1 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
5 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
6 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
7 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
8 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
9 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
10 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
11 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
12 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
14 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
15 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
16 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
17 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
18 this section. closes: Bug#248618
19 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
20 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
21 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
22 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
23 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
24 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
25 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
26 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
27 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
28 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
29 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
30 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
32 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
33 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
34 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
37 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
38 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
39 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
41 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
42 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
43 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
44 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
45 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
46 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
48 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
49 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
51 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
52 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
53 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
54 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
55 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
56 Closes: #185943, #237049
58 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
60 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
66 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
67 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
68 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
69 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
70 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
71 running. closes: Bug#187250
72 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
73 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
74 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
75 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
76 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
77 user closes: Bug#176506
79 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
81 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
85 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
86 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
87 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
88 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
89 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
90 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
91 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
92 deb-building toolchain.
93 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
94 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
95 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
96 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
97 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
98 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
99 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
100 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
101 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
102 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
103 sections about changelog files.
105 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
106 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
107 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
108 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
109 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
110 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
112 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
113 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
114 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
115 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
116 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
117 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
118 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
119 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
120 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
121 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
122 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
123 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
124 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
125 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
126 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
127 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
128 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
129 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
130 for the restructuring
132 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
134 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
137 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
139 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
140 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
141 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
142 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
143 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
144 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
146 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
147 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
148 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
149 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
150 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
151 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
152 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
154 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
155 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
156 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
157 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
159 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
161 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
164 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
165 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
166 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
167 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
168 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
169 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
171 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
172 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
173 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
174 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
176 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
177 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
178 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
179 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
180 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
181 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
182 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
183 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
184 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
186 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
187 script should start it, closes: #60979
188 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
189 "should", closes: #170019
190 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
191 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
192 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
193 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
194 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
195 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
196 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
197 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
200 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
202 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
205 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
206 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
207 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
208 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
209 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
210 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
211 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
212 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
213 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
215 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
216 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
217 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
218 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
219 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
220 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
221 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
222 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
223 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
225 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
226 file, closes: Bug#65764
228 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
230 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
232 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
233 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
234 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
235 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
236 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
237 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
238 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
239 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
240 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
241 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
242 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
243 details. closes: Bug#133030
244 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
245 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
250 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
252 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
253 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
254 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
255 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
256 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
257 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
258 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
259 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
260 not. closes: Bug#139820
261 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
262 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
263 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
264 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
265 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
266 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
267 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
268 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
269 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
270 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
272 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
274 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
275 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
276 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
277 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
278 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
279 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
280 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
281 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
282 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
283 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
284 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
285 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
286 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
287 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
288 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
289 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
290 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
291 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
292 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
293 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
295 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
296 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
297 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
298 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
299 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
300 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
301 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
303 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
304 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
305 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
306 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
307 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
308 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
309 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
310 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
311 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
313 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
315 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
317 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
318 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
319 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
320 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
321 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
322 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
323 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
324 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
325 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
326 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
327 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
328 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
329 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
330 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
331 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
332 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
333 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
334 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
335 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
336 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
337 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
338 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
339 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
341 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
343 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
345 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
346 medium, high, emergency.
347 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
348 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
349 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
350 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
351 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
354 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
355 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
356 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
358 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
359 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
360 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
361 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
362 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
363 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
364 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
367 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
369 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
371 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
372 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
373 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
374 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
376 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
377 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
378 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
379 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
380 debian/rules to do this
381 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
382 patches are incorporated upstream
383 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
384 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
385 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
386 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
387 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
388 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
390 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
391 system closes: Bug#91249
392 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
393 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
394 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
395 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
396 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
397 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
398 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
399 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
400 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
401 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
402 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
403 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
404 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
406 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
408 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
410 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
411 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
412 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
413 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
415 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
416 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
417 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
419 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
422 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
424 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
426 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
427 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
428 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
429 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
430 package for the time being
431 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
432 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
433 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
434 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
435 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
436 * Rename all .text files as .txt
437 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
438 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
439 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
440 Build-Depends arch syntax
441 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
443 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
444 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
446 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
447 from policy maintenance duties.
