1 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
5 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
8 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
11 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
12 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
13 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
14 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
16 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
17 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
18 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
19 Michael Dorrington. Closes: #626408
20 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
21 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
24 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
26 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
27 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
28 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
34 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
35 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
37 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
38 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
39 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
41 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
45 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
46 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
47 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
50 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
51 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
57 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
58 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
63 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
64 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
65 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
66 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
69 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
70 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
75 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:55:12 +0100
77 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
79 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
80 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
83 Closes: #459868, #581011
84 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
85 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
87 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
89 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
90 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
92 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
95 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
97 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
99 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
100 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
104 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
105 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
108 Closes: #501930, #593909
109 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
110 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
114 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
115 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
116 machine. (Closes: #591857)
117 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
118 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
119 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
120 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
121 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
122 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
123 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
124 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
125 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
126 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
128 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
129 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
130 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
131 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
132 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
133 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
134 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
135 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
136 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
137 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
138 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
139 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
140 than the version in oldstable.
141 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
142 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
143 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
144 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
145 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
146 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
147 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
148 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
149 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
150 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
151 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
152 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
153 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
154 package. (Closes: #609160)
156 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
158 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
160 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
161 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
162 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
166 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
167 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
171 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
172 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
176 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
177 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
181 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
182 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
183 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
186 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
187 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
191 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
192 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
196 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
197 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
199 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
201 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
202 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
204 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
206 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
207 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
212 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
213 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
218 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
219 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
223 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
224 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
228 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
229 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
233 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
234 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
238 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
239 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
243 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
244 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
248 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
250 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
251 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
252 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
253 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
254 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
255 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
256 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
257 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
258 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
260 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
261 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
262 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
263 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
264 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
265 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
267 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
269 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
275 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
278 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
279 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
280 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
281 and distribution license' (three times).
282 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
283 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
288 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
290 Proposed by Santiago Vila
291 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
298 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
299 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
303 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
304 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
305 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
308 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
310 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
311 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
315 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
316 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
319 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
321 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
322 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
325 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
327 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
328 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
331 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
333 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
334 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
335 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
336 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
338 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
339 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
344 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
345 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
349 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
350 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
354 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
355 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
356 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
360 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
361 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
362 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
365 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
366 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
371 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
372 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
376 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
377 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
378 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
379 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
380 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
381 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
382 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
383 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
384 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
385 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
386 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
387 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
388 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
389 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
390 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
391 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
392 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
393 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
394 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
395 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
396 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
397 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
398 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
399 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
400 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
401 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
402 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
403 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
404 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
405 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
406 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
407 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
409 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
411 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
413 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
416 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
417 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
419 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
420 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
424 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
427 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
428 Wording: Steve Langasek.
429 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
430 Seconded: Julien Cristau
431 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
434 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
435 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
436 Seconded: Russ Allbery
437 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
440 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
441 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
442 Seconded: Russ Allbery
444 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
445 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
446 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
447 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
448 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
449 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
450 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
451 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
454 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
455 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
456 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
457 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
458 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
459 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
460 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
462 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
463 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
464 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
465 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
466 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
467 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
468 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
471 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
472 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
473 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
474 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
475 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
477 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
480 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
481 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
483 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
484 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
485 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
488 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
490 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
492 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
493 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
494 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
495 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
497 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
498 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
500 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
502 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
503 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
504 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
505 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
507 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
508 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
510 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
511 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
512 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
514 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
515 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
517 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
520 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
521 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
522 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
523 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
525 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
526 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
527 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
528 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
530 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
531 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
532 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
533 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
535 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
536 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
537 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
538 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
540 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
541 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
542 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
543 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
545 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
546 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
547 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
548 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
549 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
550 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
551 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
552 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
553 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
554 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
555 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
556 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
557 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
558 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
559 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
561 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
562 Source field descriptions.
563 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
564 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
565 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
566 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
567 description says otherwise.
569 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
571 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
574 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
575 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
576 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
577 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
578 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
579 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
581 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
582 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
583 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
586 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
587 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
588 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
589 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
591 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
592 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
593 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
594 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
596 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
597 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
598 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
599 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
603 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
604 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
605 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
606 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
607 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
609 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
610 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
611 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
614 * Add myself to Uploaders.
