1 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
4 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
5 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement on dependancies
6 and priorities closes: Bug#39398
7 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
8 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
9 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
10 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
11 alternative closes: Bug#53755
12 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
13 list closes: Bug#53756
14 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
15 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
16 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
17 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
18 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
19 policy closes: Bug#53760
20 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
21 policy closes: Bug#53761
22 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
23 that use X closes: Bug#53762
24 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
25 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since that is where they
26 belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
27 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
28 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
29 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
30 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
31 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
32 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
33 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
34 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
35 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
36 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
37 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack (which dependend
38 on file system specific kinks to work) is no longer required by newer
39 versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
40 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
41 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
43 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
44 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
45 to install with older fileutils.
46 * Installed FHS version 2.1
47 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
48 * Added FHS details to copyright file
49 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
52 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:36:34 -0500
54 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
57 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
59 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
61 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
64 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
66 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
69 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
72 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
74 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
76 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
78 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
81 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
83 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
85 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
87 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
88 #45561, #42447, #48570)
89 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
90 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
91 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
92 directoried (closes: #41547)
93 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
94 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
95 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
96 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
97 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
98 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
99 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
100 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
101 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
102 package criteria (closes: #45318)
103 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
105 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
106 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
107 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
108 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
109 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
110 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
111 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
113 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
114 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
115 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
116 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
118 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
120 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
122 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
123 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
125 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
127 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
129 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
130 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
132 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
134 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
136 * A few typos and omissions corrected
137 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
139 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
140 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
141 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
142 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
143 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
144 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
145 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
146 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
147 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
148 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
149 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
150 this closes: Bug#38612
151 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
152 before. closes: Bug#40864
154 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
156 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
158 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
160 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
162 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
163 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
164 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
166 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
167 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
168 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
169 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
170 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
171 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
173 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
174 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
175 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
177 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
179 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
180 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
181 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
182 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
183 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
185 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
187 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
189 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
190 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
191 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
192 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
193 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
194 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
195 there). closes: Bug#34233
196 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
197 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
198 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
199 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
200 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
202 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
204 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
206 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
207 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
208 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
209 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
212 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
213 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
214 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
215 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
216 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
219 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
220 number. closes: BUG#25911
222 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
223 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
224 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
225 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
226 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
227 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
229 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
230 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
231 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
234 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
235 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
236 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
238 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
239 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
240 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
241 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
243 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
244 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
245 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
247 * Make the package optional, not extra.
249 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
250 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
251 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
252 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
253 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
254 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
255 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
256 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
259 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
261 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
262 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
265 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
267 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
269 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
271 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
273 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
275 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
276 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
277 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
278 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
279 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
280 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
281 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
282 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
284 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
285 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
287 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
289 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
291 * non-maintainer release
292 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
293 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
295 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
296 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
298 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
300 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
302 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
306 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
308 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
310 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
312 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
313 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
314 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
316 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
317 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
319 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
320 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
321 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
322 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
324 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
325 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
326 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
327 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
328 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
329 and restart options and to comply with the console message
330 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
332 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
333 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
334 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
337 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
338 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
339 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
341 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
342 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
343 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
345 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
346 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
348 * New version numbering scheme:
350 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
351 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
352 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
355 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
356 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
357 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
358 differ between the manuals.
360 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
361 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
362 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
363 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
367 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
368 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
370 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
372 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
374 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
376 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
378 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
379 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
380 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
382 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
383 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
386 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
387 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
388 file extension as the referenced file
390 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
391 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
393 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
394 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
395 start, stop, restart, force-reload
396 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
399 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
400 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
401 be installed into /etc/cron.d
403 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
404 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
405 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
406 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
409 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
410 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
413 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
414 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
415 reasonable default configuration
417 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
418 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
419 by all news servers and clients
421 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
422 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
423 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
424 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
425 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
427 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
428 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
431 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
433 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
434 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
436 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
439 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
440 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
442 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
443 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
445 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
447 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
449 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
452 - X library package is now called xlib6g
453 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
454 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
456 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
458 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
459 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
460 * Don't use debstd anymore
462 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
464 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
466 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
467 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
468 contrib/non-free policy
469 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
470 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
471 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
472 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
473 - new section about `Daemons'
474 - updated section about `Configuration files'
475 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
476 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
477 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
478 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
479 * Paper about libc6 migration:
480 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
481 * SGML source code included in package
482 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
484 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
486 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
488 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
489 - completely reworked structure
490 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
491 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
492 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
493 - removed all those ugly footnotes
494 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
495 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
496 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
497 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
498 - mention "orphaned packages"
499 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
500 distributions' policy
501 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
502 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
503 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
504 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
505 - added section about arch spec strings
506 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
507 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
508 - added section about "menus"
509 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
510 the new documentation policy soon
511 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
512 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
514 - added section about editors and pagers
515 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
516 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
517 - added section about device files
518 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
519 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
520 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
522 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
523 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
524 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
525 - Added new section about obsolete names
526 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
527 * Fixed package's description
529 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
531 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
533 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
535 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
537 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
539 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
540 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
541 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
542 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
544 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
546 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
548 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
549 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
550 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
552 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
553 and upload it "byhand" too.
555 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
557 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
560 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
561 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
562 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
563 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
564 functionality must not have the same name.
565 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
566 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
567 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
568 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
569 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
570 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
571 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
573 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
574 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
575 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
576 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
577 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
578 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
579 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
580 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
583 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
585 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
587 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
589 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
590 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
591 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
592 a package into. (Guy Maor)
593 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
596 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
598 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
600 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
602 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
603 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
604 description of deb file format.
605 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
606 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
608 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
610 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
611 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
613 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
615 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
617 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
618 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
619 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
620 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
621 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
622 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
623 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
624 packages in section on Procedure
625 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
627 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
628 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
629 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
631 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
632 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
633 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
634 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
635 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
636 on various shlib files
637 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
638 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
639 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
641 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
643 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
645 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
646 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
647 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
649 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
650 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
651 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
652 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
653 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
655 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
657 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
659 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
661 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
663 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
664 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
665 compatibility go in contrib.
667 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
668 instructions in policy manual.
669 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
672 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
674 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
676 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
677 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
678 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
679 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
681 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
682 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
685 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
687 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
689 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
690 * More detail about changelog format names.
692 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
693 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
697 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
699 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
701 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
703 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
705 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
707 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
709 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
711 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
712 * More verbosity about netiquette.
713 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
715 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
717 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
719 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
721 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
723 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
727 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
730 mode: debian-changelog