1 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
7 Closes: #459868, #581011
8 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
13 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
14 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
15 machine. (Closes: #591857)
16 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
17 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
18 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
19 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
20 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
21 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
22 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
23 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
25 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:47:47 -0700
27 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
35 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
36 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
40 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
41 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
45 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
46 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
50 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
51 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
55 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
56 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
60 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
61 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
65 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
66 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
68 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
70 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
71 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
73 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
75 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
76 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
81 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
82 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
87 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
88 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
92 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
93 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
97 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
98 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
102 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
103 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
107 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
108 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
112 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
113 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
117 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
119 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
120 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
121 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
122 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
123 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
124 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
125 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
126 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
127 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
129 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
130 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
131 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
132 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
133 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
134 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
136 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
138 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
141 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
144 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
147 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
148 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
149 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
150 and distribution license' (three times).
151 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
152 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
157 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
159 Proposed by Santiago Vila
160 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
167 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
168 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
172 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
173 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
174 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
177 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
179 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
180 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
184 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
185 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
188 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
190 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
191 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
194 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
196 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
197 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
200 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
202 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
203 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
204 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
207 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
208 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
213 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
214 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
218 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
219 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
223 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
224 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
225 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
229 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
230 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
231 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
234 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
235 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
240 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
241 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
245 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
246 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
247 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
248 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
249 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
250 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
251 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
252 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
253 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
254 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
255 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
256 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
257 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
258 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
259 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
260 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
261 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
262 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
263 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
264 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
265 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
266 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
267 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
268 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
269 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
270 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
271 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
272 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
273 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
274 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
275 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
276 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
278 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
280 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
282 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
285 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
286 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
288 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
289 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
293 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
296 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
297 Wording: Steve Langasek.
298 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
299 Seconded: Julien Cristau
300 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
303 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
304 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
305 Seconded: Russ Allbery
306 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
309 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
310 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
311 Seconded: Russ Allbery
313 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
314 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
315 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
316 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
317 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
318 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
319 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
320 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
323 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
324 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
325 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
326 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
327 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
328 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
329 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
331 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
332 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
333 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
334 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
335 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
336 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
337 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
340 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
341 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
342 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
343 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
344 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
346 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
349 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
350 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
353 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
354 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
357 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
359 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
361 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
362 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
366 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
367 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
371 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
372 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
376 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
377 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
380 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
381 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
383 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
384 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
389 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
390 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
394 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
395 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
399 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
400 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
404 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
405 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
409 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
410 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
411 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
412 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
414 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
415 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
416 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
417 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
418 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
419 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
420 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
421 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
422 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
423 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
424 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
425 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
426 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
427 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
428 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
430 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
431 Source field descriptions.
432 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
433 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
434 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
435 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
436 description says otherwise.
438 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
440 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
443 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
444 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
445 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
447 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
448 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
450 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
451 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
455 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
456 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
458 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
460 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
461 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
463 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
465 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
466 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
467 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
468 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
472 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
473 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
474 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
475 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
476 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
478 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
479 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
483 * Add myself to Uploaders.
486 * Add myself to Uploaders.
487 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
489 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
490 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
491 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
493 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
495 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
497 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
498 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
500 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
502 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
503 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
504 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
505 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
507 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
508 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
510 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
512 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
513 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
515 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
517 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
518 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
520 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
522 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
523 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
527 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
528 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
529 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
530 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
532 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
533 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
534 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
535 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
537 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
538 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
539 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
540 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
542 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
543 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
545 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
547 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
548 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
549 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
550 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
551 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
553 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
554 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
555 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
556 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
557 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
558 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
559 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
560 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
561 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
562 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
563 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
564 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
565 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
566 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
567 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
568 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
569 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
570 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
571 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
572 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
573 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
574 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
575 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
576 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
577 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
578 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
579 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
580 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
581 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
582 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
584 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
585 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
586 links was completed long ago.
587 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
589 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
591 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
593 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
594 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
596 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
598 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
600 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
601 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
602 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
603 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
604 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
605 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
606 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
607 Millan (Closes: #209008).
608 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
609 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
611 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
613 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
615 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
616 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
617 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
618 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
619 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
620 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
621 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
623 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
624 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
625 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
626 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
628 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
629 Küster (Closes: #403391).
630 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
631 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
632 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
633 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
634 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
635 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
636 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
637 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
638 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
639 Closes: #186700, #458910
640 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
641 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
642 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
644 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
645 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
646 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
647 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
648 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
649 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
650 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
651 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
653 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
654 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
656 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
657 * Add an md5sums control file.
658 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
659 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
660 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
661 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
662 currently part of policy.
663 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
664 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
665 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
668 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
670 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
672 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
673 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
674 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
675 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
676 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
677 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
678 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
679 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
680 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
681 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
683 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
684 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
685 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
686 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
687 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
689 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
691 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
692 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
693 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
695 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
696 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
697 list?" (Closes: #412634).
