1 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
5 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
6 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
7 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
8 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
9 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
10 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
11 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
12 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
13 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
14 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
20 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
25 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
26 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
27 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
30 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
32 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
33 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
41 Closes: #620870, #532120
42 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
43 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
48 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
49 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
54 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
55 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
56 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
57 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
58 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
60 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
61 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
62 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
63 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
64 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
65 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
66 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
67 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
68 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
69 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
70 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
71 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
72 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
73 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
74 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
75 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
77 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
79 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
80 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
81 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
82 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
83 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
84 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
85 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
86 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
87 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
88 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
91 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
93 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
94 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
95 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
96 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
101 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
102 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
104 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
105 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
106 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
107 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
110 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
112 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
116 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
117 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
118 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
121 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
122 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
123 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
125 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
126 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
132 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
133 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
134 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
137 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
138 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
143 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
144 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
145 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
146 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
149 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
150 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
151 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
154 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
155 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
160 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:27:54 +0100
162 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
164 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
165 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
168 Closes: #459868, #581011
169 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
170 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
172 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
174 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
175 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
177 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
179 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
180 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
182 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
184 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
185 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
189 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
190 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
193 Closes: #501930, #593909
194 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
195 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
199 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
200 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
201 machine. (Closes: #591857)
202 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
203 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
204 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
205 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
206 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
207 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
208 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
209 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
210 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
211 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
213 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
214 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
215 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
216 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
217 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
218 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
219 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
220 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
221 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
222 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
223 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
224 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
225 than the version in oldstable.
226 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
227 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
228 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
229 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
230 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
231 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
232 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
233 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
234 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
235 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
236 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
237 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
238 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
239 package. (Closes: #609160)
241 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
243 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
245 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
246 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
247 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
248 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
251 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
252 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
256 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
257 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
261 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
262 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
266 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
267 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
271 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
272 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
276 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
277 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
281 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
282 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
284 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
286 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
287 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
289 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
291 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
292 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
297 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
298 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
303 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
304 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
305 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
308 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
309 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
310 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
313 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
314 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
318 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
319 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
323 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
324 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
328 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
329 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
331 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
333 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
335 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
336 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
337 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
338 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
339 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
340 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
341 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
342 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
343 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
345 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
346 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
347 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
348 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
349 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
350 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
352 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
354 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
360 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
363 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
364 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
365 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
366 and distribution license' (three times).
367 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
368 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
373 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
375 Proposed by Santiago Vila
376 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
383 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
384 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
388 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
389 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
390 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
393 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
395 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
396 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
398 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
400 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
401 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
403 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
404 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
406 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
407 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
410 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
412 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
413 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
416 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
418 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
419 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
420 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
423 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
424 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
429 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
430 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
434 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
435 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
439 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
440 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
441 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
443 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
445 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
446 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
447 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
450 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
451 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
456 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
457 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
458 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
461 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
462 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
463 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
464 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
465 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
466 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
467 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
468 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
469 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
470 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
471 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
472 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
473 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
474 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
475 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
476 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
477 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
478 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
479 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
480 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
481 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
482 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
483 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
484 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
485 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
486 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
487 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
488 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
489 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
490 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
491 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
492 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
494 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
496 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
498 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
501 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
502 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
504 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
505 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
509 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
512 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
513 Wording: Steve Langasek.
514 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
515 Seconded: Julien Cristau
516 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
519 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
520 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
521 Seconded: Russ Allbery
522 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
525 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
526 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
527 Seconded: Russ Allbery
529 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
530 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
531 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
532 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
533 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
534 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
535 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
536 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
537 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
539 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
540 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
541 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
542 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
543 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
544 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
545 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
546 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
547 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
548 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
549 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
550 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
551 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
552 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
553 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
556 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
557 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
558 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
559 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
560 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
562 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
565 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
566 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
568 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
569 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
570 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
573 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
575 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
577 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
578 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
582 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
583 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
587 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
588 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
589 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
590 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
592 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
593 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
594 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
596 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
597 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
599 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
600 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
601 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
602 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
605 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
606 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
607 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
610 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
611 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
615 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
616 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
617 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
618 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
620 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
621 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
622 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
623 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
625 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
626 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
627 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
628 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
630 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
631 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
632 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
633 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
634 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
635 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
636 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
637 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
638 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
639 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
640 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
641 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
642 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
643 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
644 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
646 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
647 Source field descriptions.
648 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
649 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
650 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
651 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
652 description says otherwise.
