1 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
7 Closes: #459868, #581011
8 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
13 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
14 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
15 machine. (Closes: #591857)
16 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
17 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
18 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
19 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
20 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
21 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
22 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
23 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
24 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
25 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
26 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
27 than the version in oldstable.
29 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:47:47 -0700
31 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
33 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
39 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
44 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
45 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
49 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
50 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
54 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
55 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
59 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
60 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
64 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
65 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
69 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
70 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
72 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
74 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
75 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
77 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
79 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
80 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
85 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
86 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
91 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
92 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
96 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
97 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
101 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
102 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
106 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
107 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
111 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
112 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
116 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
117 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
121 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
123 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
124 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
125 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
126 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
127 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
128 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
129 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
130 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
131 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
133 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
134 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
135 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
136 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
137 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
138 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
140 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
142 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
148 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
151 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
152 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
153 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
154 and distribution license' (three times).
155 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
156 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
161 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
163 Proposed by Santiago Vila
164 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
171 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
172 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
176 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
177 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
178 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
181 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
183 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
184 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
188 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
189 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
192 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
194 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
195 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
198 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
200 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
201 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
204 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
206 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
207 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
208 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
211 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
212 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
217 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
218 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
219 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
222 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
223 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
227 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
228 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
229 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
233 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
234 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
235 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
238 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
239 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
244 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
245 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
249 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
250 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
251 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
252 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
253 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
254 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
255 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
256 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
257 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
258 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
259 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
260 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
261 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
262 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
263 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
264 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
265 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
266 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
267 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
268 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
269 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
270 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
271 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
272 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
273 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
274 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
275 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
276 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
277 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
278 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
279 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
280 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
282 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
284 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
286 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
289 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
290 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
292 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
293 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
297 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
300 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
301 Wording: Steve Langasek.
302 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
303 Seconded: Julien Cristau
304 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
307 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
308 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
309 Seconded: Russ Allbery
310 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
313 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
314 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
315 Seconded: Russ Allbery
317 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
318 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
319 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
320 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
321 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
322 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
323 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
324 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
327 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
328 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
329 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
330 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
331 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
332 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
333 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
335 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
336 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
337 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
338 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
339 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
340 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
341 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
344 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
345 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
346 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
347 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
348 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
350 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
353 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
354 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
357 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
358 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
361 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
363 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
366 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
370 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
371 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
375 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
376 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
380 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
381 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
384 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
385 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
387 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
388 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
389 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
393 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
394 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
398 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
399 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
403 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
404 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
405 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
408 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
409 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
410 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
411 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
413 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
414 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
418 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
419 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
420 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
421 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
422 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
423 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
424 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
425 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
426 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
427 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
428 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
429 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
430 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
431 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
432 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
434 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
435 Source field descriptions.
436 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
437 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
438 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
439 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
440 description says otherwise.
442 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
444 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
447 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
448 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
450 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
451 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
452 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
454 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
455 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
459 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
460 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
464 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
465 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
467 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
469 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
470 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
471 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
472 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
476 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
477 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
478 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
479 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
480 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
482 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
483 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
485 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
487 * Add myself to Uploaders.
490 * Add myself to Uploaders.
491 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
493 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
494 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
495 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
497 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
499 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
501 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
502 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
504 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
506 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
507 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
509 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
511 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
512 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
516 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
517 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
519 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
521 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
522 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
523 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
526 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
527 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
528 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
529 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
531 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
532 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
533 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
534 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
536 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
537 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
538 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
539 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
541 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
542 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
543 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
546 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
547 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
548 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
549 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
551 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
552 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
555 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
557 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
558 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
559 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
560 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
561 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
562 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
563 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
564 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
565 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
566 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
567 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
568 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
569 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
570 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
571 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
572 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
573 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
574 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
575 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
576 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
577 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
578 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
579 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
580 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
581 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
582 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
583 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
584 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
585 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
586 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
588 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
589 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
590 links was completed long ago.
591 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
593 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
595 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
597 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
598 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
600 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
602 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
604 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
605 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
606 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
607 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
608 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
609 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
610 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
611 Millan (Closes: #209008).
612 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
613 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
615 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
617 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
619 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
620 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
621 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
622 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
623 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
624 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
625 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
627 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
628 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
629 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
630 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
632 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
633 Küster (Closes: #403391).
634 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
635 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
636 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
637 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
638 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
639 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
640 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
641 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
642 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
643 Closes: #186700, #458910
644 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
645 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
648 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
649 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
650 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
651 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
652 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
653 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
654 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
655 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
657 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
658 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
660 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
661 * Add an md5sums control file.
662 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
663 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
664 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
665 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
666 currently part of policy.
