1 debian-policy (3.8.0.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
4 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
5 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
6 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
8 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
10 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
13 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
15 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
17 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
20 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
21 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
22 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
23 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
24 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
25 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
26 Millan (Closes: #209008).
27 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
28 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
30 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
32 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
34 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
35 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
36 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
37 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
38 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
39 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
40 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
42 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
43 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
44 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
45 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
47 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
48 Küster (Closes: #403391).
49 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
50 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
51 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
52 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
53 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
54 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
58 Closes: #186700, #458910
59 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
60 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
63 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
64 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
65 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
66 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
67 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
68 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
69 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
70 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
72 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
73 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
75 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
76 * Add an md5sums control file.
77 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
78 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
79 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
80 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
81 currently part of policy.
82 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
83 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
84 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
87 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
89 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
92 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
93 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
94 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
95 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
96 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
97 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
98 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
99 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
100 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
101 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
102 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
103 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
104 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
105 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
106 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
108 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
110 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
111 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
112 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
114 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
115 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
116 list?" (Closes: #412634).
117 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
118 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
119 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
120 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
121 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
122 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
123 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
124 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
125 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
126 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
127 debconf specification.
128 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
129 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
131 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
133 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
136 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
138 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
139 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
143 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
144 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
145 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
146 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
147 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
149 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
150 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
151 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
152 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
153 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
154 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
155 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
156 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
157 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
158 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
159 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
160 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
161 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
163 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
164 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
166 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
168 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
169 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
170 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
171 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
172 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
173 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
174 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
175 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
177 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
179 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
182 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
183 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
184 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
185 Polo (Closes: #372497).
186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
187 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
189 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
190 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
191 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
192 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
193 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
194 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
195 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
196 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
197 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
198 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
200 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
201 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
202 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
203 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
204 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
205 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
207 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
209 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
211 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
212 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
213 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
214 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
217 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
219 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
221 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
223 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
224 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
225 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
226 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
227 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
228 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
229 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
230 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
231 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
232 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
234 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
235 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
237 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
238 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
239 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
241 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
243 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
244 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
247 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
249 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
251 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
252 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
253 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
254 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
255 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
256 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
257 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
258 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
259 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
260 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
261 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
262 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
263 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
264 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
265 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
266 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
267 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
268 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
269 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
270 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
272 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
273 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
274 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
275 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
276 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
277 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
278 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
280 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
281 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
282 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
283 Hess (Closes: #362247).
284 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
285 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
286 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
287 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
288 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
289 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
290 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
291 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
292 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
293 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
294 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
295 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
298 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
301 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
303 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
304 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
305 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
306 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
307 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
308 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
309 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
310 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
312 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
314 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
317 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
318 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
319 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
320 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
321 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
322 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
323 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
324 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
325 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
326 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
327 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
328 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
329 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
331 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
332 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
334 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
335 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
336 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
337 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
339 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
340 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
341 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
343 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
344 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
345 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
346 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
347 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
348 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
349 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
352 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
354 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
356 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
357 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
358 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
359 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
361 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
362 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
364 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
366 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
368 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
371 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
372 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
373 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
374 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
375 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
377 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
378 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
379 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
380 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
383 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
384 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
387 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
388 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
389 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
390 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
391 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
392 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
394 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
395 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
396 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
397 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
399 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
400 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
401 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
402 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
403 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
404 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
405 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
406 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
408 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
409 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
410 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
411 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
412 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
413 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
414 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
415 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
417 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
418 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
419 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
420 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
421 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
422 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
423 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
424 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
426 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
428 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
431 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
432 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
433 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
434 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
435 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
436 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
437 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
438 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
439 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
441 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
442 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
443 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
444 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
445 this section. closes: Bug#248618
446 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
447 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
448 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
449 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
450 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
451 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
452 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
453 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
454 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
455 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
456 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
457 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
459 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
460 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
461 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
464 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
465 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
466 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
468 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
469 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
470 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
471 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
472 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
473 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
475 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
476 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
478 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
479 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
480 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
481 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
482 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
483 Closes: #185943, #237049
485 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
487 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
490 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
493 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
494 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
495 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
496 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
497 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
498 running. closes: Bug#187250
499 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
500 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
501 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
502 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
503 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
504 user closes: Bug#176506
506 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
508 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
511 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
512 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
513 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
514 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
515 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
516 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
517 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
518 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
519 deb-building toolchain.
520 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
521 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
522 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
523 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
524 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
525 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
526 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
527 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
528 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
529 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
530 sections about changelog files.