654 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
656 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
659 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
660 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
661 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
662 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
663 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
664 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
666 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
667 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
668 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
669 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
671 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
672 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
673 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
674 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
676 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
677 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
678 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
679 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
681 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
682 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
683 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
684 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
688 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
689 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
690 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
691 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
692 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
694 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
695 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
696 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
697 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
699 * Add myself to Uploaders.
702 * Add myself to Uploaders.
703 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
705 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
706 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
707 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
709 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
711 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
713 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
714 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
715 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
716 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
718 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
719 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
720 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
721 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
723 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
724 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
725 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
726 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
728 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
729 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
730 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
731 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
733 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
734 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
735 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
736 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
738 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
739 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
740 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
741 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
743 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
744 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
745 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
746 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
748 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
749 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
750 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
751 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
753 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
754 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
755 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
756 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
758 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
759 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
760 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
761 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
763 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
764 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
765 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
766 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
767 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
769 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
770 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
771 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
772 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
773 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
774 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
775 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
776 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
777 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
778 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
779 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
780 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
781 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
782 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
783 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
784 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
785 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
786 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
787 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
788 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
789 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
790 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
791 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
792 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
793 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
794 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
795 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
796 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
797 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
798 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
800 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
801 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
802 links was completed long ago.
803 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
805 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
807 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
809 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
810 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
812 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
814 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
816 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
817 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
818 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
819 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
820 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
821 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
822 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
823 Millan (Closes: #209008).
824 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
825 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
827 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
829 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
831 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
832 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
833 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
834 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
835 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
836 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
837 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
839 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
840 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
841 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
842 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
844 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
845 Küster (Closes: #403391).
846 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
847 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
848 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
849 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
850 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
851 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
852 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
853 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
854 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
855 Closes: #186700, #458910
856 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
857 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
858 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
860 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
861 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
862 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
863 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
864 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
865 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
866 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
867 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
869 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
870 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
872 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
873 * Add an md5sums control file.
874 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
875 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
876 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
877 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
878 currently part of policy.
879 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
880 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
881 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
884 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
886 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
888 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
889 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
890 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
891 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
892 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
893 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
894 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
895 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
896 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
897 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
898 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
899 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
900 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
901 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
902 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
903 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
905 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
907 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
908 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
909 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
911 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
912 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
913 list?" (Closes: #412634).
914 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
915 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
916 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
917 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
918 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
919 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
920 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
921 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
922 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
923 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
924 debconf specification.