667 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
668 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
669 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
672 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
674 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
676 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
677 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
678 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
679 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
680 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
681 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
682 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
683 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
684 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
685 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
686 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
687 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
688 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
689 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
690 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
691 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
693 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
695 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
696 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
697 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
699 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
700 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
701 list?" (Closes: #412634).
702 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
703 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
704 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
705 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
706 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
707 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
708 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
709 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
710 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
711 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
712 debconf specification.
713 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
714 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
716 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
718 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
720 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
721 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
722 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
723 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
724 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
726 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
728 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
729 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
730 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
731 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
732 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
734 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
735 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
736 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
737 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
738 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
739 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
740 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
741 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
742 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
743 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
744 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
745 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
746 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
747 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
748 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
749 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
751 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
753 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
754 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
755 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
756 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
757 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
758 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
759 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
760 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
762 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
764 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
766 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
767 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
768 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
769 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
770 Polo (Closes: #372497).
771 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
772 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
774 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
775 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
776 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
777 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
778 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
779 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
780 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
781 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
782 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
783 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
785 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
786 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
787 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
788 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
789 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
790 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
792 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
794 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
796 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
797 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
798 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
799 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
801 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
802 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
804 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
806 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
808 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
809 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
810 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
811 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
812 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
813 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
814 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
815 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
816 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
817 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
819 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
820 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
821 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
822 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
823 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
824 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
825 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
826 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
827 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
828 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
829 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
832 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
834 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
836 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
837 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
838 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
839 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
840 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
841 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
842 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
843 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
844 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
845 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
846 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
847 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
848 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
849 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
850 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
851 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
852 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
853 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
854 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
855 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
856 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
857 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
858 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
859 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
860 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
861 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
862 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
863 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
865 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
866 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
867 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
868 Hess (Closes: #362247).
869 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
870 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
871 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
872 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
873 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
874 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
875 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
876 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
877 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
878 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
879 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
880 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
882 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
883 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
885 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
886 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
887 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
888 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
889 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
890 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
891 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
892 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
893 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
894 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
895 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
897 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
899 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
902 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
903 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
904 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
905 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
906 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
907 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
908 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
909 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
910 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
911 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
912 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
913 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
914 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
916 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
917 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
918 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
919 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
920 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
921 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
922 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
923 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
924 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
925 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
926 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
927 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
928 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
929 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
930 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
931 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
932 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
933 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
934 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
937 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
939 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
941 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
942 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
943 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
944 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
946 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
947 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
948 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
949 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
951 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
953 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
956 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
957 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
958 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
959 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
960 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
961 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
962 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
963 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
964 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
965 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
967 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
968 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
969 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
971 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
972 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
973 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
974 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
975 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
976 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
977 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
979 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
980 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
981 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
982 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
984 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
985 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
986 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
987 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
988 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
989 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
990 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
991 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
993 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
994 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
995 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
996 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
997 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
998 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
999 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1000 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1001 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1002 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1003 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1004 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1005 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1006 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1007 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1008 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1009 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1011 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1013 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1017 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1018 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1019 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1020 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1021 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1022 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1023 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1024 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1026 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1027 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1028 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1029 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1030 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1031 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1032 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1033 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1034 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1035 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1036 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1037 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1038 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1039 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1040 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1041 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1042 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1044 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1045 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1046 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1049 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1050 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1051 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1053 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1054 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1055 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1056 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1057 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1058 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1060 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1061 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1063 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1064 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1065 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1066 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1067 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1068 Closes: #185943, #237049
1070 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1072 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1078 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1079 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1080 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1081 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1082 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1083 running. closes: Bug#187250
1084 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1085 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1086 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1087 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1088 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1089 user closes: Bug#176506
1091 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1093 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1097 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1098 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1099 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1100 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1101 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1102 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1103 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1104 deb-building toolchain.
1105 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1106 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1107 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1108 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1109 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1110 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1111 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1112 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1113 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1114 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1115 sections about changelog files.
1117 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1118 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1119 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1120 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1121 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1122 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1124 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1125 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1126 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1127 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1128 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1129 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1130 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1131 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1132 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1133 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1134 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1135 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1136 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1137 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1138 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1139 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1140 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1141 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1142 for the restructuring
1144 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1146 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1151 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1152 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1153 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1154 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1155 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1156 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1158 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1159 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1160 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1161 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1162 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1163 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1164 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1166 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1167 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1168 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1169 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1171 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1173 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1177 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1178 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1179 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1180 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1181 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1183 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1184 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1185 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1186 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1188 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1189 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1190 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1191 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1192 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1193 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1194 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1195 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1196 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1197 offtopic stuff, too.