698 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
699 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
700 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
701 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
702 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
703 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
704 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
705 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
706 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
707 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
708 debconf specification.
709 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
710 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
712 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
714 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
716 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
717 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
718 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
719 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
720 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
722 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
724 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
725 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
726 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
727 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
728 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
730 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
731 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
732 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
733 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
734 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
735 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
736 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
737 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
738 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
739 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
740 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
741 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
742 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
743 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
744 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
745 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
747 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
749 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
750 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
751 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
752 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
753 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
754 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
755 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
756 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
758 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
760 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
762 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
763 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
764 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
765 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
766 Polo (Closes: #372497).
767 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
768 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
770 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
771 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
772 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
773 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
774 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
775 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
776 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
777 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
778 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
779 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
781 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
782 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
783 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
784 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
785 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
786 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
788 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
790 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
792 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
793 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
794 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
795 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
797 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
798 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
800 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
802 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
804 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
805 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
806 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
807 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
808 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
809 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
810 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
811 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
812 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
813 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
815 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
816 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
817 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
818 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
819 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
820 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
821 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
822 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
823 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
824 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
825 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
828 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
830 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
832 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
833 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
834 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
835 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
836 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
837 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
838 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
839 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
840 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
841 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
842 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
843 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
844 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
845 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
846 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
847 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
848 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
849 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
850 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
851 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
852 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
853 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
854 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
855 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
856 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
857 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
858 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
859 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
861 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
862 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
863 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
864 Hess (Closes: #362247).
865 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
866 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
867 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
868 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
869 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
870 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
871 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
872 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
873 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
874 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
875 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
876 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
878 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
879 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
881 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
882 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
883 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
884 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
885 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
886 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
887 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
888 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
889 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
890 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
891 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
893 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
895 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
898 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
899 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
900 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
901 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
902 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
903 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
904 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
905 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
906 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
907 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
908 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
909 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
910 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
912 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
913 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
914 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
915 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
916 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
917 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
918 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
919 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
920 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
921 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
922 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
923 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
924 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
925 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
926 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
927 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
928 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
929 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
930 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
933 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
935 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
937 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
938 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
939 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
940 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
942 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
943 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
944 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
945 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
947 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
949 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
952 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
953 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
954 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
955 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
956 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
957 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
958 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
959 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
960 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
961 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
963 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
964 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
965 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
967 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
968 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
969 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
970 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
971 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
972 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
973 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
975 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
976 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
977 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
978 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
980 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
981 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
982 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
983 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
984 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
985 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
986 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
987 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
989 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
990 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
991 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
992 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
993 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
994 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
995 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
996 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
997 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
998 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
999 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1000 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1001 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1002 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1003 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1004 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1005 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1007 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1009 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1013 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1014 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1015 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1016 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1017 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1018 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1019 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1020 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1022 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1023 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1024 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1025 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1026 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1027 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1028 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1029 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1030 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1031 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1032 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1033 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1034 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1035 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1036 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1037 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1038 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1040 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1041 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1042 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1045 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1046 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1047 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1049 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1050 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1051 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1052 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1053 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1054 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1056 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1057 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1059 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1060 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1061 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1062 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1063 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1064 Closes: #185943, #237049
1066 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1068 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1074 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1075 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1076 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1077 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1078 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1079 running. closes: Bug#187250
1080 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1081 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1082 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1083 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1084 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1085 user closes: Bug#176506
1087 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1089 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1092 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1093 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1094 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1095 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1096 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1097 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1098 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1099 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1100 deb-building toolchain.
1101 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1102 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1103 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1104 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1105 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1106 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1107 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1108 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1109 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1110 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1111 sections about changelog files.
1113 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1114 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1115 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1116 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1117 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1118 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1120 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1121 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1122 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1123 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1124 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1125 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1126 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1127 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1128 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1129 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1130 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1131 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1132 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1133 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1134 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1135 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1136 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1137 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1138 for the restructuring
1140 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1142 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1145 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1147 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1148 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1149 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1150 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1151 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1152 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1154 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1155 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1156 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1157 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1158 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1159 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1160 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1162 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1163 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1164 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1165 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1167 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1169 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1173 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1174 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1175 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1176 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1177 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1179 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1180 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1181 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1182 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1184 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1185 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1186 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1187 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1188 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1189 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1190 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1191 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1192 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1193 offtopic stuff, too.
