1 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
4 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
5 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
6 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
7 policy. closes: Bug#64437
8 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
9 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
10 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
11 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
12 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
13 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
14 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
15 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
16 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
17 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
18 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
19 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
20 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
21 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
22 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
23 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
24 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
26 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
27 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
29 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
31 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
33 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
34 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
35 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
36 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
37 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
38 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
39 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
40 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
41 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
42 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
43 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
44 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
45 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
46 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
47 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
48 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
49 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
50 alternative closes: Bug#53755
51 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
52 list closes: Bug#53756
53 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
54 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
55 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
56 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
57 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
58 policy closes: Bug#53760
59 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
60 policy closes: Bug#53761
61 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
62 that use X closes: Bug#53762
63 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
64 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
65 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
66 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
67 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
68 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
69 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
70 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
71 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
73 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
74 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
75 to install with older fileutils.
76 * Installed FHS version 2.1
77 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
78 * Added FHS details to copyright file
79 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
81 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
82 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
84 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
86 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
88 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
89 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
91 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
93 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
96 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
98 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
101 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
103 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
104 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
106 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
108 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
110 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
112 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
113 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
115 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
117 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
120 #45561, #42447, #48570)
121 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
122 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
123 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
124 directoried (closes: #41547)
125 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
126 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
127 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
128 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
129 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
130 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
131 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
132 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
133 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
134 package criteria (closes: #45318)
135 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
137 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
138 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
139 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
140 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
141 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
142 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
143 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
145 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
146 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
147 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
148 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
150 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
152 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
154 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
155 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
157 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
159 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
162 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
164 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
166 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
168 * A few typos and omissions corrected
169 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
171 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
172 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
173 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
174 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
175 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
176 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
177 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
178 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
179 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
180 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
181 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
182 this closes: Bug#38612
183 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
184 before. closes: Bug#40864
186 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
188 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
190 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
192 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
194 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
195 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
196 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
198 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
199 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
200 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
201 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
202 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
203 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
205 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
206 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
207 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
209 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
211 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
212 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
213 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
214 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
215 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
217 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
219 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
221 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
222 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
223 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
224 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
225 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
226 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
227 there). closes: Bug#34233
228 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
229 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
230 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
231 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
232 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
234 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
236 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
238 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
239 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
240 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
241 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
244 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
245 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
246 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
247 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
248 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
251 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
252 number. closes: BUG#25911
254 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
255 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
256 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
257 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
258 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
259 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
261 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
262 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
263 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
266 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
267 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
268 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
270 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
271 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
272 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
273 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
275 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
276 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
277 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
279 * Make the package optional, not extra.
281 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
282 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
283 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
284 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
285 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
286 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
287 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
288 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
291 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
293 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
294 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
297 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
299 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
301 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
303 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
305 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
307 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
308 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
309 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
310 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
311 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
312 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
313 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
314 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
316 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
317 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
319 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
321 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
323 * non-maintainer release
324 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
325 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
327 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
328 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
330 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
332 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
334 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
338 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
340 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
342 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
344 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
345 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
346 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
348 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
349 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
351 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
352 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
353 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
354 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
356 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
357 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
358 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
359 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
360 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
361 and restart options and to comply with the console message
362 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
364 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
365 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
366 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
369 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
370 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
371 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
373 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
374 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
375 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
377 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
378 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
380 * New version numbering scheme:
382 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
383 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
384 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
387 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
388 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
389 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
390 differ between the manuals.
392 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
393 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
394 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
395 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
399 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
400 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
402 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
404 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
406 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
408 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
410 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
411 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
412 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
414 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
415 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
418 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
419 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
420 file extension as the referenced file
422 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
423 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
425 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
426 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
427 start, stop, restart, force-reload
428 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
431 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
432 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
433 be installed into /etc/cron.d
435 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
436 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
437 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
438 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
441 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
442 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
445 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
446 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
447 reasonable default configuration
449 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
450 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
451 by all news servers and clients
453 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
454 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
455 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
456 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
457 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
459 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
460 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
463 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
465 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
466 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
468 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
471 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
472 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
474 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
475 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
477 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
479 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
481 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
483 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
484 - X library package is now called xlib6g
485 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
486 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
488 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
490 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
491 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
492 * Don't use debstd anymore
494 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
496 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
498 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
499 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
500 contrib/non-free policy
501 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
502 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
503 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
504 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
505 - new section about `Daemons'
506 - updated section about `Configuration files'
507 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
508 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
509 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
510 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
511 * Paper about libc6 migration:
512 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
513 * SGML source code included in package
514 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
516 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
518 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
520 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
521 - completely reworked structure
522 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
523 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
524 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
525 - removed all those ugly footnotes
526 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
527 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
528 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
529 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
530 - mention "orphaned packages"
531 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
532 distributions' policy
533 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
534 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
535 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
536 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
537 - added section about arch spec strings
538 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
539 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
540 - added section about "menus"
541 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
542 the new documentation policy soon
543 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
544 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
546 - added section about editors and pagers
547 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
548 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
549 - added section about device files
550 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
551 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
552 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
554 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
555 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
556 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
557 - Added new section about obsolete names
558 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
559 * Fixed package's description
561 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
563 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
565 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
567 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
569 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
571 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
572 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
573 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
574 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
576 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
578 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
580 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
581 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
582 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
584 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
585 and upload it "byhand" too.
587 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
589 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
592 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
593 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
594 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
595 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
596 functionality must not have the same name.
597 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
598 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
599 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
600 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
601 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
602 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
603 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
605 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
606 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
607 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
608 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
609 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
610 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
611 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
612 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
615 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
617 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
619 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
621 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
622 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
623 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
624 a package into. (Guy Maor)
625 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
628 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
630 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
632 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
634 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
635 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
636 description of deb file format.
637 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
638 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
640 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
642 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
643 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
645 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
647 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
649 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
650 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
651 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
652 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
653 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
654 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
655 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
656 packages in section on Procedure
657 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
659 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
660 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
661 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
663 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
664 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
665 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
666 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
667 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
668 on various shlib files
669 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
670 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
671 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
673 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
675 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
677 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
678 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
679 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
681 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
682 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
683 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
684 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
685 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
687 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
689 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
691 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
693 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
695 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
696 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
697 compatibility go in contrib.
699 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
700 instructions in policy manual.
701 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
704 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
706 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
708 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
709 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
710 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
711 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
713 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
714 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
717 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
719 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
721 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
722 * More detail about changelog format names.
724 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
725 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
729 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
731 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
733 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
735 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
737 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
739 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
741 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
743 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
744 * More verbosity about netiquette.
745 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
747 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
749 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
751 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
753 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
755 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
759 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
762 mode: debian-changelog