1 debian-policy (3.9.0.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
5 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
6 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
8 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:34:54 -0700
10 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
16 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
19 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
20 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
21 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
22 and distribution license' (three times).
23 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
24 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
29 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
31 Proposed by Santiago Vila
32 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
39 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
44 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
45 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
46 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
49 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
51 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
52 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
56 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
57 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
60 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
62 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
63 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
66 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
68 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
69 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
72 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
74 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
75 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
76 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
79 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
80 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
85 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
86 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
90 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
91 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
95 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
96 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
101 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
102 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
103 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
106 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
107 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
112 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
113 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
117 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
118 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
119 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
120 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
121 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
122 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
123 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
124 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
125 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
126 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
127 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
128 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
129 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
130 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
131 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
132 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
133 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
134 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
135 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
136 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
137 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
138 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
139 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
140 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
141 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
142 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
143 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
144 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
145 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
146 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
147 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
148 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
150 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
152 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
154 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
157 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
158 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
160 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
161 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
165 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
168 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
169 Wording: Steve Langasek.
170 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
171 Seconded: Julien Cristau
172 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
175 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
176 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
177 Seconded: Russ Allbery
178 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
181 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
182 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
183 Seconded: Russ Allbery
185 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
186 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
187 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
188 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
189 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
190 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
191 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
192 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
195 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
196 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
197 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
198 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
199 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
200 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
201 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
203 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
204 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
205 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
206 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
207 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
208 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
209 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
212 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
213 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
214 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
215 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
216 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
218 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
221 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
222 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
225 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
226 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
229 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
231 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
233 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
234 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
238 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
239 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
243 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
244 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
248 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
249 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
252 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
253 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
255 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
256 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
261 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
262 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
266 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
267 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
271 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
272 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
276 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
277 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
281 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
282 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
286 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
287 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
288 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
289 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
290 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
291 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
292 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
293 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
294 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
295 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
296 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
297 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
298 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
299 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
300 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
302 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
303 Source field descriptions.
304 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
305 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
306 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
307 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
308 description says otherwise.
310 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
312 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
315 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
316 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
319 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
320 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
322 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
323 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
327 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
328 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
332 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
333 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
337 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
338 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
339 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
340 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
344 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
345 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
346 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
347 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
348 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
350 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
351 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
355 * Add myself to Uploaders.
358 * Add myself to Uploaders.
359 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
361 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
362 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
363 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
365 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
367 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
369 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
370 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
374 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
375 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
377 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
379 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
380 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
384 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
385 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
387 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
389 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
390 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
394 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
395 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
399 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
400 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
402 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
404 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
405 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
407 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
409 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
410 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
411 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
412 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
414 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
415 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
417 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
419 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
420 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
422 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
423 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
425 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
426 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
427 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
428 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
429 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
430 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
431 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
432 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
433 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
434 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
435 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
436 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
437 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
438 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
439 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
440 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
441 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
442 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
443 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
444 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
445 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
446 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
447 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
448 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
449 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
450 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
451 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
452 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
453 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
454 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
456 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
457 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
458 links was completed long ago.
459 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
461 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
463 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
465 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
466 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
468 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
470 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
472 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
473 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
474 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
475 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
476 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
477 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
478 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
479 Millan (Closes: #209008).
480 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
481 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
483 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
485 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
487 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
488 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
489 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
490 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
491 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
492 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
493 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
495 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
496 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
497 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
498 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
500 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
501 Küster (Closes: #403391).
502 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
503 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
504 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
505 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
506 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
507 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
510 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
511 Closes: #186700, #458910
512 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
513 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
516 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
517 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
518 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
519 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
520 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
521 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
522 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
523 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
525 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
526 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
528 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
529 * Add an md5sums control file.
530 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
531 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
532 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
533 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
534 currently part of policy.
535 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
536 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
537 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
540 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
542 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
544 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
545 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
546 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
547 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
548 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
549 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
550 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
551 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
552 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
553 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
554 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
555 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
556 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
557 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
558 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
559 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
561 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
563 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
564 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
565 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
567 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
568 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
569 list?" (Closes: #412634).
570 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
571 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
572 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
573 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
574 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
575 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
576 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
577 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
578 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
579 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
580 debconf specification.