1198 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1199 script should start it, closes: #60979
1200 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1201 "should", closes: #170019
1202 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1203 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1204 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1205 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1206 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1207 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1208 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1209 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1212 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1214 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1218 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1219 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1220 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1221 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1222 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1223 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1224 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1225 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1227 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1228 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1229 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1230 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1231 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1232 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1233 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1234 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1235 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1237 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1238 file, closes: Bug#65764
1240 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1242 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1244 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1245 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1246 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1247 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1248 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1249 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1250 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1251 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1252 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1253 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1254 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1255 details. closes: Bug#133030
1256 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1257 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1258 parts of Bug#161455.
1260 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1262 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1265 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1266 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1267 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1268 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1269 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1270 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1271 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1272 not. closes: Bug#139820
1273 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1274 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1275 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1276 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1277 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1278 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1279 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1280 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1281 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1282 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1284 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1286 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1287 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1288 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1289 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1290 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1291 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1292 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1293 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1294 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1295 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1296 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1297 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1298 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1299 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1300 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1301 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1302 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1303 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1304 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1305 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1307 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1308 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1309 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1310 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1311 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1312 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1313 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1315 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1316 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1317 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1318 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1319 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1320 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1321 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1322 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1323 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1325 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1327 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1330 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1331 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1332 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1333 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1334 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1335 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1336 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1337 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1338 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1339 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1340 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1341 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1342 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1343 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1344 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1345 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1346 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1347 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1348 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1349 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1350 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1351 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1353 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1355 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1357 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1358 medium, high, emergency.
1359 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1360 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1361 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1362 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1363 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1366 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1367 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1368 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1370 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1371 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1372 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1373 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1374 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1375 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1376 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1379 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1381 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1383 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1384 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1385 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1386 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1388 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1389 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1390 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1391 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1392 debian/rules to do this
1393 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1394 patches are incorporated upstream
1395 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1396 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1397 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1398 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1399 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1400 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1402 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1403 system closes: Bug#91249
1404 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1405 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1406 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1407 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1408 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1409 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1410 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1411 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1412 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1413 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1414 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1415 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1416 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1418 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1420 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1423 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1424 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1425 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1427 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1428 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1429 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1431 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1434 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1436 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1438 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1439 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1440 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1441 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1442 package for the time being
1443 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1444 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1445 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1446 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1447 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1448 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1449 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1450 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1451 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1452 Build-Depends arch syntax
1453 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1455 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1456 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1458 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1459 from policy maintenance duties.
1460 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1461 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1463 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1465 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1467 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1469 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1471 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1474 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1475 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1476 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1477 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1478 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1479 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1480 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1481 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1482 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1483 minor version number for this
1484 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1485 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1486 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1487 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1488 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1489 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1490 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1491 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1492 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1494 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1496 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1498 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1499 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1500 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1501 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1502 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1504 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1506 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1507 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1508 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1509 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1510 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1511 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1512 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1513 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1514 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1515 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1516 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1517 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1518 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1519 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1520 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1521 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1524 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1526 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1528 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1529 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1531 * Document the Enhances relationship
1532 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1533 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1534 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1535 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1536 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1537 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1539 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1541 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1542 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1543 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1544 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1546 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1547 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1548 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1549 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1550 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1552 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1554 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1556 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1557 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1558 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1560 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1561 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1562 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1563 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1564 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1565 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1566 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1567 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1568 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1570 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1572 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1574 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1576 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1577 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1578 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1579 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1580 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1581 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1582 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1583 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1584 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1585 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1586 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1587 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1588 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1589 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1590 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1591 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1592 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1593 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1594 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1595 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1596 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1597 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1599 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1600 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1602 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1604 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1606 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1607 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1608 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1609 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1610 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1611 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1612 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1613 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1614 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1615 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1616 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1617 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1618 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1619 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1620 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1621 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1622 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1623 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1624 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1625 list closes: Bug#53756
1626 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1627 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1628 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1629 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1630 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1631 policy closes: Bug#53760
1632 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1633 policy closes: Bug#53761
1634 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1635 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1636 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1637 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1638 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1639 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1640 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1641 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1642 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1643 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1644 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1646 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1647 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1648 to install with older fileutils.
1649 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1650 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1651 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1652 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1654 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1655 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1657 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1659 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1661 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1662 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1664 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1666 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1668 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1669 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1671 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1674 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1676 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1677 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1679 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1681 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1683 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1685 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1686 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1688 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1690 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1692 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1693 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1694 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1695 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1696 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1697 directoried (closes: #41547)
1698 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1699 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1700 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1701 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1702 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1703 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1704 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1705 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1706 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1707 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1708 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1710 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1711 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1712 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1713 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1714 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1715 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1716 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1718 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1719 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1720 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1721 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1723 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1725 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1727 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1728 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1730 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1732 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1734 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1735 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1737 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1739 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1741 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1742 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1744 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1745 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1746 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1747 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1748 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1749 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1750 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1751 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1752 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1753 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1754 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1755 this closes: Bug#38612
1756 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1757 before. closes: Bug#40864
1759 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1761 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1763 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1764 officially uploaded.