925 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
926 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
928 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
930 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
932 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
933 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
934 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
935 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
936 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
938 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
940 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
941 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
942 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
943 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
944 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
946 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
947 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
948 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
949 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
950 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
951 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
952 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
953 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
954 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
955 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
956 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
957 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
958 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
959 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
960 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
961 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
963 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
965 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
966 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
967 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
968 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
969 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
970 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
971 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
972 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
974 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
976 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
978 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
979 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
980 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
981 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
982 Polo (Closes: #372497).
983 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
984 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
986 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
987 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
988 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
989 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
990 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
991 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
992 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
993 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
994 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
995 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
997 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
998 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
999 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1000 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1001 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1002 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1004 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1006 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1009 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1010 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1011 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1013 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1014 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1016 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1018 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1021 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1022 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1023 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1024 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1025 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1026 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1027 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1028 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1029 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1031 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1032 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1033 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1034 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1035 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1036 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1037 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1038 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1039 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1040 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1041 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1044 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1046 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1049 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1050 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1051 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1052 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1053 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1054 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1055 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1056 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1057 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1058 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1059 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1060 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1061 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1062 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1063 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1064 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1065 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1066 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1067 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1068 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1069 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1070 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1071 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1072 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1073 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1074 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1075 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1077 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1078 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1079 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1080 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1081 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1082 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1083 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1084 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1085 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1086 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1087 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1088 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1089 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1090 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1091 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1092 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1094 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1095 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1097 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1098 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1099 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1100 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1101 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1102 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1103 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1104 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1105 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1106 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1107 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1109 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1111 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1115 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1116 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1117 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1119 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1120 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1121 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1123 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1124 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1125 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1126 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1129 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1130 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1131 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1132 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1134 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1136 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1138 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1140 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1142 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1143 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1144 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1145 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1146 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1149 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1151 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1154 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1155 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1156 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1158 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1159 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1160 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1161 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1163 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1165 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1169 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1170 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1171 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1172 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1173 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1174 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1175 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1176 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1177 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1179 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1180 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1181 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1183 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1184 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1185 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1187 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1188 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1189 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1191 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1192 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1193 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1194 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1197 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1198 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1199 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1200 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1201 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1202 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1203 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1206 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1207 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1208 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1210 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1211 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1212 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1214 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1215 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1216 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1217 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1218 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1219 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1220 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1221 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1223 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1225 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1228 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1229 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1230 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1231 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1232 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1233 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1234 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1235 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1236 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1238 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1239 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1240 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1241 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1242 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1243 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1244 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1245 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1246 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1247 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1248 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1249 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1251 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1252 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1253 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1257 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1258 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1261 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1262 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1263 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1265 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1266 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1267 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1268 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1269 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1270 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1272 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1273 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1275 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1276 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1277 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1278 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1279 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1280 Closes: #185943, #237049
1282 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1284 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1287 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1290 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1291 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1292 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1293 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1294 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1295 running. closes: Bug#187250
1296 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1297 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1298 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1299 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1300 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1301 user closes: Bug#176506
1303 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1305 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1309 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1310 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1311 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1312 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1313 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1314 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1315 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1316 deb-building toolchain.
1317 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1318 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1319 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1320 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1321 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1322 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1323 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1324 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1325 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1326 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1327 sections about changelog files.
1329 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1330 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1331 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1332 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1333 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1334 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1336 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1337 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1338 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1339 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1340 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1341 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1342 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1343 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1344 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1345 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1346 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1347 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1348 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1349 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1350 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1351 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1352 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1353 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1354 for the restructuring
1356 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1358 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1363 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1364 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1365 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1366 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1367 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1368 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1370 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1371 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1372 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1373 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1374 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1375 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1376 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1378 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1379 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1380 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1381 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1383 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1385 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1388 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1389 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1390 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1391 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1392 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1393 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1395 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1396 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1397 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1398 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1400 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1401 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1402 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1403 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1404 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1405 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1406 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1407 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1408 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1409 offtopic stuff, too.
1410 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1411 script should start it, closes: #60979
1412 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1413 "should", closes: #170019
1414 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1415 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1416 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1417 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1418 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1419 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1420 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1421 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1424 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1426 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1429 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1430 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1431 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1432 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1433 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1434 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1435 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1436 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1437 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1439 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1440 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1441 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1442 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1443 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1444 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1445 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1446 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1447 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1449 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1450 file, closes: Bug#65764
1452 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1454 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1456 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1457 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1458 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1459 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1460 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1461 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1462 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1463 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1464 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1465 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1466 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1467 details. closes: Bug#133030
1468 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1469 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1470 parts of Bug#161455.
1472 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1474 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1476 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1477 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1478 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1479 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1480 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1481 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1482 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1483 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1484 not. closes: Bug#139820
1485 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1486 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1487 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1488 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1489 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1490 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1491 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1492 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1493 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1494 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1496 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1498 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1499 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1500 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1501 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1502 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1503 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1504 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1505 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1506 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1507 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1508 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1509 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1510 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1511 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1512 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1513 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1514 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1515 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1516 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1517 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1519 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1520 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1521 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1522 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1523 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1524 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1525 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1527 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1528 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1529 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1530 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1531 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1532 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1533 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1534 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1535 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1537 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1539 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1541 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1542 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1543 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1544 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1545 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1546 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1547 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1548 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1549 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1550 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1551 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1552 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1553 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1554 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1555 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1556 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1557 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1558 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1559 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1560 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1561 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1562 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1563 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1565 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1567 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1569 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1570 medium, high, emergency.