448 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
449 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
451 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
453 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
455 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
457 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
459 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
461 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
462 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
463 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
464 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
465 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
466 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
467 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
468 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
469 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
470 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
471 minor version number for this
472 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
473 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
474 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
475 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
476 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
477 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
478 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
479 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
480 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
482 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
484 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
486 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
487 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
488 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
489 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
490 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
492 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
494 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
495 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
496 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
497 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
498 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
499 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
500 xutils closes: Bug#82966
501 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
502 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
503 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
504 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
505 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
506 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
507 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
508 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
509 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
512 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
514 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
516 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
517 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
519 * Document the Enhances relationship
520 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
521 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
522 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
523 policy. closes: Bug#53496
524 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
525 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
527 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
529 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
530 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
531 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
532 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
534 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
535 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
536 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
537 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
538 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
540 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
542 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
544 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
545 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
546 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
548 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
549 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
550 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
551 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
552 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
553 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
554 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
555 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
556 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
558 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
560 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
562 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
564 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
565 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
566 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
567 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
568 policy. closes: Bug#64437
569 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
570 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
571 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
572 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
573 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
574 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
575 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
576 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
577 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
578 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
579 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
580 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
581 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
582 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
583 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
584 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
585 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
587 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
588 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
590 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
592 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
594 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
595 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
596 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
597 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
598 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
599 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
600 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
601 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
602 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
603 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
604 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
605 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
606 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
607 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
608 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
609 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
610 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
611 alternative closes: Bug#53755
612 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
613 list closes: Bug#53756
614 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
615 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
616 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
617 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
618 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
619 policy closes: Bug#53760
620 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
621 policy closes: Bug#53761
622 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
623 that use X closes: Bug#53762
624 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
625 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
626 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
627 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
628 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
629 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
630 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
631 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
632 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
634 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
635 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
636 to install with older fileutils.
637 * Installed FHS version 2.1
638 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
639 * Added FHS details to copyright file
640 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
642 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
643 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
645 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
647 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
649 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
650 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
652 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
654 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
656 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
657 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
659 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
662 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
664 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
665 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
667 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
669 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
671 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
673 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
674 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
676 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
678 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
680 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
681 #45561, #42447, #48570)
682 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
683 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
684 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
685 directoried (closes: #41547)
686 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
687 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
688 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
689 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
690 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
691 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
692 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
693 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
694 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
695 package criteria (closes: #45318)
696 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
698 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
699 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
700 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
701 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
702 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
703 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
704 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
706 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
707 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
708 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
709 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
711 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
713 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
715 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
716 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
718 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
720 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
722 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
723 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
725 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
727 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
729 * A few typos and omissions corrected
730 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
732 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
733 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
734 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
735 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
736 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
737 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
738 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
739 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
740 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
741 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
742 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
743 this closes: Bug#38612
744 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
745 before. closes: Bug#40864
747 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
749 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
751 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
753 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
755 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
756 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
757 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
759 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
760 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
761 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
762 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
763 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
764 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
766 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
767 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
768 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
770 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
772 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
773 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
774 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
775 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
776 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
778 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
780 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
782 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
783 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
784 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
785 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
786 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
787 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
788 there). closes: Bug#34233
789 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
790 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
791 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
792 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
793 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
795 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
797 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
799 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
800 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
801 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
802 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
805 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
806 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
807 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
808 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
809 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
812 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
813 number. closes: BUG#25911
815 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
816 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
817 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
818 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
819 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
820 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
822 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
823 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
824 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
827 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
828 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
829 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
831 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
832 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
833 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
834 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
836 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
837 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
838 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
840 * Make the package optional, not extra.