532 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
533 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
534 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
535 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
536 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
537 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
539 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
540 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
541 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
542 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
543 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
544 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
545 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
546 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
547 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
548 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
549 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
550 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
551 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
552 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
553 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
554 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
555 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
556 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
557 for the restructuring
559 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
561 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
564 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
566 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
567 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
568 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
569 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
570 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
571 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
573 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
574 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
575 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
576 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
577 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
578 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
579 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
581 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
582 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
583 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
584 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
586 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
588 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
591 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
592 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
593 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
594 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
595 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
596 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
598 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
599 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
600 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
601 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
603 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
604 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
605 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
606 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
607 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
608 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
609 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
610 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
611 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
613 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
614 script should start it, closes: #60979
615 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
616 "should", closes: #170019
617 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
618 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
619 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
620 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
621 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
622 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
623 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
624 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
627 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
629 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
632 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
633 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
634 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
635 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
636 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
637 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
638 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
639 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
640 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
642 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
643 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
644 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
645 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
646 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
647 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
648 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
649 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
650 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
652 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
653 file, closes: Bug#65764
655 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
657 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
659 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
660 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
661 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
662 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
663 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
664 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
665 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
666 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
667 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
668 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
669 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
670 details. closes: Bug#133030
671 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
672 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
675 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
677 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
679 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
680 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
681 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
682 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
683 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
684 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
685 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
686 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
687 not. closes: Bug#139820
688 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
689 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
690 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
691 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
692 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
693 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
694 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
695 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
696 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
697 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
699 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
701 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
702 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
703 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
704 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
705 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
706 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
707 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
708 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
709 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
710 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
711 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
712 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
713 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
714 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
715 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
716 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
717 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
718 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
719 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
720 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
722 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
723 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
724 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
725 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
726 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
727 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
728 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
730 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
731 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
732 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
733 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
734 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
735 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
736 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
737 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
738 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
740 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
742 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
744 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
745 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
746 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
747 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
748 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
749 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
750 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
751 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
752 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
753 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
754 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
755 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
756 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
757 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
758 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
759 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
760 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
761 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
762 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
763 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
764 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
765 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
766 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
768 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
770 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
772 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
773 medium, high, emergency.
774 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
775 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
776 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
777 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
778 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
781 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
782 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
783 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
785 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
786 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
787 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
788 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
789 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
790 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
791 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
794 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
796 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
798 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
799 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
800 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
801 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
803 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
804 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
805 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
806 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
807 debian/rules to do this
808 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
809 patches are incorporated upstream
810 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
811 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
812 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
813 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
814 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
815 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
817 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
818 system closes: Bug#91249
819 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
820 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
821 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
822 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
823 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
824 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
825 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
826 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
827 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
828 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
829 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
830 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
831 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
833 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
835 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
837 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
838 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
839 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
840 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
842 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
843 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
844 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
846 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
849 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
851 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
853 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
854 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
855 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
856 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
857 package for the time being
858 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
859 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
860 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
861 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
862 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
863 * Rename all .text files as .txt
864 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
865 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
866 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
867 Build-Depends arch syntax
868 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
870 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
871 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
873 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
874 from policy maintenance duties.
875 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
876 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
878 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
880 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
882 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
884 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
886 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
888 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
889 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
890 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
891 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
892 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
893 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
894 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
895 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
896 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
897 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
898 minor version number for this
899 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
900 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
901 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
902 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
903 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
904 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
905 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
906 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
907 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
909 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
911 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
913 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
914 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
915 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
916 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
917 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
919 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
921 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
922 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
923 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
924 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
925 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
926 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
927 xutils closes: Bug#82966
928 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
929 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
930 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
931 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
932 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
933 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
934 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
935 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
936 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
939 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
941 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
943 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
944 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
946 * Document the Enhances relationship
947 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
948 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
949 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
950 policy. closes: Bug#53496
951 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
952 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
954 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
956 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
957 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
958 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
959 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
961 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
962 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
963 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
964 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
965 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
967 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
969 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
971 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
972 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
973 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
975 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
976 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
977 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
978 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
979 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
980 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
981 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
982 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
983 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
985 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
987 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
989 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
991 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
992 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
993 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
994 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
995 policy. closes: Bug#64437
996 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
997 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
998 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
999 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1000 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1001 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1002 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1003 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1004 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1005 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1006 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1007 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1008 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1009 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1010 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1011 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1012 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1014 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1015 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1017 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1019 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1022 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1023 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1024 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1025 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1026 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1027 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1028 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1029 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1030 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1031 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1032 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1033 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1034 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1035 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1036 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1037 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1038 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1039 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1040 list closes: Bug#53756
1041 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1042 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1043 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1044 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1045 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1046 policy closes: Bug#53760
1047 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1048 policy closes: Bug#53761
1049 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1050 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1051 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1052 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1053 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1054 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1055 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1056 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1057 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1058 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1059 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1061 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1062 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1063 to install with older fileutils.
1064 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1065 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1066 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1067 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1069 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1070 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1072 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1074 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1077 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1079 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1081 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1084 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1086 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1089 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1092 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1094 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1096 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1098 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1101 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1103 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1105 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1108 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1109 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1110 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1111 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1112 directoried (closes: #41547)
1113 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1114 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1115 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1116 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1117 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1118 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1119 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1120 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1121 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1122 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1123 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1125 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1126 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1127 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1128 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1129 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1130 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1131 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1133 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1134 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1135 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1136 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1138 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1140 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1142 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1143 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1145 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1147 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1150 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1152 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1154 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1157 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1159 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1160 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1161 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1162 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1163 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1164 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1165 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1166 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1167 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1168 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1169 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1170 this closes: Bug#38612
1171 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1172 before. closes: Bug#40864
1174 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1176 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1179 officially uploaded.
