1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
4 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
5 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
6 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
7 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
8 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
9 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
10 Millan (Closes: #209008).
11 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
12 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
14 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
16 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
18 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
19 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
20 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
21 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
22 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
23 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
24 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
26 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
27 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
28 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
29 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
31 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
32 Küster (Closes: #403391).
33 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
34 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
35 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
36 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
37 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
38 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
39 * Add an md5sums control file.
40 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
41 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
42 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
43 currently part of policy.
44 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
45 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
49 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
51 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
52 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
53 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
54 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
55 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
56 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
57 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
58 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
59 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
60 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
61 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
62 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
63 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
64 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
65 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
66 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
68 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
70 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
71 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
72 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
74 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
75 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
76 list?" (Closes: #412634).
77 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
78 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
79 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
80 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
81 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
82 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
83 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
84 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
85 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
86 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
87 debconf specification.
88 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
89 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
91 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
93 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
96 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
97 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
98 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
99 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
101 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
103 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
104 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
105 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
106 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
107 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
109 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
110 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
111 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
112 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
113 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
114 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
115 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
116 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
117 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
118 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
119 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
120 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
121 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
123 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
126 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
129 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
130 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
131 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
132 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
133 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
134 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
135 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
137 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
139 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
142 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
143 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
145 Polo (Closes: #372497).
146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
147 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
150 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
151 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
152 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
153 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
154 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
155 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
156 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
157 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
158 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
160 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
161 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
162 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
163 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
164 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
165 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
167 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
169 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
172 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
173 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
174 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
176 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
177 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
179 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
181 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
183 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
184 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
185 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
186 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
187 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
188 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
189 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
190 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
191 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
192 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
194 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
195 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
197 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
198 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
199 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
200 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
201 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
203 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
204 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
207 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
209 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
211 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
212 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
214 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
215 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
216 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
217 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
218 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
219 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
220 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
221 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
222 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
223 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
224 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
225 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
226 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
227 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
228 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
229 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
230 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
232 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
233 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
234 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
235 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
236 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
237 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
238 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
240 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
241 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
242 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
243 Hess (Closes: #362247).
244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
245 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
246 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
247 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
248 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
249 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
250 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
251 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
252 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
253 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
254 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
255 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
257 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
258 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
261 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
263 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
264 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
265 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
266 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
267 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
268 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
269 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
270 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
272 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
274 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
278 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
280 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
282 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
283 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
284 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
286 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
287 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
288 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
291 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
292 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
294 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
295 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
297 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
299 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
301 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
303 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
305 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
306 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
307 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
308 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
309 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
312 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
314 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
317 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
318 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
319 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
321 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
322 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
323 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
324 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
326 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
328 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
331 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
332 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
333 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
334 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
335 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
336 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
337 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
338 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
339 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
340 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
343 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
344 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
347 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
348 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
349 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
350 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
351 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
352 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
354 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
355 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
356 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
357 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
360 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
361 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
362 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
364 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
365 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
366 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
369 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
370 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
371 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
373 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
374 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
375 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
377 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
378 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
379 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
380 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
381 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
382 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
383 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
384 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
386 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
388 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
391 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
392 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
393 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
394 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
395 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
396 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
397 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
398 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
399 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
401 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
402 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
403 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
404 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
405 this section. closes: Bug#248618
406 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
407 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
408 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
409 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
410 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
411 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
412 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
414 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
415 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
416 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
417 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
419 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
420 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
421 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
424 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
425 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
426 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
428 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
429 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
430 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
431 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
432 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
433 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
435 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
436 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
438 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
439 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
440 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
441 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
442 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
443 Closes: #185943, #237049
445 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
447 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
450 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
453 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
454 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
455 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
456 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
457 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
458 running. closes: Bug#187250
459 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
460 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
461 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
462 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
463 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
464 user closes: Bug#176506
466 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
468 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
471 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
472 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
473 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
474 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
475 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
476 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
477 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
478 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
479 deb-building toolchain.
480 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
481 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
482 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
483 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
484 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
485 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
486 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
487 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
488 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
489 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
490 sections about changelog files.
