1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
9 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
13 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
19 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
22 Seconded: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
23 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
24 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
26 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
27 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
32 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
33 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
35 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
38 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
42 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
43 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
47 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
48 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
52 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
53 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
54 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
55 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
56 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
57 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
58 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
59 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
60 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
61 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
62 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
63 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
64 Source field descriptions.
66 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
68 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
72 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
75 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
76 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
78 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
79 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
83 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
84 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
88 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
89 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
93 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
94 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
95 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
96 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
100 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
101 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
102 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
103 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
104 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
106 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
107 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
111 * Add myself to Uploaders.
114 * Add myself to Uploaders.
115 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
117 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
118 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
119 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
121 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
123 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
125 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
126 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
131 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
133 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
135 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
136 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
140 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
141 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
143 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
145 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
146 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
150 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
151 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
155 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
156 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
158 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
160 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
161 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
163 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
165 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
166 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
167 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
170 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
171 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
175 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
176 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
179 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
181 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
182 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
183 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
184 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
185 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
186 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
187 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
188 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
189 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
190 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
191 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
192 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
193 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
194 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
195 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
196 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
197 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
198 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
199 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
200 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
201 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
202 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
203 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
204 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
205 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
206 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
207 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
208 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
209 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
210 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
212 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
213 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
214 links was completed long ago.
215 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
217 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
219 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
221 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
222 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
224 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
226 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
228 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
229 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
230 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
231 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
232 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
233 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
234 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
235 Millan (Closes: #209008).
236 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
237 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
239 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
241 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
243 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
244 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
245 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
246 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
247 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
248 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
249 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
251 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
252 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
253 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
254 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
256 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
257 Küster (Closes: #403391).
258 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
259 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
260 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
261 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
262 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
263 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
267 Closes: #186700, #458910
268 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
269 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
272 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
273 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
274 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
275 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
276 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
277 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
278 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
279 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
281 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
282 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
284 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
285 * Add an md5sums control file.
286 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
287 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
288 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
289 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
290 currently part of policy.
291 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
292 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
293 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
296 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
298 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
300 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
301 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
302 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
303 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
304 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
305 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
306 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
307 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
308 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
309 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
311 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
312 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
313 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
314 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
315 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
317 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
319 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
320 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
321 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
323 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
324 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
325 list?" (Closes: #412634).
326 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
327 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
328 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
329 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
330 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
331 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
332 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
333 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
334 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
335 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
336 debconf specification.