1180 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1182 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1183 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1184 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1186 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1187 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1188 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1189 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1190 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1191 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1193 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1194 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1195 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1197 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1199 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1200 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1201 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1202 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1203 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1205 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1207 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1210 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1211 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1212 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1213 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1214 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1215 there). closes: Bug#34233
1216 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1217 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1218 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1219 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1220 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1222 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1224 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1227 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1228 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1229 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1232 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1233 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1234 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1235 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1236 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1239 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1240 number. closes: BUG#25911
1242 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1243 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1244 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1245 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1246 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1247 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1249 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1250 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1251 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1254 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1255 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1256 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1258 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1259 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1260 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1261 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1263 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1264 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1265 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1267 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1269 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1270 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1271 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1272 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1273 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1274 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1275 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1276 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1279 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1281 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1282 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1285 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1287 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1289 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1291 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1293 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1296 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1297 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1298 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1299 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1300 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1301 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1302 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1304 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1305 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1307 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1309 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1311 * non-maintainer release
1312 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1313 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1315 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1316 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1317 * no content changes
1318 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1320 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1322 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1326 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1328 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1330 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1332 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1333 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1334 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1336 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1337 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1339 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1340 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1341 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1342 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1344 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1345 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1346 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1347 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1348 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1349 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1350 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1352 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1353 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1354 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1357 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1358 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1359 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1361 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1362 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1363 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1365 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1366 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1368 * New version numbering scheme:
1370 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1371 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1372 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1375 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1376 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1377 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1378 differ between the manuals.
1380 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1381 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1382 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1383 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1385 * Packaging changes:
1387 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1388 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1390 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1392 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1394 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1396 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1398 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1399 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1400 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1402 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1403 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1406 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1407 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1408 file extension as the referenced file
1410 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1411 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1413 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1414 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1415 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1416 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1419 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1420 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1421 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1423 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1424 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1425 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1426 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1429 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1430 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1433 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1434 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1435 reasonable default configuration
1437 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1438 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1439 by all news servers and clients
1441 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1442 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1443 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1444 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1445 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1447 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1448 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1451 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1453 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1454 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1456 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1459 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1460 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1462 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1463 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1465 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1467 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1469 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1471 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1472 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1473 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1474 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1476 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1478 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1479 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1480 * Don't use debstd anymore
1482 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1484 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1486 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1487 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1488 contrib/non-free policy
1489 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1490 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1491 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1492 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1493 - new section about `Daemons'
1494 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1495 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1496 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1497 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1498 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1499 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1500 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1501 * SGML source code included in package
1502 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1504 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1506 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1508 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1509 - completely reworked structure
1510 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1511 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1512 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1513 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1514 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1515 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1516 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1517 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1518 - mention "orphaned packages"
1519 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1520 distributions' policy
1521 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1522 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1523 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1524 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1525 - added section about arch spec strings
1526 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1527 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1528 - added section about "menus"
1529 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1530 the new documentation policy soon
1531 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1532 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1534 - added section about editors and pagers
1535 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1536 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1537 - added section about device files
1538 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1539 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1540 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1542 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1543 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1544 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1545 - Added new section about obsolete names
1546 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1547 * Fixed package's description
1549 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1551 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1553 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1555 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1557 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1559 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1560 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1561 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1562 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1564 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1566 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1568 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1569 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1570 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1572 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1573 and upload it "byhand" too.
1575 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1577 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1580 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1581 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1582 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1583 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1584 functionality must not have the same name.
1585 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1586 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1587 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1588 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1589 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1590 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1591 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1593 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1594 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1595 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1596 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1597 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1598 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1599 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1600 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1603 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1605 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1607 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1609 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1610 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1611 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1612 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1613 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1616 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1618 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1620 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1622 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1623 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1624 description of deb file format.
1625 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1626 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1628 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1630 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1631 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1633 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1635 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1637 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1638 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1639 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1640 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1641 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1642 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1643 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1644 packages in section on Procedure
1645 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1646 a package maintainer
1647 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1648 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1649 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1651 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1652 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1653 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1654 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1655 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1656 on various shlib files
1657 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1658 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1659 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1661 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1663 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1665 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1666 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1667 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1669 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1670 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1671 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1672 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1673 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1675 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1677 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1679 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1681 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1683 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1684 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1685 compatibility go in contrib.
1687 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1688 instructions in policy manual.
1689 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1692 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1694 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1696 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1697 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1698 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1699 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1701 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1702 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1705 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1707 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1709 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1710 * More detail about changelog format names.
1712 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1713 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1717 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1719 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1721 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1723 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1725 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1727 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1729 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1731 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1732 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1733 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1735 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1737 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1739 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1741 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1743 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1747 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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