1765 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1767 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1768 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1769 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1771 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1772 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1773 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1774 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1775 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1776 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1778 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1779 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1780 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1782 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1784 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1785 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1786 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1787 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1788 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1790 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1792 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1794 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1795 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1796 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1797 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1798 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1799 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1800 there). closes: Bug#34233
1801 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1802 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1803 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1804 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1805 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1807 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1809 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1811 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1812 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1813 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1814 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1817 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1818 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1819 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1820 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1821 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1824 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1825 number. closes: BUG#25911
1827 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1828 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1829 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1830 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1831 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1832 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1834 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1835 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1836 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1839 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1840 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1841 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1843 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1844 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1845 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1846 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1848 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1849 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1850 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1852 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1854 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1855 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1856 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1857 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1858 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1859 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1860 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1861 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1864 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1866 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1867 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1870 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1872 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1874 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1876 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1878 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1880 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1881 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1882 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1883 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1884 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1885 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1886 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1887 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1889 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1890 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1892 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1894 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1896 * non-maintainer release
1897 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1898 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1900 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1901 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1902 * no content changes
1903 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1905 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1907 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1911 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1913 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1915 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1917 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1918 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1919 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1921 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1922 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1924 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1925 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1926 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1927 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1929 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1930 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1931 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1932 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1933 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1934 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1935 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1937 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1938 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1939 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1942 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1943 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1944 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1946 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1947 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1948 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1950 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1951 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1953 * New version numbering scheme:
1955 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1956 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1957 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1960 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1961 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1962 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1963 differ between the manuals.
1965 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1966 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1967 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1968 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1970 * Packaging changes:
1972 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1973 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1975 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1977 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1979 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1981 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1983 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1984 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1985 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1987 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1988 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1991 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1992 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1993 file extension as the referenced file
1995 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1996 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1998 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1999 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2000 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2001 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2004 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2005 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2006 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2008 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2009 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2010 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2011 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2014 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2015 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2018 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2019 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2020 reasonable default configuration
2022 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2023 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2024 by all news servers and clients
2026 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2027 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2028 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2029 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2030 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2032 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2033 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2036 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2038 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2039 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2041 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2044 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2045 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2047 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2048 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2050 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2052 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2054 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2056 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2057 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2058 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2059 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2061 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2063 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2064 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2065 * Don't use debstd anymore
2067 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2069 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2071 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2072 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2073 contrib/non-free policy
2074 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2075 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2076 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2077 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2078 - new section about `Daemons'
2079 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2080 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2081 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2082 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2083 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2084 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2085 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2086 * SGML source code included in package
2087 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2089 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2091 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2093 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2094 - completely reworked structure
2095 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2096 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2097 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2098 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2099 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2100 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2101 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2102 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2103 - mention "orphaned packages"
2104 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2105 distributions' policy
2106 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2107 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2108 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2109 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2110 - added section about arch spec strings
2111 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2112 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2113 - added section about "menus"
2114 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2115 the new documentation policy soon
2116 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2117 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2119 - added section about editors and pagers
2120 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2121 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2122 - added section about device files
2123 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2124 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2125 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2127 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2128 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2129 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2130 - Added new section about obsolete names
2131 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2132 * Fixed package's description
2134 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2136 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2138 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2140 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2142 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2144 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2145 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2146 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2147 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2149 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2151 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2153 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2154 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2155 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2157 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2158 and upload it "byhand" too.
2160 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2162 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2165 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2166 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2167 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2168 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2169 functionality must not have the same name.
2170 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2171 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2172 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2173 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2174 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2175 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2176 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2178 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2179 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2180 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2181 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2182 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2183 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2184 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2185 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2188 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2190 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2192 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2194 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2195 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2196 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2197 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2198 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2201 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2203 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2205 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2207 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2208 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2209 description of deb file format.
2210 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2211 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2213 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2215 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2216 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2218 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2220 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2222 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2223 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2224 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2225 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2226 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2227 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2228 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2229 packages in section on Procedure
2230 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2231 a package maintainer
2232 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2233 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2234 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2236 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2237 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2238 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2239 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2240 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2241 on various shlib files
2242 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2243 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2244 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2246 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2248 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2250 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2251 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2252 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2254 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2255 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2256 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2257 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2258 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2260 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2262 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2264 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2266 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2268 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2269 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2270 compatibility go in contrib.
2272 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2273 instructions in policy manual.
2274 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2277 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2279 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2281 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2282 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2283 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2284 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2286 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2287 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2290 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2292 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2294 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2295 * More detail about changelog format names.
2297 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2298 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2302 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2304 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2306 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2308 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2310 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2312 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2314 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2316 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2317 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2318 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2320 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2322 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2324 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2326 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2328 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2332 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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