337 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
338 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
340 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
342 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
344 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
345 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
347 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
348 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
352 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
353 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
354 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
355 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
356 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
358 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
359 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
360 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
361 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
362 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
363 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
364 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
365 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
366 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
367 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
368 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
369 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
370 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
372 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
373 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
375 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
377 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
378 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
379 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
380 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
382 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
383 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
384 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
386 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
388 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
391 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
392 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
394 Polo (Closes: #372497).
395 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
396 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
398 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
399 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
400 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
401 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
402 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
403 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
404 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
405 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
406 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
407 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
409 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
410 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
411 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
412 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
413 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
414 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
416 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
418 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
420 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
421 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
422 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
423 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
425 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
426 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
428 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
430 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
432 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
433 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
434 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
435 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
436 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
437 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
438 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
439 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
440 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
441 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
443 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
444 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
445 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
446 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
447 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
448 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
449 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
450 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
451 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
452 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
453 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
456 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
458 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
460 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
461 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
462 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
463 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
464 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
465 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
466 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
467 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
468 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
469 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
470 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
471 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
472 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
473 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
474 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
475 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
476 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
477 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
478 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
479 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
480 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
481 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
482 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
483 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
484 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
485 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
486 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
487 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
489 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
490 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
491 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
492 Hess (Closes: #362247).
493 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
494 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
495 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
496 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
497 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
498 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
499 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
500 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
501 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
502 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
503 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
504 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
506 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
507 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
509 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
510 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
511 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
512 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
513 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
514 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
515 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
516 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
517 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
518 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
519 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
521 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
523 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
526 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
527 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
528 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
529 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
530 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
531 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
532 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
533 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
534 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
535 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
536 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
537 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
538 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
540 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
541 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
542 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
543 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
544 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
545 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
546 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
547 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
548 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
549 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
550 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
551 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
552 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
553 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
554 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
555 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
556 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
557 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
558 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
561 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
563 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
565 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
566 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
567 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
568 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
570 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
571 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
572 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
573 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
575 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
577 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
580 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
581 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
582 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
583 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
584 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
585 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
586 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
587 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
588 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
589 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
591 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
592 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
593 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
595 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
596 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
597 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
598 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
599 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
600 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
601 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
603 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
604 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
605 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
606 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
608 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
609 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
610 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
611 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
612 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
613 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
614 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
615 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
617 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
618 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
619 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
620 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
621 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
622 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
623 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
624 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
625 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
626 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
627 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
628 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
629 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
630 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
631 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
632 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
633 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
635 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
637 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
640 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
641 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
642 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
643 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
644 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
645 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
646 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
647 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
648 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
650 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
651 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
652 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
653 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
654 this section. closes: Bug#248618
655 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
656 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
657 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
658 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
659 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
660 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
661 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
662 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
663 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
664 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
665 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
666 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
668 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
669 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
670 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
673 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
674 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
675 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
677 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
678 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
679 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
680 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
681 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
682 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
684 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
685 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
687 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
688 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
689 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
690 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
691 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
692 Closes: #185943, #237049
694 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
696 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
699 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
702 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
703 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
704 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
705 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
706 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
707 running. closes: Bug#187250
708 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
709 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
710 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
711 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
712 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
713 user closes: Bug#176506
715 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
717 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
720 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
721 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
722 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
723 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
724 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
725 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
726 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
727 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
728 deb-building toolchain.
729 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
730 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
731 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
732 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
733 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
734 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
735 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
736 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
737 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
738 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
739 sections about changelog files.
741 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
742 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
743 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
744 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
745 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
746 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
748 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
749 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
750 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
751 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
752 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
753 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
754 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
755 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
756 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
757 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
758 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
759 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
760 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
761 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
762 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
763 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
764 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
765 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
766 for the restructuring
768 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
770 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
773 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
775 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
776 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
777 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
778 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
779 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
780 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
782 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
783 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
784 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
785 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
786 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
787 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
788 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
790 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
791 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
792 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
793 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
795 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
797 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
800 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
801 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
802 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
803 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
804 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
805 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
807 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
808 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
809 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
810 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
812 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
813 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
814 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
815 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
816 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
817 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
818 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
819 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
820 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
822 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
823 script should start it, closes: #60979
824 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
825 "should", closes: #170019
826 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
827 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
828 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
829 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
830 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
831 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
832 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
833 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
836 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
838 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
841 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
842 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
843 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
844 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
845 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
846 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
847 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
848 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
849 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
851 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
852 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
853 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
854 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
855 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
856 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
857 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
858 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
859 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
861 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
862 file, closes: Bug#65764
864 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
866 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
868 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
869 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
870 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
871 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
872 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
873 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
874 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
875 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
876 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
877 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
878 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
879 details. closes: Bug#133030
880 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
881 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
884 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
886 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
888 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
889 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
890 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
891 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
892 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
893 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
894 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
895 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
896 not. closes: Bug#139820
897 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
898 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
899 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
900 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
901 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
902 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
903 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
904 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
905 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
906 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
908 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
910 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
911 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
912 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
913 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
914 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
915 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
916 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
917 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
918 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
919 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
920 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
921 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
922 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
923 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
924 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
925 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
926 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
927 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
928 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
929 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
931 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
932 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
933 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
934 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
935 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
936 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
937 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
939 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
940 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
941 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
942 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
943 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
944 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
945 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
946 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
947 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
949 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
951 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
953 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
954 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
955 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
956 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
957 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
958 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
959 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
960 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
961 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
962 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
963 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
964 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
965 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
966 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
967 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
968 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
969 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
970 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
971 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
972 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
973 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
974 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
975 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
977 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
979 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
981 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
982 medium, high, emergency.