492 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
493 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
494 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
495 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
496 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
497 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
499 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
500 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
501 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
502 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
503 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
504 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
505 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
506 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
507 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
508 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
509 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
510 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
511 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
512 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
513 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
514 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
515 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
516 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
517 for the restructuring
519 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
521 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
524 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
526 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
527 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
528 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
529 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
530 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
531 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
533 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
534 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
535 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
536 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
537 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
538 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
539 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
541 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
542 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
543 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
544 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
546 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
548 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
551 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
552 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
553 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
554 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
555 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
556 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
558 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
559 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
560 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
561 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
563 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
564 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
565 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
566 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
567 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
568 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
569 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
570 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
571 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
573 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
574 script should start it, closes: #60979
575 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
576 "should", closes: #170019
577 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
578 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
579 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
580 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
581 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
582 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
583 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
584 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
587 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
589 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
592 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
593 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
594 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
595 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
596 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
597 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
598 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
599 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
600 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
602 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
603 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
604 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
605 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
606 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
607 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
608 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
609 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
610 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
612 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
613 file, closes: Bug#65764
615 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
617 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
619 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
620 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
621 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
622 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
623 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
624 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
625 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
626 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
627 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
628 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
629 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
630 details. closes: Bug#133030
631 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
632 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
635 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
637 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
639 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
640 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
641 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
642 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
643 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
644 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
645 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
646 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
647 not. closes: Bug#139820
648 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
649 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
650 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
651 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
652 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
653 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
654 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
655 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
656 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
657 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
659 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
661 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
662 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
663 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
664 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
665 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
666 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
667 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
668 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
669 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
670 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
671 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
672 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
673 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
674 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
675 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
676 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
677 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
678 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
679 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
680 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
682 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
683 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
684 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
685 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
686 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
687 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
688 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
690 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
691 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
692 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
693 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
694 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
695 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
696 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
697 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
698 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
700 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
702 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
704 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
705 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
706 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
707 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
708 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
709 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
710 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
711 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
712 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
713 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
714 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
715 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
716 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
717 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
718 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
719 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
720 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
721 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
722 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
723 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
724 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
725 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
726 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
728 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
730 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
732 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
733 medium, high, emergency.
734 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
735 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
736 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
737 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
738 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
741 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
742 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
743 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
745 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
746 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
747 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
748 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
749 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
750 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
751 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
754 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
756 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
758 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
759 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
760 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
761 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
763 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
764 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
765 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
766 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
767 debian/rules to do this
768 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
769 patches are incorporated upstream
770 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
771 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
772 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
773 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
774 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
775 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
777 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
778 system closes: Bug#91249
779 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
780 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
781 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
782 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
783 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
784 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
785 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
786 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
787 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
788 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
789 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
790 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
791 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
793 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
795 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
797 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
798 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
799 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
800 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
802 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
803 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
804 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
806 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
809 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
811 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
813 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
814 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
815 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
816 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
817 package for the time being
818 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
819 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
820 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
821 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
822 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
823 * Rename all .text files as .txt
824 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
825 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
826 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
827 Build-Depends arch syntax
828 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
830 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
831 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
833 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
834 from policy maintenance duties.
835 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
836 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
838 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
840 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
842 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
844 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
846 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
848 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
849 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
850 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
851 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
852 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
853 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
854 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
855 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
856 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
857 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
858 minor version number for this
859 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
860 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
861 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
862 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
863 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
864 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
865 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
866 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
867 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
869 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
871 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
873 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
874 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
875 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
876 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
877 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
879 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
881 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
882 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
883 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
884 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
885 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
886 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
887 xutils closes: Bug#82966
888 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
889 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
890 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
891 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
892 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
893 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
894 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
895 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
896 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
899 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
901 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
903 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
904 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
906 * Document the Enhances relationship
907 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
908 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
909 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
910 policy. closes: Bug#53496
911 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
912 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
914 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
916 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
917 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
918 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
919 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
921 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
922 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
923 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
924 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
925 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
927 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
929 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
931 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
932 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
933 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
935 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
936 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
937 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
938 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
939 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
940 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
941 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
942 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
943 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
945 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
947 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
949 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
951 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
952 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
953 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
954 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
955 policy. closes: Bug#64437
956 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
957 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
958 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
959 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
960 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
961 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
962 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
963 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
964 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
965 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
966 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
967 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
968 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
969 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
970 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
971 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
972 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
974 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
975 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
977 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
979 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
981 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
982 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
983 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
984 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
985 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
986 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
987 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
988 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
989 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
990 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
991 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
992 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
993 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
994 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
995 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
996 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
997 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
998 alternative closes: Bug#53755
999 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1000 list closes: Bug#53756
1001 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1002 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1003 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1004 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1005 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1006 policy closes: Bug#53760
1007 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1008 policy closes: Bug#53761
1009 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1010 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1011 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1012 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1013 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1014 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1015 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1016 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1017 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1018 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1019 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1021 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1022 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1023 to install with older fileutils.
1024 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1025 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1026 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1027 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1029 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1030 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1032 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1034 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1036 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1037 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1039 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1041 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1044 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1046 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1049 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1051 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1052 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1054 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1056 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1058 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1061 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1063 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1065 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1068 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1069 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1070 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1071 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1072 directoried (closes: #41547)
1073 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1074 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1075 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1076 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1077 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1078 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1079 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1080 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1081 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1082 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1083 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1085 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1086 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1087 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1088 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1089 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1090 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1091 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1093 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1094 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1095 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1096 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1098 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1100 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1102 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1103 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1105 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1107 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1109 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1110 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1112 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1114 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1116 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1117 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1119 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1120 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1121 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1122 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1123 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1124 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1125 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1126 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1127 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1128 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1129 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1130 this closes: Bug#38612
1131 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1132 before. closes: Bug#40864
1134 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1136 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1139 officially uploaded.