1194 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1195 script should start it, closes: #60979
1196 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1197 "should", closes: #170019
1198 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1199 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1200 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1201 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1202 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1203 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1204 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1205 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1208 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1210 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1213 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1214 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1215 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1216 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1217 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1218 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1219 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1220 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1221 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1223 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1224 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1225 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1226 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1227 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1228 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1229 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1230 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1231 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1233 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1234 file, closes: Bug#65764
1236 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1238 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1241 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1242 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1243 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1244 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1245 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1246 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1247 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1248 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1249 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1250 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1251 details. closes: Bug#133030
1252 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1253 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1254 parts of Bug#161455.
1256 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1258 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1261 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1262 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1263 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1264 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1265 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1266 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1267 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1268 not. closes: Bug#139820
1269 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1270 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1271 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1272 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1273 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1274 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1275 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1276 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1277 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1278 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1280 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1282 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1283 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1284 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1285 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1286 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1287 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1288 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1289 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1290 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1291 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1292 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1293 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1294 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1295 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1296 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1297 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1298 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1299 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1300 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1301 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1303 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1304 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1305 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1306 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1307 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1308 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1309 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1311 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1312 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1313 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1314 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1315 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1316 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1317 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1318 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1319 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1321 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1323 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1325 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1326 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1327 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1328 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1329 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1330 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1331 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1332 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1333 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1334 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1335 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1336 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1337 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1338 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1339 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1340 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1341 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1342 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1343 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1344 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1345 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1346 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1347 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1349 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1351 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1354 medium, high, emergency.
1355 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1356 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1357 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1358 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1359 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1362 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1363 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1364 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1366 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1367 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1368 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1369 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1370 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1371 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1372 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1375 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1377 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1380 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1381 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1382 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1384 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1385 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1386 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1387 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1388 debian/rules to do this
1389 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1390 patches are incorporated upstream
1391 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1392 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1393 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1394 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1395 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1396 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1398 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1399 system closes: Bug#91249
1400 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1401 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1402 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1403 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1404 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1405 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1406 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1407 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1408 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1409 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1410 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1411 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1412 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1414 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1416 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1419 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1420 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1421 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1423 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1424 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1425 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1427 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1430 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1432 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1435 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1436 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1437 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1438 package for the time being
1439 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1440 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1441 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1442 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1443 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1444 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1445 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1446 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1447 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1448 Build-Depends arch syntax
1449 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1451 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1452 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1454 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1455 from policy maintenance duties.
1456 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1457 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1459 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1461 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1463 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1465 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1467 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1469 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1470 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1471 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1472 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1473 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1474 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1475 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1476 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1477 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1478 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1479 minor version number for this
1480 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1481 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1482 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1483 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1484 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1485 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1486 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1487 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1488 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1490 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1492 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1494 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1495 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1496 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1497 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1498 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1500 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1502 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1503 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1504 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1505 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1506 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1507 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1508 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1509 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1510 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1511 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1512 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1513 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1514 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1515 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1516 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1517 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1520 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1522 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1524 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1525 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1527 * Document the Enhances relationship
1528 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1529 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1530 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1531 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1532 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1533 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1535 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1537 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1538 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1539 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1540 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1542 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1543 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1544 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1545 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1546 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1548 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1550 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1552 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1553 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1554 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1556 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1557 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1558 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1559 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1560 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1561 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1562 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1563 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1564 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1566 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1568 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1570 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1572 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1573 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1574 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1575 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1576 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1577 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1578 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1579 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1580 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1581 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1582 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1583 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1584 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1585 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1586 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1587 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1588 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1589 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1590 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1591 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1592 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1593 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1595 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1596 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1598 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1600 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1602 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1603 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1604 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1605 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1606 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1607 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1608 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1609 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1610 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1611 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1612 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1613 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1614 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1615 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1616 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1617 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1618 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1619 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1620 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1621 list closes: Bug#53756
1622 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1623 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1624 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1625 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1626 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1627 policy closes: Bug#53760
1628 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1629 policy closes: Bug#53761
1630 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1631 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1632 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1633 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1634 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1635 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1636 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1637 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1638 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1639 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1640 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1642 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1643 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1644 to install with older fileutils.
1645 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1646 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1647 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1648 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1650 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1651 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1653 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1655 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1657 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1658 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1660 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1662 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1664 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1665 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1667 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1670 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1672 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1673 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1675 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1677 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1679 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1681 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1682 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1684 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1686 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1688 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1689 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1690 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1691 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1692 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1693 directoried (closes: #41547)
1694 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1695 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1696 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1697 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1698 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1699 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1700 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1701 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1702 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1703 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1704 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1706 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1707 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1708 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1709 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1710 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1711 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1712 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1714 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1715 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1716 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1717 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1719 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1721 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1723 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1724 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1726 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1728 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1730 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1731 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1733 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1735 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1737 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1738 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1740 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1741 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1742 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1743 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1744 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1745 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1746 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1747 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1748 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1749 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1750 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1751 this closes: Bug#38612
1752 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1753 before. closes: Bug#40864
1755 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1757 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1759 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1760 officially uploaded.