983 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
984 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
985 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
986 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
987 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
990 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
991 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
992 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
994 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
995 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
996 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
997 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
998 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
999 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1000 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1003 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1005 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1008 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1009 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1010 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1012 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1013 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1014 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1015 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1016 debian/rules to do this
1017 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1018 patches are incorporated upstream
1019 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1020 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1021 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1022 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1023 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1024 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1026 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1027 system closes: Bug#91249
1028 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1029 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1030 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1031 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1032 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1033 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1034 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1035 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1036 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1037 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1038 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1039 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1040 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1042 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1044 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1047 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1048 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1049 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1051 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1052 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1053 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1055 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1058 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1060 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1063 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1064 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1065 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1066 package for the time being
1067 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1068 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1069 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1070 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1071 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1072 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1073 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1074 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1075 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1076 Build-Depends arch syntax
1077 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1079 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1080 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1082 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1083 from policy maintenance duties.
1084 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1085 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1087 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1089 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1093 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1095 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1097 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1098 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1099 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1100 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1101 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1102 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1103 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1104 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1105 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1106 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1107 minor version number for this
1108 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1109 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1110 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1111 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1112 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1113 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1114 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1115 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1116 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1118 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1120 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1123 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1124 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1125 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1126 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1128 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1130 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1131 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1132 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1133 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1134 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1135 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1136 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1137 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1138 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1139 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1140 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1141 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1142 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1143 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1144 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1145 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1150 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1153 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1155 * Document the Enhances relationship
1156 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1157 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1158 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1159 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1160 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1161 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1163 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1165 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1166 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1167 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1168 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1170 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1171 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1172 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1173 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1174 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1176 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1178 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1181 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1182 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1184 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1185 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1186 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1187 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1188 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1189 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1190 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1191 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1192 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1194 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1196 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1198 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1201 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1202 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1203 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1204 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1205 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1206 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1207 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1208 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1209 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1210 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1211 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1212 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1213 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1214 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1215 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1216 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1217 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1218 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1219 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1220 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1221 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1223 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1224 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1226 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1228 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1230 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1231 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1232 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1233 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1234 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1235 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1236 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1237 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1238 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1239 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1240 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1241 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1242 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1243 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1244 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1245 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1246 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1247 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1248 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1249 list closes: Bug#53756
1250 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1251 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1252 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1253 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1254 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1255 policy closes: Bug#53760
1256 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1257 policy closes: Bug#53761
1258 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1259 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1260 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1261 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1262 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1263 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1264 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1265 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1266 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1267 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1268 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1270 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1271 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1272 to install with older fileutils.
1273 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1274 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1275 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1276 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1278 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1279 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1281 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1283 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1285 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1286 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1288 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1290 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1293 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1295 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1298 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1300 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1301 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1303 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1305 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1307 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1309 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1310 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1312 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1314 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1316 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1317 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1318 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1319 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1320 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1321 directoried (closes: #41547)
1322 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1323 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1324 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1325 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1326 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1327 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1328 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1329 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1330 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1331 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1332 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1334 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1335 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1336 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1337 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1338 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1339 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1340 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1342 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1343 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1344 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1345 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1347 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1349 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1351 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1352 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1354 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1356 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1358 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1359 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1361 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1363 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1365 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1366 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1368 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1369 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1370 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1371 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1372 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1373 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1374 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1375 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1376 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1377 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1378 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1379 this closes: Bug#38612
1380 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1381 before. closes: Bug#40864
1383 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1385 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1387 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1388 officially uploaded.