842 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
843 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
844 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
845 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
846 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
847 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
848 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
849 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
852 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
854 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
855 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
858 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
860 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
862 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
864 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
866 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
868 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
869 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
870 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
871 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
872 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
873 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
874 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
875 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
877 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
878 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
880 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
882 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
884 * non-maintainer release
885 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
886 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
888 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
889 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
891 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
893 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
895 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
899 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
901 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
903 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
905 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
906 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
907 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
909 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
910 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
912 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
913 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
914 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
915 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
917 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
918 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
919 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
920 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
921 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
922 and restart options and to comply with the console message
923 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
925 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
926 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
927 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
930 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
931 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
932 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
934 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
935 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
936 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
938 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
939 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
941 * New version numbering scheme:
943 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
944 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
945 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
948 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
949 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
950 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
951 differ between the manuals.
953 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
954 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
955 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
956 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
960 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
961 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
963 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
965 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
967 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
969 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
971 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
972 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
973 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
975 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
976 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
979 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
980 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
981 file extension as the referenced file
983 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
984 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
986 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
987 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
988 start, stop, restart, force-reload
989 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
992 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
993 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
994 be installed into /etc/cron.d
996 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
997 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
998 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
999 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1002 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1003 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1006 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1007 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1008 reasonable default configuration
1010 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1011 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1012 by all news servers and clients
1014 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1015 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1016 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1017 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1018 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1020 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1021 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1024 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1026 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1027 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1029 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1032 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1033 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1035 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1036 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1038 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1040 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1042 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1045 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1046 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1047 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1049 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1051 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1052 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1053 * Don't use debstd anymore
1055 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1057 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1060 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1061 contrib/non-free policy
1062 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1063 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1064 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1065 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1066 - new section about `Daemons'
1067 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1068 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1069 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1070 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1071 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1072 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1073 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1074 * SGML source code included in package
1075 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1077 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1079 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1082 - completely reworked structure
1083 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1084 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1085 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1086 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1087 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1088 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1089 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1090 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1091 - mention "orphaned packages"
1092 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1093 distributions' policy
1094 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1095 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1096 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1097 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1098 - added section about arch spec strings
1099 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1100 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1101 - added section about "menus"
1102 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1103 the new documentation policy soon
1104 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1105 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1107 - added section about editors and pagers
1108 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1109 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1110 - added section about device files
1111 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1112 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1113 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1115 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1116 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1117 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1118 - Added new section about obsolete names
1119 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1120 * Fixed package's description
1122 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1124 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1126 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1128 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1130 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1132 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1133 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1134 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1135 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1137 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1139 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1141 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1142 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1143 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1145 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1146 and upload it "byhand" too.
1148 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1150 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1154 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1155 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1156 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1157 functionality must not have the same name.
1158 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1159 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1160 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1161 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1162 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1163 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1164 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1166 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1167 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1168 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1169 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1170 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1171 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1172 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1173 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1176 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1178 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1180 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1182 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1183 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1184 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1185 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1186 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1189 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1191 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1193 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1195 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1196 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1197 description of deb file format.
1198 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1199 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1201 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1203 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1204 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1206 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1208 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1210 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1211 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1212 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1213 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1214 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1215 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1216 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1217 packages in section on Procedure
1218 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1219 a package maintainer
1220 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1221 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1222 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1224 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1225 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1226 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1227 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1228 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1229 on various shlib files
1230 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1231 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1232 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1234 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1236 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1238 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1239 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1240 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1242 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1243 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1244 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1245 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1246 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1248 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1250 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1252 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1254 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1256 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1257 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1258 compatibility go in contrib.
1260 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1261 instructions in policy manual.
1262 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1265 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1267 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1269 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1270 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1271 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1272 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1274 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1275 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1278 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1280 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1282 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1283 * More detail about changelog format names.
1285 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1286 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1290 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1292 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1294 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1296 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1298 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1300 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1302 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1304 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1305 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1306 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1308 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1310 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1312 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1314 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1316 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1320 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100