1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
18 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
21 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
38 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
39 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
41 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
43 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
44 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
45 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
46 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
47 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
48 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
49 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
50 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
51 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
52 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
53 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
54 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
55 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
56 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
57 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
58 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
59 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
60 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
61 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
62 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
63 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
64 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
66 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
68 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
70 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
71 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
73 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
75 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
77 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
78 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
79 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
80 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
81 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
82 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
83 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
84 Millan (Closes: #209008).
85 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
86 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
88 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
90 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
92 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
93 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
94 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
95 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
96 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
97 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
98 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
100 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
101 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
102 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
103 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
105 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
106 Küster (Closes: #403391).
107 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
108 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
109 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
110 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
111 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
112 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
116 Closes: #186700, #458910
117 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
118 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
121 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
122 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
123 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
124 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
125 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
126 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
127 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
128 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
130 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
131 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
133 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
134 * Add an md5sums control file.
135 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
136 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
137 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
138 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
139 currently part of policy.
140 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
141 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
142 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
145 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
147 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
150 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
151 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
152 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
153 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
154 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
155 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
156 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
157 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
158 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
159 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
160 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
161 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
162 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
163 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
164 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
166 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
168 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
169 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
170 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
172 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
173 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
174 list?" (Closes: #412634).
175 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
176 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
177 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
178 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
179 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
180 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
181 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
182 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
183 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
184 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
185 debconf specification.
186 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
187 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
189 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
191 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
193 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
194 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
195 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
196 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
197 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
202 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
203 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
204 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
205 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
207 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
208 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
209 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
210 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
211 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
212 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
213 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
214 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
215 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
216 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
217 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
218 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
219 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
221 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
227 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
228 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
229 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
231 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
232 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
233 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
235 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
237 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
240 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
241 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
243 Polo (Closes: #372497).
244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
245 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
247 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
248 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
249 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
250 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
251 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
252 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
253 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
254 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
255 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
256 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
258 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
259 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
260 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
261 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
262 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
263 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
265 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
267 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
270 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
271 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
272 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
274 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
275 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
277 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
279 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
281 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
282 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
283 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
284 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
285 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
286 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
287 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
288 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
289 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
290 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
292 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
293 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
295 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
296 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
297 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
299 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
301 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
302 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
305 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
307 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
309 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
310 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
312 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
313 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
314 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
315 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
316 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
317 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
318 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
319 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
320 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
321 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
322 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
323 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
324 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
325 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
326 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
327 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
328 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
329 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
330 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
331 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
332 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
333 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
334 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
335 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
336 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
338 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
339 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
340 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
341 Hess (Closes: #362247).
342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
343 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
344 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
345 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
346 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
347 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
348 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
349 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
350 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
351 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
352 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
353 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
356 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
358 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
359 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
361 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
362 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
363 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
364 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
365 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
366 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
367 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
368 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
370 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
372 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
375 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
376 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
377 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
378 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
379 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
380 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
381 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
382 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
383 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
384 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
385 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
386 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
389 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
390 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
391 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
392 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
393 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
394 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
395 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
396 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
397 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
398 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
399 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
400 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
401 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
402 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
403 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
404 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
405 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
406 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
407 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
410 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
412 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
414 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
415 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
416 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
417 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
419 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
420 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
421 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
422 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
424 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
426 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
429 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
430 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
431 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
432 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
433 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
434 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
435 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
436 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
437 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
438 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
440 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
441 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
442 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
444 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
445 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
446 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
447 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
448 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
449 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
450 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
452 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
453 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
454 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
455 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
457 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
458 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
459 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
460 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
461 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
462 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
463 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
464 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
466 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
467 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
468 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
469 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
470 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
471 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
472 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
473 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
474 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
475 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
476 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
477 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
478 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
479 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
480 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
481 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
482 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
484 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
486 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
489 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
490 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
491 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
492 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
493 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
494 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
495 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
496 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
497 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
499 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
500 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
501 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
502 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
503 this section. closes: Bug#248618
504 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
505 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
506 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
507 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
508 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
509 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
510 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
511 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
512 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
513 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
514 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
515 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
517 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
518 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
519 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
522 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
523 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
524 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
526 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
527 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
528 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
529 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
530 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
531 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
533 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
534 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
536 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
537 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
538 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
539 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
540 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
541 Closes: #185943, #237049
543 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
545 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
548 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
551 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
552 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
553 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
554 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
555 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
556 running. closes: Bug#187250
557 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
558 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
559 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
560 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
561 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
562 user closes: Bug#176506
564 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
566 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
569 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
570 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
571 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
572 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
573 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
574 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
575 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
576 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
577 deb-building toolchain.
578 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
579 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
580 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
581 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
582 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
583 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
584 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
585 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
586 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
587 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
588 sections about changelog files.