1571 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1572 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1573 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1574 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1575 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1578 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1579 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1580 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1582 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1583 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1584 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1585 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1586 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1587 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1588 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1591 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1593 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1595 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1596 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1597 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1598 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1600 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1601 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1602 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1603 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1604 debian/rules to do this
1605 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1606 patches are incorporated upstream
1607 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1608 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1609 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1610 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1611 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1612 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1614 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1615 system closes: Bug#91249
1616 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1617 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1618 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1619 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1620 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1621 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1622 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1623 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1624 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1625 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1626 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1627 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1628 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1630 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1632 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1634 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1635 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1636 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1637 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1639 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1640 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1641 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1643 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1646 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1648 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1650 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1651 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1652 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1653 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1654 package for the time being
1655 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1656 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1657 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1658 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1659 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1660 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1661 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1662 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1663 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1664 Build-Depends arch syntax
1665 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1667 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1668 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1670 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1671 from policy maintenance duties.
1672 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1673 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1675 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1677 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1679 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1681 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1683 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1685 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1686 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1687 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1688 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1689 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1690 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1691 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1692 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1693 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1694 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1695 minor version number for this
1696 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1697 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1698 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1699 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1700 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1701 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1702 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1703 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1704 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1706 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1708 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1710 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1711 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1712 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1713 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1714 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1716 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1718 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1719 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1720 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1721 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1722 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1723 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1724 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1725 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1726 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1727 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1728 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1729 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1730 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1731 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1732 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1733 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1736 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1738 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1740 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1741 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1743 * Document the Enhances relationship
1744 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1745 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1746 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1747 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1748 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1749 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1751 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1753 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1754 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1755 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1756 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1758 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1759 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1760 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1761 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1762 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1764 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1766 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1768 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1769 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1770 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1772 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1773 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1774 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1775 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1776 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1777 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1778 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1779 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1780 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1782 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1784 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1786 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1788 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1789 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1790 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1791 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1792 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1793 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1794 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1795 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1796 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1797 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1798 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1799 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1800 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1801 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1802 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1803 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1804 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1805 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1806 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1807 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1808 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1809 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1811 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1812 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1814 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1816 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1818 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1819 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1820 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1821 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1822 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1823 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1824 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1825 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1826 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1827 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1828 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1829 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1830 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1831 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1832 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1833 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1834 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1835 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1836 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1837 list closes: Bug#53756
1838 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1839 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1840 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1841 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1842 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1843 policy closes: Bug#53760
1844 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1845 policy closes: Bug#53761
1846 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1847 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1848 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1849 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1850 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1851 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1852 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1853 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1854 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1855 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1856 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1858 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1859 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1860 to install with older fileutils.
1861 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1862 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1863 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1864 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1866 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1867 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1869 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1871 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1873 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1874 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1876 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1878 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1880 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1881 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1883 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1886 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1888 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1889 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1891 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1893 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1895 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1897 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1898 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1900 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1902 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1904 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1905 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1906 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1907 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1908 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1909 directoried (closes: #41547)
1910 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1911 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1912 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1913 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1914 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1915 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1916 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1917 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1918 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1919 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1920 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1922 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1923 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1924 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1925 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1926 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1927 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1928 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1930 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1931 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1932 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1933 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1935 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1937 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1939 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1940 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1942 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1944 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1946 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1947 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1949 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1951 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1953 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1954 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1956 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1957 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1958 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1959 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1960 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1961 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1962 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1963 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1964 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1965 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1966 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1967 this closes: Bug#38612
1968 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1969 before. closes: Bug#40864
1971 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1973 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1975 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1976 officially uploaded.
