1 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
7 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
9 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
10 medium, high, emergency.
11 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
12 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
13 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
14 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
15 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
18 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
19 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
20 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
22 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
23 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
24 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
25 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
26 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
27 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
28 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
31 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
33 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
35 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
36 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
37 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
38 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
40 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
41 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
42 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
43 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
44 debian/rules to do this
45 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
46 patches are incorporated upstream
47 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
48 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
49 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
50 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
51 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
52 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
54 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
55 system closes: Bug#91249
56 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
57 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
58 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
59 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
60 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
61 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
62 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
63 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
64 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
65 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
66 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
67 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
68 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
70 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
72 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
74 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
75 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
76 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
77 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
79 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
80 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
81 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
83 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
86 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
88 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
90 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
91 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
92 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
93 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
94 package for the time being
95 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
96 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
97 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
98 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
99 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
100 * Rename all .text files as .txt
101 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
102 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
103 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
104 Build-Depends arch syntax
105 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
107 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
108 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
110 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
111 from policy maintenance duties.
112 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
113 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
117 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
121 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
123 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
125 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
126 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
127 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
128 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
129 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
130 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
131 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
132 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
133 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
134 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
135 minor version number for this
136 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
137 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
138 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
139 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
140 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
141 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
142 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
143 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
144 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
146 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
148 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
150 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
151 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
152 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
153 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
154 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
156 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
158 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
159 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
160 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
161 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
162 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
163 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
164 xutils closes: Bug#82966
165 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
166 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
167 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
168 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
169 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
170 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
171 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
172 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
173 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
176 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
178 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
180 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
181 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
183 * Document the Enhances relationship
184 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
185 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
186 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
187 policy. closes: Bug#53496
188 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
189 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
191 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
193 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
194 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
195 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
196 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
198 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
199 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
200 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
201 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
202 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
206 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
208 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
209 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
210 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
212 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
213 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
214 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
215 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
216 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
217 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
218 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
219 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
220 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
222 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
224 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
226 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
228 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
229 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
230 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
231 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
232 policy. closes: Bug#64437
233 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
234 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
235 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
236 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
237 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
238 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
239 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
240 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
241 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
242 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
243 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
244 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
245 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
246 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
247 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
248 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
249 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
251 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
252 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
254 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
256 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
258 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
259 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
260 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
261 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
262 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
263 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
264 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
265 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
266 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
267 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
268 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
269 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
270 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
271 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
272 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
273 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
274 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
275 alternative closes: Bug#53755
276 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
277 list closes: Bug#53756
278 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
279 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
280 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
281 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
282 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
283 policy closes: Bug#53760
284 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
285 policy closes: Bug#53761
286 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
287 that use X closes: Bug#53762
288 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
289 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
290 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
291 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
292 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
293 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
294 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
295 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
296 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
298 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
299 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
300 to install with older fileutils.
301 * Installed FHS version 2.1
302 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
303 * Added FHS details to copyright file
304 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
306 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
307 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
309 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
311 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
313 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
314 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
316 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
318 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
320 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
321 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
323 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
326 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
328 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
329 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
331 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
333 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
335 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
337 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
338 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
340 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
342 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
344 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
345 #45561, #42447, #48570)
346 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
347 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
348 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
349 directoried (closes: #41547)
350 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
351 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
352 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
353 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
354 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
355 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
356 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
357 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
358 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
359 package criteria (closes: #45318)
360 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
362 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
363 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
364 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
365 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
366 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
367 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
368 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
370 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
371 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
372 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
373 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
375 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
377 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
379 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
380 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
382 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
384 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
387 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
389 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
391 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
393 * A few typos and omissions corrected
394 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
396 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
397 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
398 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
399 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
400 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
401 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
402 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
403 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
404 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
405 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
406 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
407 this closes: Bug#38612
408 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
409 before. closes: Bug#40864
411 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
413 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
415 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
417 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
419 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
420 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
421 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
423 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
424 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
425 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
426 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
427 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
428 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
430 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
431 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
432 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
434 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
436 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
437 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
438 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
439 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
440 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
442 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
444 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
446 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
447 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
448 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
449 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
450 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
451 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
452 there). closes: Bug#34233
453 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
454 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
455 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
456 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
457 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
459 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
461 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
463 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
464 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
465 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
466 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
469 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
470 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
471 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
472 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
473 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
476 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
477 number. closes: BUG#25911
479 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
480 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
481 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
482 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
483 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
484 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
486 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
487 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
488 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
491 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
492 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
493 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
495 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
496 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
497 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
498 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
500 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
501 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
502 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
504 * Make the package optional, not extra.