1389 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1391 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1392 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1393 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1395 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1396 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1397 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1398 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1399 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1400 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1402 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1403 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1404 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1406 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1408 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1409 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1410 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1411 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1412 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1414 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1416 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1419 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1420 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1421 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1422 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1423 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1424 there). closes: Bug#34233
1425 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1426 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1427 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1428 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1429 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1431 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1433 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1436 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1437 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1438 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1441 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1442 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1443 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1444 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1445 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1448 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1449 number. closes: BUG#25911
1451 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1452 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1453 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1454 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1455 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1456 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1458 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1459 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1460 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1463 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1464 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1465 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1467 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1468 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1469 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1470 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1472 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1473 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1474 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1476 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1478 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1479 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1480 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1481 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1482 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1483 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1484 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1485 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1488 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1490 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1491 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1494 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1496 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1498 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1500 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1502 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1504 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1505 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1506 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1507 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1508 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1509 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1510 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1511 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1513 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1514 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1516 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1518 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1520 * non-maintainer release
1521 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1522 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1524 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1525 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1526 * no content changes
1527 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1529 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1531 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1535 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1537 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1539 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1541 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1542 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1543 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1545 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1546 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1548 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1549 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1550 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1551 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1553 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1554 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1555 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1556 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1557 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1558 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1559 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1561 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1562 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1563 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1566 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1567 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1568 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1570 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1571 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1572 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1574 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1575 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1577 * New version numbering scheme:
1579 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1580 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1581 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1584 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1585 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1586 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1587 differ between the manuals.
1589 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1590 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1591 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1592 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1594 * Packaging changes:
1596 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1597 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1599 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1601 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1603 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1605 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1607 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1608 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1609 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1611 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1612 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1615 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1616 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1617 file extension as the referenced file
1619 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1620 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1622 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1623 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1624 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1625 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1628 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1629 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1630 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1632 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1633 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1634 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1635 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1638 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1639 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1642 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1643 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1644 reasonable default configuration
1646 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1647 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1648 by all news servers and clients
1650 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1651 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1652 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1653 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1654 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1656 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1657 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1660 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1662 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1663 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1665 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1668 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1669 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1671 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1672 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1674 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1676 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1678 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1680 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1681 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1682 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1683 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1685 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1687 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1688 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1689 * Don't use debstd anymore
1691 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1693 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1695 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1696 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1697 contrib/non-free policy
1698 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1699 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1700 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1701 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1702 - new section about `Daemons'
1703 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1704 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1705 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1706 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1707 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1708 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1709 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1710 * SGML source code included in package
1711 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1713 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1715 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1717 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1718 - completely reworked structure
1719 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1720 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1721 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1722 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1723 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1724 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1725 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1726 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1727 - mention "orphaned packages"
1728 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1729 distributions' policy
1730 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1731 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1732 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1733 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1734 - added section about arch spec strings
1735 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1736 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1737 - added section about "menus"
1738 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1739 the new documentation policy soon
1740 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1741 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1743 - added section about editors and pagers
1744 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1745 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1746 - added section about device files
1747 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1748 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1749 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1751 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1752 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1753 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1754 - Added new section about obsolete names
1755 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1756 * Fixed package's description
1758 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1760 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1762 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1764 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1766 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1768 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1769 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1770 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1771 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1773 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1775 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1777 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1778 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1779 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1781 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1782 and upload it "byhand" too.
1784 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1786 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1789 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1790 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1791 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1792 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1793 functionality must not have the same name.
1794 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1795 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1796 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1797 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1798 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1799 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1800 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1802 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1803 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1804 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1805 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1806 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1807 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1808 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1809 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1812 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1814 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1816 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1818 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1819 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1820 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1821 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1822 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1825 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1827 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1829 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1831 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1832 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1833 description of deb file format.
1834 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1835 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1837 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1839 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1840 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1842 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1844 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1846 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1847 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1848 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1849 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1850 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1851 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1852 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1853 packages in section on Procedure
1854 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1855 a package maintainer
1856 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1857 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1858 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1860 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1861 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1862 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1863 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1864 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1865 on various shlib files
1866 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1867 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1868 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1870 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1872 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1874 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1875 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1876 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1878 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1879 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1880 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1881 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1882 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1884 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1886 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1888 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1890 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1892 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1893 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1894 compatibility go in contrib.
1896 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1897 instructions in policy manual.
1898 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1901 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1903 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1905 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1906 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1907 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1908 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1910 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1911 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1914 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1916 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1918 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1919 * More detail about changelog format names.
1921 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1922 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1926 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1928 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1930 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1932 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1934 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1936 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1938 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1940 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1941 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1942 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1944 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1946 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1948 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1950 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1952 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1956 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100