1977 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1979 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1980 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1981 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1983 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1984 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1985 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1986 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1987 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1988 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1990 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1991 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1992 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1994 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1996 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1997 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1998 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1999 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2000 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2002 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2004 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2006 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2007 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2008 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2009 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2010 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2011 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2012 there). closes: Bug#34233
2013 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2014 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2015 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2016 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2017 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2019 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2021 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2023 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2024 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2025 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2026 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2029 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2030 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2031 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2032 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2033 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2036 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2037 number. closes: BUG#25911
2039 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2040 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2041 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2042 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2043 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2044 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2046 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2047 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2048 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2051 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2052 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2053 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2055 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2056 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2057 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2058 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2060 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2061 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2062 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2064 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2066 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2067 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2068 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2069 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2070 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2071 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2072 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2073 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2076 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2078 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2079 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2082 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2084 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2086 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2088 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2090 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2092 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2093 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2094 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2095 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2096 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2097 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2098 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2099 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2101 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2102 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2104 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2106 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2108 * non-maintainer release
2109 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2110 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2112 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2113 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2114 * no content changes
2115 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2117 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2119 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2123 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2125 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2127 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2129 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2130 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2131 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2133 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2134 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2136 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2137 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2138 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2139 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2141 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2142 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2143 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2144 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2145 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2146 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2147 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2149 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2150 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2151 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2154 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2155 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2156 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2158 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2159 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2160 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2162 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2163 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2165 * New version numbering scheme:
2167 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2168 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2169 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2172 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2173 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2174 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2175 differ between the manuals.
2177 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2178 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2179 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2180 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2182 * Packaging changes:
2184 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2185 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2187 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2189 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2191 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2193 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2195 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2196 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2197 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2199 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2200 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2203 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2204 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2205 file extension as the referenced file
2207 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2208 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2210 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2211 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2212 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2213 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2216 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2217 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2218 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2220 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2221 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2222 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2223 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2226 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2227 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2230 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2231 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2232 reasonable default configuration
2234 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2235 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2236 by all news servers and clients
2238 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2239 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2240 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2241 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2242 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2244 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2245 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2248 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2250 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2251 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2253 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2256 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2257 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2259 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2260 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2262 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2264 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2266 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2268 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2269 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2270 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2271 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2273 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2275 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2276 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2277 * Don't use debstd anymore
2279 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2281 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2283 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2284 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2285 contrib/non-free policy
2286 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2287 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2288 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2289 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2290 - new section about `Daemons'
2291 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2292 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2293 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2294 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2295 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2296 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2297 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2298 * SGML source code included in package
2299 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2301 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2303 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2305 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2306 - completely reworked structure
2307 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2308 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2309 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2310 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2311 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2312 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2313 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2314 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2315 - mention "orphaned packages"
2316 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2317 distributions' policy
2318 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2319 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2320 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2321 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2322 - added section about arch spec strings
2323 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2324 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2325 - added section about "menus"
2326 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2327 the new documentation policy soon
2328 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2329 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2331 - added section about editors and pagers
2332 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2333 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2334 - added section about device files
2335 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2336 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2337 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2339 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2340 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2341 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2342 - Added new section about obsolete names
2343 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2344 * Fixed package's description
2346 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2348 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2350 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2352 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2354 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2356 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2357 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2358 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2359 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2361 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2363 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2365 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2366 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2367 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2369 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2370 and upload it "byhand" too.
2372 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2374 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2377 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2378 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2379 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2380 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2381 functionality must not have the same name.
2382 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2383 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2384 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2385 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2386 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2387 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2388 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2390 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2391 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2392 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2393 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2394 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2395 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2396 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2397 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2400 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2402 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2404 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2406 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2407 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2408 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2409 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2410 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2413 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2415 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2417 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2419 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2420 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2421 description of deb file format.
2422 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2423 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2425 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2427 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2428 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2430 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2432 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2434 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2435 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2436 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2437 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2438 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2439 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2440 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2441 packages in section on Procedure
2442 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2443 a package maintainer
2444 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2445 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2446 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2448 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2449 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2450 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2451 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2452 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2453 on various shlib files
2454 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2455 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2456 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2458 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2460 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2462 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2463 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2464 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2466 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2467 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2468 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2469 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2470 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2472 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2474 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2476 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2478 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2480 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2481 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2482 compatibility go in contrib.
2484 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2485 instructions in policy manual.
2486 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2489 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2491 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2493 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2494 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2495 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2496 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2498 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2499 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2502 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2504 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2506 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2507 * More detail about changelog format names.
2509 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2510 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2514 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2516 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2518 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2520 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2522 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2524 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2526 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2528 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2529 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2530 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2532 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2534 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2536 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2538 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2540 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2544 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100