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1161 directoried (closes: #41547)
1162 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1163 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1164 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1165 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1166 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1167 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1168 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1169 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1170 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1171 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1172 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1174 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1175 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1176 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1177 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1178 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1179 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1180 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1182 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1183 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1184 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1185 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1187 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1189 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1191 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1192 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1194 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1196 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1199 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1201 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1203 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1206 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1208 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1209 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1210 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1211 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1212 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1213 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1214 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1215 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1216 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1217 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1218 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1219 this closes: Bug#38612
1220 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1221 before. closes: Bug#40864
1223 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1225 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1228 officially uploaded.
1229 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1231 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1232 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1233 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1235 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1236 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1237 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1238 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1239 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1240 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1242 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1243 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1244 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1246 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1248 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1249 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1250 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1251 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1252 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1254 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1256 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1259 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1260 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1261 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1262 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1263 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1264 there). closes: Bug#34233
1265 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1266 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1267 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1268 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1269 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1271 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1273 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1276 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1277 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1278 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1281 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1282 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1283 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1284 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1285 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1288 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1289 number. closes: BUG#25911
1291 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1292 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1293 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1294 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1295 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1296 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1298 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1299 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1300 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1303 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1304 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1305 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1307 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1308 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1309 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1310 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1312 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1313 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1314 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1316 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1318 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1319 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1320 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1321 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1322 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1323 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1324 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1325 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1328 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1330 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1331 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1334 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1336 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1338 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1340 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1342 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1345 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1346 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1347 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1348 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1349 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1350 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1351 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1353 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1354 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1356 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1358 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1360 * non-maintainer release
1361 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1362 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1364 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1365 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1366 * no content changes
1367 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1369 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1371 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1375 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1377 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1379 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1381 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1382 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1383 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1385 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1386 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1388 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1389 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1390 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1391 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1393 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1394 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1395 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1396 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1397 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1398 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1399 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1401 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1402 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1403 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1406 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1407 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1408 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1410 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1411 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1412 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1414 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1415 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1417 * New version numbering scheme:
1419 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1420 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1421 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1424 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1425 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1426 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1427 differ between the manuals.
1429 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1430 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1431 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1432 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1434 * Packaging changes:
1436 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1437 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1439 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1441 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1443 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1445 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1447 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1448 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1449 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1451 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1452 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1455 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1456 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1457 file extension as the referenced file
1459 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1460 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1462 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1463 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1464 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1465 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1468 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1469 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1470 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1472 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1473 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1474 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1475 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1478 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1479 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1482 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1483 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1484 reasonable default configuration
1486 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1487 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1488 by all news servers and clients
1490 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1491 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1492 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1493 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1494 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1496 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1497 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1500 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1502 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1503 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1505 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1508 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1509 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1511 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1512 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1514 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1516 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1518 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1520 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1521 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1522 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1523 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1525 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1527 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1528 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1529 * Don't use debstd anymore
1531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1533 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1535 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1536 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1537 contrib/non-free policy
1538 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1539 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1540 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1541 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1542 - new section about `Daemons'
1543 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1544 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1545 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1546 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1547 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1548 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1549 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1550 * SGML source code included in package
1551 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1553 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1555 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1557 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1558 - completely reworked structure
1559 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1560 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1561 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1562 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1563 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1564 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1565 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1566 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1567 - mention "orphaned packages"
1568 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1569 distributions' policy
1570 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1571 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1572 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1573 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1574 - added section about arch spec strings
1575 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1576 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1577 - added section about "menus"
1578 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1579 the new documentation policy soon
1580 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1581 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1583 - added section about editors and pagers
1584 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1585 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1586 - added section about device files
1587 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1588 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1589 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1591 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1592 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1593 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1594 - Added new section about obsolete names
1595 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1596 * Fixed package's description
1598 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1600 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1602 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1604 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1606 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1608 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1609 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1610 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1611 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1613 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1615 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1617 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1618 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1619 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1621 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1622 and upload it "byhand" too.
1624 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1626 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1629 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1630 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1631 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1632 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1633 functionality must not have the same name.
1634 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1635 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1636 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1637 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1638 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1639 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1640 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1642 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1643 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1644 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1645 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1646 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1647 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1648 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1649 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1652 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1654 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1656 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1658 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1659 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1660 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1661 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1662 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1665 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1667 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1669 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1671 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1672 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1673 description of deb file format.
1674 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1675 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1677 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1679 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1680 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1682 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1684 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1686 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1687 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1688 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1689 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1690 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1691 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1692 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1693 packages in section on Procedure
1694 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1695 a package maintainer
1696 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1697 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1698 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1700 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1701 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1702 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1703 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1704 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1705 on various shlib files
1706 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1707 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1708 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1710 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1712 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1714 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1715 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1716 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1718 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1719 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1720 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1721 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1722 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1724 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1726 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1728 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1730 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1732 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1733 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1734 compatibility go in contrib.
1736 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1737 instructions in policy manual.
1738 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1741 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1743 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1745 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1746 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1747 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1748 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1750 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1751 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1754 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1756 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1758 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1759 * More detail about changelog format names.
1761 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1762 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1766 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1768 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1770 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1772 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1774 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1776 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1778 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1780 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1781 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1782 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1784 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1786 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1788 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1790 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1792 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1796 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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