581 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
582 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
584 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
586 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
588 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
589 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
590 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
591 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
592 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
594 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
596 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
597 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
598 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
599 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
600 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
602 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
603 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
604 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
605 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
606 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
607 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
608 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
609 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
610 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
611 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
612 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
613 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
614 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
615 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
616 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
617 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
619 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
621 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
622 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
623 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
624 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
625 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
626 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
627 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
628 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
630 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
632 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
634 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
635 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
636 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
637 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
638 Polo (Closes: #372497).
639 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
640 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
642 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
643 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
644 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
645 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
646 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
647 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
648 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
649 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
650 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
651 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
653 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
654 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
655 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
656 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
657 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
658 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
660 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
662 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
664 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
665 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
666 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
667 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
669 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
670 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
672 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
674 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
676 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
677 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
678 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
679 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
680 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
681 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
682 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
683 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
684 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
685 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
687 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
688 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
689 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
690 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
691 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
692 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
693 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
694 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
695 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
696 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
697 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
700 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
702 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
704 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
705 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
706 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
707 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
708 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
709 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
710 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
711 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
712 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
713 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
714 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
715 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
716 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
717 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
718 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
719 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
720 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
721 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
722 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
723 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
724 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
725 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
726 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
727 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
728 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
729 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
730 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
731 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
733 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
734 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
735 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
736 Hess (Closes: #362247).
737 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
738 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
739 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
740 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
741 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
742 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
743 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
744 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
745 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
746 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
747 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
748 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
750 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
751 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
753 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
754 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
755 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
756 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
757 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
758 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
759 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
760 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
761 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
762 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
763 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
765 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
767 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
770 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
771 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
772 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
773 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
774 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
775 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
776 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
777 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
778 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
779 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
780 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
781 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
782 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
784 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
785 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
786 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
787 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
788 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
789 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
790 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
791 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
792 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
793 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
794 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
795 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
796 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
797 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
798 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
799 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
800 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
801 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
802 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
805 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
807 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
809 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
810 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
811 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
812 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
814 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
815 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
816 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
817 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
819 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
821 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
824 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
825 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
826 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
827 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
828 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
829 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
830 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
831 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
832 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
833 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
835 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
836 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
837 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
839 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
840 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
841 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
842 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
843 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
844 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
845 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
847 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
848 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
849 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
850 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
852 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
853 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
854 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
855 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
856 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
857 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
858 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
859 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
861 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
862 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
863 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
864 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
865 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
866 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
867 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
868 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
869 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
870 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
871 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
872 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
873 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
874 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
875 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
876 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
877 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
879 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
881 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
884 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
885 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
886 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
887 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
888 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
889 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
890 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
891 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
892 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
894 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
895 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
896 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
897 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
898 this section. closes: Bug#248618
899 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
900 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
901 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
902 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
903 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
904 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
905 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
906 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
907 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
908 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
909 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
910 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
912 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
913 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
914 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
917 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
918 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
919 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
921 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
922 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
923 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
924 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
925 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
926 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
928 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
929 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
931 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
932 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
933 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
934 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
935 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
936 Closes: #185943, #237049
938 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
940 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
943 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
946 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
947 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
948 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
949 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
950 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
951 running. closes: Bug#187250
952 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
953 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
954 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
955 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
956 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
957 user closes: Bug#176506
959 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
961 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
964 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
965 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
966 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
967 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
968 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
969 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
970 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
971 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
972 deb-building toolchain.
973 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
974 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
975 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
976 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
977 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
978 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
979 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
980 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
981 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
982 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
983 sections about changelog files.
985 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
986 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
987 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
988 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
989 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
990 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
992 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
993 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
994 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
995 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
996 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
997 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
998 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
999 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1000 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1001 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1002 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1003 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1004 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1005 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1006 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1007 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1008 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1009 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1010 for the restructuring
1012 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1014 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1019 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1020 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1021 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1022 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1023 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1024 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1026 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1027 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1028 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1029 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1030 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1031 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1032 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1034 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1035 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1036 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1037 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1039 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1041 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1045 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1046 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1047 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1048 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1049 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1051 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1052 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1053 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1054 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1056 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1057 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1058 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1059 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1060 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1061 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1062 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1063 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1064 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1065 offtopic stuff, too.
1066 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1067 script should start it, closes: #60979
1068 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1069 "should", closes: #170019
1070 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1071 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1072 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1073 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1074 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1075 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1076 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1077 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1080 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1082 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1086 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1087 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1088 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1089 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1090 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1091 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1092 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1093 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1095 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1096 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1097 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1098 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1099 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1100 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1101 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1102 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1103 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1105 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1106 file, closes: Bug#65764
1108 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1110 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1113 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1114 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1115 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1116 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1117 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1118 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1119 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1120 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1121 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1122 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1123 details. closes: Bug#133030
1124 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1125 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1126 parts of Bug#161455.