617 * Add myself to Uploaders.
618 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
620 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
621 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
622 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
624 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
626 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
628 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
629 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
631 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
633 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
634 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
635 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
636 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
638 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
639 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
640 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
641 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
643 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
644 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
645 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
646 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
648 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
649 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
650 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
653 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
654 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
655 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
656 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
658 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
659 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
660 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
661 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
663 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
664 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
665 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
666 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
668 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
669 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
670 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
671 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
673 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
674 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
675 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
676 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
678 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
679 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
680 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
681 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
682 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
684 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
685 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
686 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
687 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
688 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
689 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
690 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
691 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
692 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
693 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
694 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
695 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
696 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
697 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
698 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
699 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
700 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
701 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
702 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
703 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
704 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
705 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
706 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
707 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
708 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
709 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
710 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
711 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
712 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
713 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
715 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
716 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
717 links was completed long ago.
718 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
720 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
722 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
724 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
725 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
727 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
729 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
731 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
732 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
733 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
734 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
735 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
736 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
737 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
738 Millan (Closes: #209008).
739 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
740 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
742 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
744 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
746 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
747 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
748 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
749 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
750 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
751 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
752 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
754 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
755 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
756 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
757 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
759 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
760 Küster (Closes: #403391).
761 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
762 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
763 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
764 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
765 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
766 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
767 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
768 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
769 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
770 Closes: #186700, #458910
771 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
772 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
773 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
775 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
776 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
777 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
778 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
779 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
780 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
781 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
782 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
784 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
785 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
787 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
788 * Add an md5sums control file.
789 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
790 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
791 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
792 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
793 currently part of policy.
794 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
795 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
796 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
799 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
801 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
803 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
804 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
805 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
806 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
807 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
808 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
809 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
810 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
811 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
812 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
813 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
814 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
815 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
816 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
817 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
818 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
820 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
822 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
823 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
824 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
826 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
827 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
828 list?" (Closes: #412634).
829 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
830 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
831 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
832 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
833 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
834 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
835 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
836 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
837 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
838 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
839 debconf specification.
