1 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
4 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
5 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
6 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
7 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
8 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
9 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
10 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
11 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
12 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
13 minor version number for this
14 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
15 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
16 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
17 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
18 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
19 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
20 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
21 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
22 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
24 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
26 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
28 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
29 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
30 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
31 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
32 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
34 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
36 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
37 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
38 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
39 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
40 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
41 * document the fact that x font utilities have moved to the package
42 xutils, closes: Bug#82966
43 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
44 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
45 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
46 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
47 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
48 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
49 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
50 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
51 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
54 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
56 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
58 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
59 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
61 * Document the Enhances relationship
62 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
63 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
64 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
65 policy. closes: Bug#53496
66 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
67 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
69 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
71 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
72 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
73 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
74 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
76 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
77 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
78 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
79 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
80 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
82 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
84 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
86 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
87 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
88 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
90 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
91 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
92 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
93 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
94 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
95 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
96 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
97 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
98 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
100 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
102 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
104 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
106 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
107 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
108 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
109 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
110 policy. closes: Bug#64437
111 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
112 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
113 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
114 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
115 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
116 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
117 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
118 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
119 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
120 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
121 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
122 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
123 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
124 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
125 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
126 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
127 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
129 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
130 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
132 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
134 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
136 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
137 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
138 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
139 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
140 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
141 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
142 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
143 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
144 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
145 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
146 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
147 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
148 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
149 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
150 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
151 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
152 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
153 alternative closes: Bug#53755
154 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
155 list closes: Bug#53756
156 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
157 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
158 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
159 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
160 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
161 policy closes: Bug#53760
162 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
163 policy closes: Bug#53761
164 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
165 that use X closes: Bug#53762
166 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
167 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
168 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
169 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
170 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
171 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
172 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
173 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
174 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
176 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
177 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
178 to install with older fileutils.
179 * Installed FHS version 2.1
180 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
181 * Added FHS details to copyright file
182 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
184 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
185 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
187 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
189 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
191 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
192 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
194 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
196 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
198 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
199 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
201 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
204 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
206 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
207 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
209 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
211 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
213 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
215 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
216 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
218 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
220 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
223 #45561, #42447, #48570)
224 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
225 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
226 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
227 directoried (closes: #41547)
228 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
229 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
230 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
231 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
232 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
233 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
234 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
235 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
236 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
237 package criteria (closes: #45318)
238 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
240 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
241 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
242 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
243 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
244 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
245 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
246 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
248 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
249 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
250 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
251 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
253 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
255 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
257 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
258 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
260 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
262 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
265 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
267 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
269 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
271 * A few typos and omissions corrected
272 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
274 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
275 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
276 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
277 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
278 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
279 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
280 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
281 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
282 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
283 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
284 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
285 this closes: Bug#38612
286 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
287 before. closes: Bug#40864
289 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
291 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
293 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
295 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
297 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
298 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
299 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
301 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
302 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
303 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
304 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
305 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
306 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
308 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
309 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
310 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
312 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
314 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
315 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
316 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
317 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
318 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
320 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
322 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
324 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
325 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
326 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
327 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
328 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
329 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
330 there). closes: Bug#34233
331 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
332 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
333 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
334 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
335 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
337 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
339 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
341 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
342 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
343 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
344 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
347 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
348 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
349 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
350 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
351 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
354 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
355 number. closes: BUG#25911
357 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
358 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
359 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
360 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
361 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
362 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
364 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
365 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
366 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
369 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
370 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
371 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
373 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
374 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
375 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
376 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
378 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
379 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
380 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
382 * Make the package optional, not extra.
384 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
385 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
386 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
387 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
388 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
389 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
390 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
391 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
394 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
396 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
397 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
400 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
402 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
404 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
406 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
408 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
410 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
411 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
412 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
413 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
414 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
415 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
416 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
417 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
419 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
420 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
422 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
424 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
426 * non-maintainer release
427 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
428 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
430 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
431 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
433 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
435 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
437 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
441 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
443 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
445 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
447 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
448 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
449 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
451 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
452 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
454 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
455 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
456 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
457 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
459 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
460 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
461 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
462 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
463 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
464 and restart options and to comply with the console message
465 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
467 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
468 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
469 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
472 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
473 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
474 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
476 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
477 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
478 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
480 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
481 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
483 * New version numbering scheme:
485 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
486 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
487 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
490 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
491 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
492 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
493 differ between the manuals.
495 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
496 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
497 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
498 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
502 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
503 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
505 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
507 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
509 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
511 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
513 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
514 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
515 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
517 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
518 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
521 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
522 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
523 file extension as the referenced file
525 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
526 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
528 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
529 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
530 start, stop, restart, force-reload
531 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
534 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
535 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
536 be installed into /etc/cron.d
538 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
539 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
540 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
541 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
544 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
545 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
548 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
549 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
550 reasonable default configuration
552 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
553 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
554 by all news servers and clients
556 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
557 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
558 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
559 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
560 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
562 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
563 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
566 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
568 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
569 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
571 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
574 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
575 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
577 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
578 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
580 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
582 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
584 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
586 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
587 - X library package is now called xlib6g
588 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
589 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
591 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
593 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
594 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
595 * Don't use debstd anymore
597 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
599 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
601 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
602 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
603 contrib/non-free policy
604 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
605 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
606 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
607 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
608 - new section about `Daemons'
609 - updated section about `Configuration files'
610 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
611 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
612 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
613 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
614 * Paper about libc6 migration:
615 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
616 * SGML source code included in package
617 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
619 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
621 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
623 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
624 - completely reworked structure
625 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
626 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
627 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
628 - removed all those ugly footnotes
629 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
630 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
631 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
632 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
633 - mention "orphaned packages"
634 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
635 distributions' policy
636 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
637 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
638 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
639 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
640 - added section about arch spec strings
641 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
642 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
643 - added section about "menus"
644 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
645 the new documentation policy soon
646 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
647 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
649 - added section about editors and pagers
650 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
651 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
652 - added section about device files
653 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
654 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
655 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
657 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
658 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
659 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
660 - Added new section about obsolete names
661 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
662 * Fixed package's description
664 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
666 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
668 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
670 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
672 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
674 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
675 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
676 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
677 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
679 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
681 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
683 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
684 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
685 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
687 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
688 and upload it "byhand" too.
690 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
692 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
695 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
696 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
697 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
698 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
699 functionality must not have the same name.
700 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
701 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
702 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
703 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
704 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
705 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
706 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
708 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
709 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
710 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
711 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
712 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
713 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
714 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
715 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
718 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
720 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
722 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
724 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
725 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
726 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
727 a package into. (Guy Maor)
728 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
731 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
733 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
735 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
737 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
738 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
739 description of deb file format.
740 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
741 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
743 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
745 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
746 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
748 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
750 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
752 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
753 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
754 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
755 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
756 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
757 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
758 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
759 packages in section on Procedure
760 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
762 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
763 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
764 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
766 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
767 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
768 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
769 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
770 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
771 on various shlib files
772 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
773 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
774 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
776 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
778 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
780 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
781 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
782 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
784 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
785 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
786 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
787 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
788 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
790 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
792 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
794 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
796 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
798 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
799 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
800 compatibility go in contrib.
802 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
803 instructions in policy manual.
804 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
807 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
809 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
811 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
812 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
813 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
814 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
816 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
817 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
820 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
822 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
824 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
825 * More detail about changelog format names.
827 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
828 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
832 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
834 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
836 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
838 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
840 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
842 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
844 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
846 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
847 * More verbosity about netiquette.
848 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
850 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
852 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
854 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
856 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
858 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
862 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
865 mode: debian-changelog