1 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
3 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
4 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
6 * Document the Enhances relationship
7 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
8 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
9 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
10 policy. closes: Bug#53496
11 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
12 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
14 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
16 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
17 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
18 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
19 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
21 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
22 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
23 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
24 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
25 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
27 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
29 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
32 * Incorporate the packaging manual. The minimal change in version number
33 i because I suspect that this version is going to be buggy.
34 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
35 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
36 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
37 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
38 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
39 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
40 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
41 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
42 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
44 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
46 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
48 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
50 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
51 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
52 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
53 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
54 policy. closes: Bug#64437
55 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
56 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
57 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
58 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
59 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
60 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
61 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
62 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
63 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
64 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
65 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
66 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
67 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
68 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
69 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
70 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
71 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
73 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
74 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
76 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
78 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
81 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
82 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
83 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
84 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
85 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
86 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
87 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
88 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
89 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
90 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
91 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
92 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
93 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
94 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
95 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
96 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
97 alternative closes: Bug#53755
98 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
99 list closes: Bug#53756
100 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
101 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
102 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
103 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
104 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
105 policy closes: Bug#53760
106 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
107 policy closes: Bug#53761
108 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
109 that use X closes: Bug#53762
110 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
111 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
112 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
113 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
114 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
115 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
116 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
117 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
118 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
120 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
121 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
122 to install with older fileutils.
123 * Installed FHS version 2.1
124 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
125 * Added FHS details to copyright file
126 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
128 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
129 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
131 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
133 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
136 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
138 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
140 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
142 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
143 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
145 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
148 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
150 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
151 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
153 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
155 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
157 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
160 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
162 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
164 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
166 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
167 #45561, #42447, #48570)
168 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
169 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
170 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
171 directoried (closes: #41547)
172 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
173 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
174 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
175 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
176 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
177 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
178 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
179 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
180 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
181 package criteria (closes: #45318)
182 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
184 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
185 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
186 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
187 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
188 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
189 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
190 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
192 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
193 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
194 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
195 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
197 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
199 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
201 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
202 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
204 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
206 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
208 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
209 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
211 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
213 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
215 * A few typos and omissions corrected
216 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
218 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
219 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
220 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
221 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
222 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
223 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
224 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
225 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
226 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
227 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
228 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
229 this closes: Bug#38612
230 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
231 before. closes: Bug#40864
233 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
235 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
237 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
239 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
241 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
242 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
243 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
245 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
246 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
247 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
248 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
249 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
250 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
252 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
253 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
254 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
256 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
258 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
259 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
260 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
261 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
262 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
264 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
266 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
268 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
269 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
270 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
271 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
272 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
273 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
274 there). closes: Bug#34233
275 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
276 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
277 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
278 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
279 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
281 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
283 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
285 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
286 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
287 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
288 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
291 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
292 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
293 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
294 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
295 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
298 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
299 number. closes: BUG#25911
301 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
302 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
303 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
304 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
305 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
306 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
308 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
309 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
310 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
313 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
314 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
315 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
317 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
318 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
319 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
320 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
322 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
323 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
324 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
326 * Make the package optional, not extra.
328 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
329 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
330 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
331 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
332 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
333 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
334 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
335 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
338 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
340 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
341 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
344 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
346 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
348 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
350 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
352 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
354 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
355 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
356 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
357 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
358 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
359 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
360 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
361 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
363 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
364 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
366 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
368 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
370 * non-maintainer release
371 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
372 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
374 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
375 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
377 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
379 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
381 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
385 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
387 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
389 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
391 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
392 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
393 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
395 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
396 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
398 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
399 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
400 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
401 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
403 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
404 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
405 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
406 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
407 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
408 and restart options and to comply with the console message
409 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
411 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
412 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
413 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
416 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
417 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
418 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
420 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
421 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
422 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
424 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
425 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
427 * New version numbering scheme:
429 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
430 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
431 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
434 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
435 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
436 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
437 differ between the manuals.
439 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
440 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
441 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
442 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
446 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
447 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
449 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
451 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
453 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
455 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
457 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
458 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
459 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
461 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
462 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
465 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
466 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
467 file extension as the referenced file
469 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
470 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
472 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
473 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
474 start, stop, restart, force-reload
475 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
478 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
479 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
480 be installed into /etc/cron.d
482 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
483 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
484 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
485 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
488 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
489 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
492 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
493 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
494 reasonable default configuration
496 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
497 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
498 by all news servers and clients
500 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
501 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
502 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
503 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
504 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
506 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
507 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
510 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
512 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
513 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
515 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
518 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
519 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
521 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
522 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
524 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
526 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
528 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
530 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
531 - X library package is now called xlib6g
532 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
533 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
535 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
537 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
538 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
539 * Don't use debstd anymore
541 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
543 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
545 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
546 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
547 contrib/non-free policy
548 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
549 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
550 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
551 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
552 - new section about `Daemons'
553 - updated section about `Configuration files'
554 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
555 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
556 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
557 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
558 * Paper about libc6 migration:
559 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
560 * SGML source code included in package
561 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
563 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
565 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
567 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
568 - completely reworked structure
569 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
570 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
571 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
572 - removed all those ugly footnotes
573 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
574 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
575 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
576 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
577 - mention "orphaned packages"
578 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
579 distributions' policy
580 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
581 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
582 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
583 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
584 - added section about arch spec strings
585 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
586 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
587 - added section about "menus"
588 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
589 the new documentation policy soon
590 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
591 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
593 - added section about editors and pagers
594 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
595 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
596 - added section about device files
597 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
598 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
599 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
601 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
602 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
603 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
604 - Added new section about obsolete names
605 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
606 * Fixed package's description
608 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
610 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
612 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
614 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
616 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
618 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
619 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
620 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
621 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
623 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
625 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
627 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
628 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
629 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
631 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
632 and upload it "byhand" too.
634 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
636 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
639 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
640 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
641 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
642 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
643 functionality must not have the same name.
644 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
645 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
646 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
647 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
648 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
649 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
650 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
652 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
653 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
654 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
655 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
656 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
657 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
658 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
659 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
662 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
664 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
666 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
668 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
669 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
670 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
671 a package into. (Guy Maor)
672 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
675 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
677 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
679 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
681 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
682 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
683 description of deb file format.
684 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
685 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
687 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
689 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
690 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
692 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
694 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
696 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
697 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
698 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
699 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
700 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
701 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
702 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
703 packages in section on Procedure
704 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
706 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
707 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
708 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
710 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
711 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
712 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
713 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
714 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
715 on various shlib files
716 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
717 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
718 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
720 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
722 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
724 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
725 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
726 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
728 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
729 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
730 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
731 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
732 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
734 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
736 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
738 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
740 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
742 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
743 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
744 compatibility go in contrib.
746 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
747 instructions in policy manual.
748 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
751 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
753 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
755 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
756 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
757 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
758 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
760 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
761 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
764 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
766 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
768 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
769 * More detail about changelog format names.
771 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
772 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
776 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
778 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
780 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
782 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
784 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
786 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
788 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
790 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
791 * More verbosity about netiquette.
792 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
794 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
796 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
798 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
800 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
802 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
806 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
809 mode: debian-changelog