840 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
841 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
843 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
845 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
847 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
848 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
849 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
850 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
851 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
853 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
855 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
856 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
857 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
858 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
859 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
861 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
862 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
863 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
864 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
865 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
866 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
867 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
868 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
869 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
870 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
871 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
872 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
873 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
874 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
875 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
876 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
878 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
880 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
881 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
882 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
883 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
885 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
886 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
887 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
889 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
891 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
893 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
894 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
895 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
896 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
897 Polo (Closes: #372497).
898 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
899 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
901 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
902 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
903 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
904 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
905 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
906 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
907 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
908 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
909 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
910 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
912 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
913 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
914 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
915 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
916 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
917 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
919 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
921 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
923 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
924 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
925 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
926 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
928 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
929 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
931 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
933 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
935 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
936 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
937 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
938 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
939 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
940 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
941 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
942 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
943 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
944 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
946 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
947 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
948 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
949 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
950 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
951 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
952 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
953 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
954 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
955 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
956 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
959 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
961 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
963 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
964 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
965 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
966 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
967 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
968 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
969 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
970 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
971 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
972 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
973 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
974 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
975 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
976 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
977 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
978 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
979 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
980 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
981 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
982 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
983 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
984 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
985 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
986 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
987 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
988 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
989 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
990 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
992 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
993 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
994 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
995 Hess (Closes: #362247).
996 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
997 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
998 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
999 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1000 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1001 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1002 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1003 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1004 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1005 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1006 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1007 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1009 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1010 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1012 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1013 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1014 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1015 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1016 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1017 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1018 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1019 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1020 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1021 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1022 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1024 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1026 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1030 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1031 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1032 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1033 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1034 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1035 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1036 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1037 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1038 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1039 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1040 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1041 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1043 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1044 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1045 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1046 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1047 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1048 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1049 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1050 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1051 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1052 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1053 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1054 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1055 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1056 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1057 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1058 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1059 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1060 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1061 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1064 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1066 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1069 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1070 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1071 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1073 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1074 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1075 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1076 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1078 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1080 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1084 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1085 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1086 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1087 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1088 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1089 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1090 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1091 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1092 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1094 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1095 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1096 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1098 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1099 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1100 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1101 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1102 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1103 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1104 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1106 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1107 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1108 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1109 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1111 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1112 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1113 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1114 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1115 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1116 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1117 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1118 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1121 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1122 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1123 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1125 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1126 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1127 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1129 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1130 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1131 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1132 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1133 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1134 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1135 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1136 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1138 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1140 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1144 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1145 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1146 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1147 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1148 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1149 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1150 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1151 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1153 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1154 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1155 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1156 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1157 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1158 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1159 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1160 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1161 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1162 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1163 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1164 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1166 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1167 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1168 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1169 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1172 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1173 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1176 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1177 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1178 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1180 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1181 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1182 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1183 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1184 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1185 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1187 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1188 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1190 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1191 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1192 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1193 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1194 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1195 Closes: #185943, #237049
1197 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1199 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1205 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1206 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1207 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1208 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1209 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1210 running. closes: Bug#187250
1211 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1212 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1213 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1214 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1215 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1216 user closes: Bug#176506
1218 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1220 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1224 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1225 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1226 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1227 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1228 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1229 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1230 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1231 deb-building toolchain.
1232 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1233 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1234 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1235 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1236 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1237 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1238 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1239 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1240 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1241 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1242 sections about changelog files.
1244 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1245 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1246 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1247 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1248 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1249 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1251 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1252 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1253 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1254 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1255 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1256 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1257 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1258 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1259 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1260 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1261 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1262 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1263 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1264 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1265 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1266 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1267 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1268 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1269 for the restructuring
1271 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1273 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1276 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1278 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1279 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1280 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1281 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1282 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1283 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1285 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1286 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1287 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1288 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1289 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1290 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1291 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1293 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1294 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1295 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1296 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1298 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1300 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1303 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1304 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1305 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1306 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1307 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1308 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1310 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1311 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1312 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1313 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1315 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1316 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1317 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1318 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1319 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1320 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1321 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1322 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1323 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1324 offtopic stuff, too.
1325 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1326 script should start it, closes: #60979
1327 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1328 "should", closes: #170019
1329 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1330 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1331 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1332 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1333 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1334 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1335 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1336 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1339 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1341 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1345 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1346 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1347 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1348 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1349 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1350 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1351 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1352 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1354 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1355 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1356 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1357 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1358 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1359 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1360 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1361 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1362 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1364 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1365 file, closes: Bug#65764
1367 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1369 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1371 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1372 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1373 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1374 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1375 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1376 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1377 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1378 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1379 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1380 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1381 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1382 details. closes: Bug#133030
1383 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1384 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1385 parts of Bug#161455.
1387 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1389 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1392 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1393 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1394 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1395 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1396 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1397 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1398 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1399 not. closes: Bug#139820
1400 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1401 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1402 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1403 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1404 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1405 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1406 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1407 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1408 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1409 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1411 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1413 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1414 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1415 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1416 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1417 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1418 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1419 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1420 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1421 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1422 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1423 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1424 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1425 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1426 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1427 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1428 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1429 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1430 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1431 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1432 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1434 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1435 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1436 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1437 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1438 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1439 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1440 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1442 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1443 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1444 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1445 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1446 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1447 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1448 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1449 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1450 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1452 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1454 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1456 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1457 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1458 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1459 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1460 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1461 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1462 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1463 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1464 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1465 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1466 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1467 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1468 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1469 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1470 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1471 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1472 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1473 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1474 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1475 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1476 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1477 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1478 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1480 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1482 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1484 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1485 medium, high, emergency.