1140 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1142 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1143 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1144 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1146 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1147 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1148 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1149 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1150 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1151 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1153 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1154 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1155 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1157 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1159 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1160 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1161 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1162 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1163 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1165 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1167 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1170 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1171 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1172 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1173 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1174 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1175 there). closes: Bug#34233
1176 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1177 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1178 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1179 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1180 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1182 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1184 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1187 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1188 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1189 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1192 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1193 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1194 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1195 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1196 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1199 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1200 number. closes: BUG#25911
1202 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1203 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1204 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1205 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1206 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1207 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1209 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1210 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1211 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1214 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1215 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1216 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1218 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1219 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1220 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1221 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1223 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1224 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1225 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1227 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1229 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1230 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1231 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1232 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1233 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1234 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1235 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1236 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1239 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1241 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1242 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1245 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1247 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1249 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1251 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1253 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1255 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1256 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1257 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1258 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1259 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1260 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1261 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1262 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1264 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1265 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1267 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1269 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1271 * non-maintainer release
1272 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1273 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1275 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1276 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1277 * no content changes
1278 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1280 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1282 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1286 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1288 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1290 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1292 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1293 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1294 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1296 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1297 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1299 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1300 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1301 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1302 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1304 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1305 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1306 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1307 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1308 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1309 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1310 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1312 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1313 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1314 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1317 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1318 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1319 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1321 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1322 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1323 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1325 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1326 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1328 * New version numbering scheme:
1330 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1331 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1332 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1335 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1336 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1337 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1338 differ between the manuals.
1340 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1341 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1342 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1343 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1345 * Packaging changes:
1347 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1348 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1350 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1352 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1354 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1358 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1359 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1360 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1362 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1363 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1366 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1367 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1368 file extension as the referenced file
1370 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1371 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1373 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1374 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1375 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1376 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1379 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1380 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1381 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1383 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1384 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1385 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1386 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1389 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1390 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1393 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1394 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1395 reasonable default configuration
1397 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1398 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1399 by all news servers and clients
1401 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1402 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1403 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1404 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1405 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1407 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1408 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1411 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1413 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1414 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1416 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1419 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1420 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1422 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1423 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1425 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1427 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1429 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1431 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1432 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1433 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1434 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1436 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1438 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1439 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1440 * Don't use debstd anymore
1442 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1444 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1447 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1448 contrib/non-free policy
1449 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1450 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1451 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1452 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1453 - new section about `Daemons'
1454 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1455 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1456 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1457 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1458 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1459 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1460 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1461 * SGML source code included in package
1462 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1464 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1466 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1468 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1469 - completely reworked structure
1470 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1471 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1472 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1473 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1474 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1475 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1476 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1477 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1478 - mention "orphaned packages"
1479 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1480 distributions' policy
1481 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1482 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1483 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1484 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1485 - added section about arch spec strings
1486 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1487 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1488 - added section about "menus"
1489 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1490 the new documentation policy soon
1491 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1492 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1494 - added section about editors and pagers
1495 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1496 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1497 - added section about device files
1498 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1499 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1500 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1502 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1503 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1504 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1505 - Added new section about obsolete names
1506 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1507 * Fixed package's description
1509 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1511 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1513 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1515 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1517 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1519 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1520 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1521 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1522 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1524 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1526 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1528 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1529 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1530 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1532 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1533 and upload it "byhand" too.
1535 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1537 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1540 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1541 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1542 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1543 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1544 functionality must not have the same name.
1545 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1546 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1547 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1548 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1549 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1550 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1551 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1553 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1554 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1555 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1556 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1557 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1558 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1559 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1560 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1563 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1565 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1567 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1569 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1570 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1571 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1572 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1573 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1576 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1578 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1580 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1582 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1583 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1584 description of deb file format.
1585 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1586 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1588 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1590 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1591 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1593 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1595 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1597 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1598 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1599 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1600 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1601 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1602 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1603 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1604 packages in section on Procedure
1605 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1606 a package maintainer
1607 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1608 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1609 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1611 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1612 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1613 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1614 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1615 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1616 on various shlib files
1617 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1618 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1619 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1621 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1623 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1625 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1626 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1627 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1629 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1630 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1631 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1632 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1633 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1635 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1637 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1639 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1641 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1643 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1644 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1645 compatibility go in contrib.
1647 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1648 instructions in policy manual.
1649 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1652 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1654 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1656 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1657 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1658 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1659 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1661 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1662 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1665 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1667 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1669 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1670 * More detail about changelog format names.
1672 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1673 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1677 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1679 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1681 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1683 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1685 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1687 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1689 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1691 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1692 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1693 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1695 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1697 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1699 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1701 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1703 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1707 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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