506 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
507 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
508 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
509 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
510 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
511 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
512 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
513 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
516 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
518 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
519 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
522 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
524 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
526 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
528 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
530 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
532 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
533 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
534 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
535 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
536 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
537 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
538 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
539 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
541 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
542 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
544 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
546 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
548 * non-maintainer release
549 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
550 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
552 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
553 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
555 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
557 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
559 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
563 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
565 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
567 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
569 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
570 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
571 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
573 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
574 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
576 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
577 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
578 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
579 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
581 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
582 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
583 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
584 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
585 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
586 and restart options and to comply with the console message
587 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
589 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
590 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
591 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
594 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
595 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
596 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
598 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
599 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
600 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
602 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
603 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
605 * New version numbering scheme:
607 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
608 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
609 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
612 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
613 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
614 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
615 differ between the manuals.
617 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
618 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
619 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
620 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
624 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
625 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
627 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
629 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
631 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
633 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
635 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
636 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
637 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
639 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
640 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
643 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
644 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
645 file extension as the referenced file
647 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
648 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
650 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
651 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
652 start, stop, restart, force-reload
653 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
656 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
657 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
658 be installed into /etc/cron.d
660 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
661 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
662 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
663 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
666 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
667 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
670 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
671 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
672 reasonable default configuration
674 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
675 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
676 by all news servers and clients
678 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
679 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
680 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
681 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
682 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
684 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
685 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
688 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
690 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
691 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
693 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
696 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
697 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
699 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
700 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
702 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
704 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
706 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
708 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
709 - X library package is now called xlib6g
710 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
711 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
713 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
715 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
716 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
717 * Don't use debstd anymore
719 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
721 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
723 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
724 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
725 contrib/non-free policy
726 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
727 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
728 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
729 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
730 - new section about `Daemons'
731 - updated section about `Configuration files'
732 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
733 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
734 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
735 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
736 * Paper about libc6 migration:
737 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
738 * SGML source code included in package
739 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
741 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
743 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
745 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
746 - completely reworked structure
747 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
748 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
749 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
750 - removed all those ugly footnotes
751 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
752 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
753 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
754 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
755 - mention "orphaned packages"
756 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
757 distributions' policy
758 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
759 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
760 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
761 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
762 - added section about arch spec strings
763 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
764 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
765 - added section about "menus"
766 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
767 the new documentation policy soon
768 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
769 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
771 - added section about editors and pagers
772 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
773 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
774 - added section about device files
775 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
776 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
777 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
779 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
780 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
781 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
782 - Added new section about obsolete names
783 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
784 * Fixed package's description
786 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
788 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
790 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
792 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
794 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
796 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
797 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
798 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
799 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
801 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
803 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
805 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
806 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
807 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
809 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
810 and upload it "byhand" too.
812 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
814 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
817 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
818 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
819 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
820 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
821 functionality must not have the same name.
822 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
823 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
824 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
825 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
826 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
827 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
828 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
830 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
831 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
832 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
833 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
834 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
835 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
836 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
837 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
840 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
842 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
844 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
846 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
847 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
848 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
849 a package into. (Guy Maor)
850 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
853 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
855 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
857 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
859 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
860 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
861 description of deb file format.
862 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
863 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
865 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
867 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
868 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
870 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
872 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
874 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
875 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
876 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
877 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
878 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
879 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
880 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
881 packages in section on Procedure
882 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
884 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
885 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
886 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
888 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
889 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
890 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
891 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
892 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
893 on various shlib files
894 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
895 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
896 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
898 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
900 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
902 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
903 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
904 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
906 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
907 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
908 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
909 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
910 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
912 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
914 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
916 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
918 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
920 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
921 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
922 compatibility go in contrib.
924 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
925 instructions in policy manual.
926 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
929 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
931 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
933 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
934 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
935 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
936 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
938 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
939 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
942 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
944 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
946 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
947 * More detail about changelog format names.
949 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
950 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
954 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
956 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
958 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
960 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
962 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
964 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
966 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
968 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
969 * More verbosity about netiquette.
970 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
972 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
974 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
976 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
978 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
980 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
984 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100