1486 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1487 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1488 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1489 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1490 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1493 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1494 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1495 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1497 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1498 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1499 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1500 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1501 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1502 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1503 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1506 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1508 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1510 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1511 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1512 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1513 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1515 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1516 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1517 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1518 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1519 debian/rules to do this
1520 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1521 patches are incorporated upstream
1522 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1523 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1524 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1525 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1526 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1527 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1529 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1530 system closes: Bug#91249
1531 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1532 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1533 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1534 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1535 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1536 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1537 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1538 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1539 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1540 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1541 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1542 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1543 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1545 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1547 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1549 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1550 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1551 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1552 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1554 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1555 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1556 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1558 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1561 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1563 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1565 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1566 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1567 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1568 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1569 package for the time being
1570 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1571 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1572 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1573 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1574 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1575 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1576 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1577 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1578 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1579 Build-Depends arch syntax
1580 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1582 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1583 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1585 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1586 from policy maintenance duties.
1587 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1588 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1590 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1592 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1594 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1596 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1598 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1600 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1601 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1602 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1603 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1604 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1605 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1606 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1607 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1608 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1609 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1610 minor version number for this
1611 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1612 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1613 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1614 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1615 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1616 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1617 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1618 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1619 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1621 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1623 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1625 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1626 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1627 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1628 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1629 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1631 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1633 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1634 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1635 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1636 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1637 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1638 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1639 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1640 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1641 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1642 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1643 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1644 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1645 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1646 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1647 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1648 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1651 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1653 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1655 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1656 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1658 * Document the Enhances relationship
1659 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1660 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1661 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1662 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1663 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1664 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1666 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1668 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1669 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1670 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1671 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1673 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1674 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1675 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1676 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1677 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1679 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1681 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1683 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1684 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1685 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1687 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1688 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1689 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1690 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1691 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1692 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1693 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1694 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1695 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1697 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1699 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1701 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1703 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1704 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1705 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1706 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1707 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1708 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1709 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1710 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1711 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1712 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1713 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1714 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1715 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1716 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1717 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1718 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1719 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1720 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1721 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1722 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1723 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1724 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1726 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1727 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1729 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1731 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1733 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1734 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1735 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1736 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1737 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1738 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1739 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1740 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1741 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1742 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1743 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1744 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1745 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1746 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1747 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1748 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1749 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1750 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1751 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1752 list closes: Bug#53756
1753 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1754 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1755 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1756 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1757 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1758 policy closes: Bug#53760
1759 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1760 policy closes: Bug#53761
1761 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1762 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1763 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1764 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1765 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1766 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1767 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1768 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1769 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1770 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1771 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1773 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1774 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1775 to install with older fileutils.
1776 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1777 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1778 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1779 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1781 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1782 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1784 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1786 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1788 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1789 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1791 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1793 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1795 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1796 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1798 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1801 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1803 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1804 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1806 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1808 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1810 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1812 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1813 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1815 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1817 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1819 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1820 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1821 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1822 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1823 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1824 directoried (closes: #41547)
1825 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1826 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1827 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1828 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1829 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1830 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1831 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1832 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1833 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1834 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1835 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1837 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1838 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1839 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1840 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1841 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1842 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1843 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1845 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1846 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1847 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1848 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1850 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1852 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1854 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1855 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1857 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1859 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1861 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1862 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1864 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1866 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1868 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1869 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1871 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1872 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1873 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1874 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1875 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1876 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1877 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1878 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1879 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1880 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1881 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1882 this closes: Bug#38612
1883 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1884 before. closes: Bug#40864
1886 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1888 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1890 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1891 officially uploaded.