590 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
591 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
592 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
593 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
594 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
595 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
597 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
598 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
599 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
600 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
601 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
602 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
603 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
604 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
605 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
606 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
607 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
608 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
609 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
610 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
611 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
612 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
613 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
614 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
615 for the restructuring
617 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
619 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
622 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
624 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
625 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
626 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
627 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
628 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
629 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
631 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
632 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
633 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
634 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
635 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
636 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
637 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
639 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
640 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
641 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
642 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
644 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
646 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
649 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
650 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
651 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
652 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
653 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
654 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
656 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
657 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
658 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
659 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
661 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
662 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
663 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
664 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
665 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
666 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
667 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
668 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
669 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
671 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
672 script should start it, closes: #60979
673 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
674 "should", closes: #170019
675 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
676 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
677 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
678 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
679 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
680 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
681 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
682 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
685 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
687 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
691 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
692 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
693 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
694 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
695 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
696 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
697 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
698 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
700 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
701 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
702 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
703 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
704 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
705 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
706 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
707 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
708 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
710 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
711 file, closes: Bug#65764
713 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
715 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
717 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
718 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
719 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
720 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
721 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
722 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
723 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
724 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
725 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
726 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
727 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
728 details. closes: Bug#133030
729 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
730 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
733 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
735 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
737 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
738 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
739 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
740 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
741 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
742 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
743 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
744 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
745 not. closes: Bug#139820
746 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
747 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
748 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
749 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
750 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
751 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
752 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
753 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
754 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
755 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
757 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
759 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
760 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
761 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
762 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
763 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
764 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
765 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
766 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
767 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
768 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
769 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
770 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
771 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
772 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
773 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
774 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
775 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
776 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
777 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
778 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
780 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
781 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
782 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
783 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
784 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
785 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
786 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
788 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
789 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
790 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
791 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
792 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
793 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
794 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
795 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
796 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
798 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
800 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
802 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
803 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
804 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
805 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
806 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
807 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
808 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
809 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
810 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
811 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
812 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
813 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
814 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
815 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
816 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
817 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
818 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
819 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
820 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
821 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
822 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
823 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
824 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
826 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
828 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
830 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
831 medium, high, emergency.
832 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
833 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
834 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
835 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
836 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
839 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
840 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
841 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
843 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
844 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
845 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
846 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
847 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
848 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
849 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
852 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
854 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
856 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
857 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
858 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
859 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
861 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
862 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
863 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
864 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
865 debian/rules to do this
866 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
867 patches are incorporated upstream
868 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
869 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
870 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
871 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
872 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
873 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
875 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
876 system closes: Bug#91249
877 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
878 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
879 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
880 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
881 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
882 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
883 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
884 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
885 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
886 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
887 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
888 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
889 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
891 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
893 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
895 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
896 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
897 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
898 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
900 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
901 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
902 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
904 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
907 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
909 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
911 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
912 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
913 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
914 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
915 package for the time being
916 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
917 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
918 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
919 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
920 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
921 * Rename all .text files as .txt
922 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
923 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
924 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
925 Build-Depends arch syntax
926 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
928 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
929 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
931 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
932 from policy maintenance duties.
933 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
934 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
936 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
938 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
940 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
942 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
944 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
947 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
948 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
949 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
950 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
951 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
952 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
953 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
954 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
955 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
956 minor version number for this
957 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
958 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
959 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
960 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
961 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
962 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
963 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
964 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
965 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
967 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
969 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
971 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
972 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
973 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
974 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
975 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
977 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
979 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
980 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
981 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
982 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
983 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
984 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
985 xutils closes: Bug#82966
986 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
987 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
988 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
989 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
990 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
991 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
992 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
993 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
994 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
997 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
999 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1002 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1004 * Document the Enhances relationship
1005 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1006 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1007 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1008 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1009 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1010 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1012 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1014 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1015 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1016 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1017 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1019 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1020 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1021 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1022 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1023 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1025 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1027 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1030 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1031 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1033 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1034 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1035 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1036 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1037 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1038 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1039 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1040 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1041 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1043 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1045 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1047 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1050 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1051 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1052 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1053 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1054 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1055 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1056 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1057 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1058 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1059 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1060 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1061 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1062 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1063 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1064 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1065 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1066 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1067 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1068 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1069 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1070 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1072 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1073 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1075 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1077 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1080 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1081 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1082 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1083 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1084 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1085 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1086 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1087 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1088 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1089 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1090 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1091 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1092 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1093 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1094 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1095 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1096 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1097 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1098 list closes: Bug#53756
1099 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1100 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1101 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1102 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1103 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1104 policy closes: Bug#53760
1105 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1106 policy closes: Bug#53761
1107 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1108 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1109 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1110 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1111 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1112 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1113 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1114 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1115 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1116 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1117 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1119 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1120 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1121 to install with older fileutils.
1122 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1123 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1124 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1125 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1127 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1128 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1130 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1132 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1134 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1135 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1137 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1139 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1141 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1142 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1144 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1147 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1150 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1152 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1154 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1156 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1159 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1161 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1163 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1166 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1167 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1168 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1169 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1170 directoried (closes: #41547)
1171 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1172 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1173 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1174 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1175 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1176 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1177 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1178 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1179 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1180 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1181 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1183 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1184 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1185 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1186 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1187 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1188 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1189 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1191 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1192 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1193 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1194 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1196 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1198 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1200 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1201 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1203 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1205 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1208 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1210 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1212 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1214 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1215 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1217 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1218 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1219 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1220 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1221 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1222 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1223 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1224 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1225 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1226 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1227 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1228 this closes: Bug#38612
1229 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1230 before. closes: Bug#40864
1232 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1234 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1237 officially uploaded.