1128 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1130 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1133 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1134 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1135 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1136 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1137 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1138 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1139 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1140 not. closes: Bug#139820
1141 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1142 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1143 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1144 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1145 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1146 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1147 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1148 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1149 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1150 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1152 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1154 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1155 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1156 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1157 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1158 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1159 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1160 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1161 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1162 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1163 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1164 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1165 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1166 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1167 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1168 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1169 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1170 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1171 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1172 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1173 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1175 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1176 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1177 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1178 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1179 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1180 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1181 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1183 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1184 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1185 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1186 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1187 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1188 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1189 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1190 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1191 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1193 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1195 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1198 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1199 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1200 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1201 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1202 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1203 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1204 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1205 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1206 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1207 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1208 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1209 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1210 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1211 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1212 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1213 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1214 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1215 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1216 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1217 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1218 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1219 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1221 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1223 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1226 medium, high, emergency.
1227 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1228 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1229 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1230 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1231 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1234 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1235 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1236 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1238 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1239 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1240 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1241 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1242 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1243 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1244 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1247 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1249 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1251 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1252 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1253 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1254 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1256 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1257 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1258 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1259 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1260 debian/rules to do this
1261 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1262 patches are incorporated upstream
1263 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1264 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1265 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1266 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1267 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1268 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1270 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1271 system closes: Bug#91249
1272 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1273 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1274 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1275 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1276 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1277 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1278 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1279 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1280 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1281 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1282 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1283 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1284 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1286 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1288 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1290 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1291 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1292 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1293 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1295 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1296 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1297 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1299 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1302 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1304 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1306 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1307 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1308 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1309 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1310 package for the time being
1311 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1312 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1313 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1314 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1315 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1316 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1317 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1318 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1319 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1320 Build-Depends arch syntax
1321 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1323 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1324 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1326 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1327 from policy maintenance duties.
1328 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1329 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1331 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1333 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1337 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1339 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1342 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1343 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1344 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1345 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1346 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1347 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1348 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1349 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1350 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1351 minor version number for this
1352 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1353 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1354 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1355 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1356 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1357 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1358 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1359 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1360 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1362 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1364 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1366 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1367 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1368 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1369 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1370 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1372 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1374 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1375 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1376 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1377 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1378 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1379 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1380 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1381 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1382 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1383 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1384 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1385 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1386 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1387 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1388 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1389 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1394 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1396 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1397 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1399 * Document the Enhances relationship
1400 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1401 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1402 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1403 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1404 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1405 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1407 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1409 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1410 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1411 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1412 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1414 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1415 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1416 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1417 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1418 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1420 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1422 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1424 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1425 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1426 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1428 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1429 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1430 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1431 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1432 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1433 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1434 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1435 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1436 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1438 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1440 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1442 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1444 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1445 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1446 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1447 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1448 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1449 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1450 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1451 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1452 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1453 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1454 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1455 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1456 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1457 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1458 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1459 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1460 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1461 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1462 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1463 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1464 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1465 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1467 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1468 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1470 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1472 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1474 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1475 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1476 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1477 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1478 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1479 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1480 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1481 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1482 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1483 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1484 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1485 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1486 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1487 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1488 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1489 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1490 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1491 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1492 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1493 list closes: Bug#53756
1494 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1495 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1496 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1497 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1498 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1499 policy closes: Bug#53760
1500 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1501 policy closes: Bug#53761
1502 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1503 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1504 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1505 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1506 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1507 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1508 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1509 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1510 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1511 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1512 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1514 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1515 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1516 to install with older fileutils.
1517 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1518 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1519 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1520 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1522 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1523 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1525 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1527 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1529 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1530 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1532 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1534 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1536 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1537 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1539 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1542 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1544 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1545 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1547 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1549 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1551 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1553 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1554 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1556 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1558 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1560 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1561 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1562 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1563 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1564 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1565 directoried (closes: #41547)
1566 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1567 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1568 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1569 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1570 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1571 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1572 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1573 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1574 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1575 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1576 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1578 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1579 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1580 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1581 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1582 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1583 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1584 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1586 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1587 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1588 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1589 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1591 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1593 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1595 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1596 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1598 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1600 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1602 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1603 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1605 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1607 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1609 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1610 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1612 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1613 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1614 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1615 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1616 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1617 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1618 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1619 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1620 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1621 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1622 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1623 this closes: Bug#38612
1624 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1625 before. closes: Bug#40864
1627 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1629 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1631 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1632 officially uploaded.