1892 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1894 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1895 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1896 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1898 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1899 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1900 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1901 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1902 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1903 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1905 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1906 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1907 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1909 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1911 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1912 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1913 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1914 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1915 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1917 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1919 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1921 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1922 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1923 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1924 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1925 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1926 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1927 there). closes: Bug#34233
1928 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1929 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1930 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1931 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1932 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1934 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1936 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1938 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1939 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1940 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1941 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1944 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1945 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1946 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1947 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1948 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1951 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1952 number. closes: BUG#25911
1954 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1955 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1956 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1957 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1958 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1959 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1961 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1962 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1963 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1966 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1967 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1968 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1970 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1971 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1972 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1973 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1975 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1976 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1977 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1979 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1981 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1982 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1983 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1984 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1985 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1986 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1987 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1988 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1991 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1993 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1994 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1997 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1999 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2001 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2003 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2005 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2007 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2008 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2009 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2010 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2011 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2012 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2013 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2014 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2016 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2017 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2019 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2021 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2023 * non-maintainer release
2024 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2025 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2027 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2028 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2029 * no content changes
2030 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2032 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2034 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2038 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2040 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2042 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2044 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2045 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2046 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2048 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2049 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2051 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2052 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2053 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2054 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2056 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2057 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2058 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2059 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2060 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2061 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2062 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2064 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2065 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2066 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2069 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2070 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2071 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2073 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2074 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2075 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2077 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2078 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2080 * New version numbering scheme:
2082 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2083 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2084 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2087 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2088 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2089 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2090 differ between the manuals.
2092 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2093 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2094 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2095 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2097 * Packaging changes:
2099 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2100 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2102 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2104 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2106 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2108 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2110 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2111 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2112 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2114 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2115 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2118 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2119 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2120 file extension as the referenced file
2122 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2123 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2125 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2126 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2127 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2128 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2131 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2132 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2133 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2135 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2136 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2137 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2138 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2141 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2142 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2145 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2146 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2147 reasonable default configuration
2149 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2150 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2151 by all news servers and clients
2153 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2154 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2155 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2156 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2157 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2159 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2160 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2163 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2165 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2166 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2168 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2171 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2172 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2174 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2175 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2177 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2179 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2181 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2183 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2184 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2185 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2186 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2188 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2190 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2191 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2192 * Don't use debstd anymore
2194 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2196 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2198 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2199 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2200 contrib/non-free policy
2201 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2202 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2203 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2204 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2205 - new section about `Daemons'
2206 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2207 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2208 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2209 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2210 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2211 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2212 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2213 * SGML source code included in package
2214 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2216 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2218 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2220 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2221 - completely reworked structure
2222 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2223 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2224 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2225 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2226 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2227 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2228 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2229 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2230 - mention "orphaned packages"
2231 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2232 distributions' policy
2233 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2234 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2235 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2236 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2237 - added section about arch spec strings
2238 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2239 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2240 - added section about "menus"
2241 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2242 the new documentation policy soon
2243 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2244 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2246 - added section about editors and pagers
2247 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2248 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2249 - added section about device files
2250 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2251 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2252 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2254 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2255 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2256 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2257 - Added new section about obsolete names
2258 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2259 * Fixed package's description
2261 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2263 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2265 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2267 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2269 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2271 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2272 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2273 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2274 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2276 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2278 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2280 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2281 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2282 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2284 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2285 and upload it "byhand" too.
2287 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2289 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2292 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2293 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2294 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2295 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2296 functionality must not have the same name.
2297 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2298 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2299 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2300 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2301 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2302 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2303 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2305 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2306 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2307 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2308 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2309 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2310 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2311 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2312 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2315 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2317 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2319 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2321 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2322 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2323 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2324 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2325 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2328 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2330 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2332 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2334 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2335 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2336 description of deb file format.
2337 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2338 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2340 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2342 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2343 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2345 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2347 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2349 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2350 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2351 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2352 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2353 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2354 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2355 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2356 packages in section on Procedure
2357 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2358 a package maintainer
2359 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2360 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2361 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2363 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2364 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2365 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2366 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2367 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2368 on various shlib files
2369 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2370 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2371 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2373 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2375 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2377 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2378 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2379 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2381 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2382 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2383 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2384 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2385 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2387 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2389 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2391 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2393 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2395 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2396 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2397 compatibility go in contrib.
2399 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2400 instructions in policy manual.
2401 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2404 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2406 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2408 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2409 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2410 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2411 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2413 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2414 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2417 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2419 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2421 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2422 * More detail about changelog format names.
2424 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2425 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2429 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2431 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2433 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2435 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2437 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2439 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2441 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2443 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2444 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2445 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2447 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2449 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2451 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2453 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2455 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2459 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100