1761 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1763 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1764 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1765 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1767 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1768 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1769 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1770 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1771 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1772 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1774 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1775 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1776 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1778 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1780 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1781 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1782 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1783 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1784 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1786 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1788 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1790 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1791 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1792 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1793 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1794 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1795 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1796 there). closes: Bug#34233
1797 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1798 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1799 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1800 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1801 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1803 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1805 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1807 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1808 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1809 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1810 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1813 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1814 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1815 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1816 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1817 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1820 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1821 number. closes: BUG#25911
1823 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1824 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1825 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1826 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1827 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1828 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1830 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1831 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1832 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1835 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1836 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1837 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1839 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1840 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1841 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1842 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1844 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1845 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1846 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1848 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1850 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1851 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1852 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1853 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1854 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1855 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1856 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1857 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1860 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1862 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1863 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1866 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1868 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1870 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1872 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1874 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1876 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1877 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1878 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1879 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1880 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1881 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1882 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1883 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1885 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1886 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1888 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1890 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1892 * non-maintainer release
1893 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1894 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1896 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1897 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1898 * no content changes
1899 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1901 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1903 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1907 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1909 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1911 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1913 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1914 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1915 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1917 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1918 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1920 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1921 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1922 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1923 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1925 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1926 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1927 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1928 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1929 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1930 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1931 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1933 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1934 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1935 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1938 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1939 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1940 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1942 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1943 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1944 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1946 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1947 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1949 * New version numbering scheme:
1951 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1952 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1953 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1956 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1957 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1958 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1959 differ between the manuals.
1961 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1962 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1963 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1964 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1966 * Packaging changes:
1968 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1969 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1971 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1973 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1975 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1977 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1979 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1980 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1981 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1983 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1984 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1987 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1988 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1989 file extension as the referenced file
1991 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1992 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1994 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1995 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1996 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1997 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2000 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2001 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2002 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2004 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2005 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2006 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2007 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2010 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2011 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2014 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2015 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2016 reasonable default configuration
2018 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2019 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2020 by all news servers and clients
2022 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2023 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2024 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2025 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2026 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2028 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2029 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2032 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2034 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2035 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2037 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2040 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2041 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2043 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2044 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2046 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2048 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2050 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2052 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2053 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2054 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2055 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2057 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2059 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2060 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2061 * Don't use debstd anymore
2063 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2065 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2067 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2068 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2069 contrib/non-free policy
2070 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2071 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2072 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2073 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2074 - new section about `Daemons'
2075 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2076 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2077 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2078 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2079 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2080 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2081 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2082 * SGML source code included in package
2083 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2085 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2087 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2089 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2090 - completely reworked structure
2091 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2092 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2093 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2094 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2095 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2096 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2097 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2098 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2099 - mention "orphaned packages"
2100 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2101 distributions' policy
2102 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2103 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2104 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2105 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2106 - added section about arch spec strings
2107 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2108 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2109 - added section about "menus"
2110 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2111 the new documentation policy soon
2112 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2113 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2115 - added section about editors and pagers
2116 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2117 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2118 - added section about device files
2119 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2120 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2121 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2123 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2124 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2125 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2126 - Added new section about obsolete names
2127 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2128 * Fixed package's description
2130 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2132 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2134 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2136 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2138 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2140 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2141 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2142 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2143 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2145 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2147 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2149 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2150 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2151 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2153 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2154 and upload it "byhand" too.
2156 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2158 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2161 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2162 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2163 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2164 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2165 functionality must not have the same name.
2166 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2167 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2168 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2169 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2170 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2171 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2172 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2174 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2175 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2176 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2177 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2178 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2179 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2180 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2181 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2184 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2186 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2188 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2190 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2191 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2192 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2193 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2194 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2197 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2199 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2201 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2203 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2204 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2205 description of deb file format.
2206 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2207 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2209 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2211 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2212 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2214 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2216 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2218 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2219 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2220 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2221 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2222 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2223 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2224 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2225 packages in section on Procedure
2226 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2227 a package maintainer
2228 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2229 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2230 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2232 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2233 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2234 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2235 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2236 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2237 on various shlib files
2238 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2239 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2240 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2242 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2244 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2246 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2247 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2248 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2250 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2251 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2252 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2253 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2254 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2256 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2258 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2260 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2262 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2264 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2265 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2266 compatibility go in contrib.
2268 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2269 instructions in policy manual.
2270 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2273 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2275 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2277 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2278 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2279 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2280 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2282 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2283 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2286 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2288 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2290 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2291 * More detail about changelog format names.
2293 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2294 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2298 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2300 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2302 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2304 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2306 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2308 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2310 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2312 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2313 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2314 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2316 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2318 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2320 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2322 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2324 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2328 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100