1633 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1635 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1636 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1637 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1639 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1640 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1641 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1642 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1643 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1644 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1646 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1647 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1648 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1650 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1652 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1653 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1654 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1655 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1656 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1658 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1660 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1662 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1663 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1664 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1665 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1666 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1667 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1668 there). closes: Bug#34233
1669 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1670 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1671 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1672 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1673 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1675 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1677 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1679 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1680 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1681 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1682 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1685 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1686 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1687 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1688 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1689 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1692 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1693 number. closes: BUG#25911
1695 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1696 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1697 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1698 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1699 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1700 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1702 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1703 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1704 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1707 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1708 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1709 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1711 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1712 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1713 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1714 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1716 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1717 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1718 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1720 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1722 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1723 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1724 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1725 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1726 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1727 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1728 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1729 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1732 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1734 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1735 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1738 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1740 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1742 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1744 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1746 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1748 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1749 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1750 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1751 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1752 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1753 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1754 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1755 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1757 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1758 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1760 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1762 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1764 * non-maintainer release
1765 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1766 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1768 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1769 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1770 * no content changes
1771 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1773 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1775 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1779 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1781 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1783 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1785 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1786 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1787 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1789 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1790 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1792 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1793 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1794 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1795 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1797 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1798 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1799 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1800 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1801 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1802 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1803 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1805 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1806 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1807 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1810 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1811 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1812 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1814 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1815 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1816 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1818 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1819 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1821 * New version numbering scheme:
1823 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1824 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1825 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1828 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1829 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1830 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1831 differ between the manuals.
1833 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1834 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1835 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1836 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1838 * Packaging changes:
1840 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1841 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1843 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1845 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1847 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1849 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1851 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1852 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1853 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1855 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1856 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1859 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1860 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1861 file extension as the referenced file
1863 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1864 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1866 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1867 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1868 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1869 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1872 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1873 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1874 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1876 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1877 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1878 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1879 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1882 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1883 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1886 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1887 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1888 reasonable default configuration
1890 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1891 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1892 by all news servers and clients
1894 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1895 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1896 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1897 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1898 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1900 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1901 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1904 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1906 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1907 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1909 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1912 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1913 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1915 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1916 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1918 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1920 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1922 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1924 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1925 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1926 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1927 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1929 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1931 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1932 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1933 * Don't use debstd anymore
1935 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1937 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1939 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1940 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1941 contrib/non-free policy
1942 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1943 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1944 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1945 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1946 - new section about `Daemons'
1947 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1948 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1949 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1950 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1951 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1952 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1953 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1954 * SGML source code included in package
1955 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1957 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1959 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1961 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1962 - completely reworked structure
1963 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1964 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1965 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1966 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1967 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1968 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1969 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1970 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1971 - mention "orphaned packages"
1972 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1973 distributions' policy
1974 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1975 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1976 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1977 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1978 - added section about arch spec strings
1979 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1980 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1981 - added section about "menus"
1982 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1983 the new documentation policy soon
1984 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1985 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1987 - added section about editors and pagers
1988 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1989 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1990 - added section about device files
1991 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1992 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1993 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1995 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1996 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1997 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1998 - Added new section about obsolete names
1999 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2000 * Fixed package's description
2002 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2004 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2006 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2008 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2010 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2012 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2013 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2014 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2015 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2017 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2019 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2021 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2022 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2023 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2025 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2026 and upload it "byhand" too.
2028 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2030 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2033 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2034 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2035 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2036 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2037 functionality must not have the same name.
2038 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2039 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2040 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2041 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2042 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2043 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2044 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2046 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2047 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2048 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2049 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2050 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2051 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2052 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2053 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2056 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2058 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2060 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2062 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2063 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2064 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2065 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2066 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2069 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2071 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2073 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2075 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2076 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2077 description of deb file format.
2078 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2079 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2081 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2083 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2084 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2086 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2088 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2090 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2091 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2092 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2093 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2094 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2095 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2096 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2097 packages in section on Procedure
2098 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2099 a package maintainer
2100 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2101 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2102 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2104 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2105 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2106 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2107 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2108 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2109 on various shlib files
2110 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2111 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2112 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2114 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2116 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2118 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2119 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2120 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2122 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2123 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2124 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2125 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2126 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2128 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2130 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2132 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2134 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2136 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2137 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2138 compatibility go in contrib.
2140 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2141 instructions in policy manual.
2142 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2145 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2147 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2149 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2150 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2151 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2152 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2154 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2155 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2158 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2160 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2162 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2163 * More detail about changelog format names.
2165 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2166 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2170 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2172 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2174 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2176 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2178 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2180 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2182 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2184 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2185 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2186 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2188 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2190 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2192 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2194 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2196 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2200 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100