1238 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1240 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1241 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1242 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1244 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1245 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1246 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1247 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1248 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1249 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1251 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1252 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1253 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1255 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1257 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1258 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1259 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1260 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1261 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1263 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1265 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1268 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1269 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1270 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1271 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1272 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1273 there). closes: Bug#34233
1274 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1275 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1276 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1277 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1278 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1280 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1282 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1285 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1286 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1287 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1290 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1291 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1292 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1293 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1294 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1297 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1298 number. closes: BUG#25911
1300 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1301 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1302 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1303 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1304 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1305 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1307 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1308 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1309 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1312 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1313 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1314 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1316 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1317 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1318 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1319 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1321 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1322 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1323 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1325 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1327 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1328 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1329 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1330 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1331 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1332 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1333 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1334 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1337 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1339 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1340 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1343 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1345 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1347 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1349 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1351 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1354 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1355 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1356 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1357 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1358 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1359 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1360 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1362 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1363 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1365 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1367 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1369 * non-maintainer release
1370 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1371 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1373 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1374 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1375 * no content changes
1376 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1378 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1380 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1384 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1386 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1388 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1390 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1391 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1392 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1394 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1395 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1397 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1398 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1399 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1400 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1402 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1403 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1404 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1405 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1406 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1407 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1408 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1410 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1411 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1412 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1415 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1416 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1417 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1419 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1420 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1421 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1423 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1424 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1426 * New version numbering scheme:
1428 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1429 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1430 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1433 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1434 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1435 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1436 differ between the manuals.
1438 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1439 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1440 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1441 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1443 * Packaging changes:
1445 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1446 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1448 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1450 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1452 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1454 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1456 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1457 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1458 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1460 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1461 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1464 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1465 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1466 file extension as the referenced file
1468 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1469 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1471 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1472 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1473 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1474 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1477 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1478 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1479 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1481 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1482 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1483 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1484 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1487 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1488 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1491 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1492 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1493 reasonable default configuration
1495 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1496 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1497 by all news servers and clients
1499 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1500 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1501 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1502 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1503 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1505 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1506 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1509 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1511 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1512 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1514 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1517 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1518 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1520 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1521 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1523 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1525 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1527 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1529 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1530 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1531 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1532 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1534 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1536 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1537 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1538 * Don't use debstd anymore
1540 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1542 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1544 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1545 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1546 contrib/non-free policy
1547 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1548 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1549 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1550 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1551 - new section about `Daemons'
1552 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1553 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1554 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1555 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1556 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1557 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1558 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1559 * SGML source code included in package
1560 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1562 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1564 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1566 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1567 - completely reworked structure
1568 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1569 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1570 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1571 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1572 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1573 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1574 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1575 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1576 - mention "orphaned packages"
1577 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1578 distributions' policy
1579 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1580 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1581 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1582 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1583 - added section about arch spec strings
1584 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1585 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1586 - added section about "menus"
1587 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1588 the new documentation policy soon
1589 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1590 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1592 - added section about editors and pagers
1593 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1594 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1595 - added section about device files
1596 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1597 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1598 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1600 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1601 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1602 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1603 - Added new section about obsolete names
1604 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1605 * Fixed package's description
1607 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1609 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1611 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1613 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1615 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1617 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1618 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1619 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1620 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1622 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1624 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1626 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1627 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1628 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1630 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1631 and upload it "byhand" too.
1633 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1635 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1638 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1639 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1640 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1641 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1642 functionality must not have the same name.
1643 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1644 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1645 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1646 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1647 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1648 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1649 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1651 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1652 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1653 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1654 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1655 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1656 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1657 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1658 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1661 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1663 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1665 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1667 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1668 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1669 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1670 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1671 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1674 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1676 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1678 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1680 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1681 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1682 description of deb file format.
1683 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1684 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1686 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1688 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1689 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1691 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1693 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1695 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1696 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1697 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1698 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1699 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1700 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1701 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1702 packages in section on Procedure
1703 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1704 a package maintainer
1705 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1706 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1707 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1709 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1710 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1711 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1712 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1713 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1714 on various shlib files
1715 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1716 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1717 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1719 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1721 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1723 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1724 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1725 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1727 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1728 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1729 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1730 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1731 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1733 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1735 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1737 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1739 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1741 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1742 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1743 compatibility go in contrib.
1745 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1746 instructions in policy manual.
1747 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1750 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1752 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1754 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1755 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1756 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1757 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1759 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1760 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1763 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1765 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1767 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1768 * More detail about changelog format names.
1770 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1771 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1775 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1777 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1779 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1781 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1783 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1785 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1787 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1789 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1790 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1791 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1793 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1795 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1797 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1799 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1801 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1805 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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