1 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
9 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
15 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
25 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
29 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
34 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
35 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
39 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
42 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
44 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
45 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
47 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
49 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
50 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
55 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
57 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
58 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
59 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
60 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
61 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
62 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
64 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:34:54 -0700
66 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
72 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
75 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
76 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
77 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
78 and distribution license' (three times).
79 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
80 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
85 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
87 Proposed by Santiago Vila
88 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
95 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
96 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
100 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
101 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
102 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
105 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
107 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
108 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
112 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
113 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
116 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
118 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
119 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
122 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
124 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
125 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
128 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
130 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
131 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
132 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
135 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
136 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
141 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
142 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
146 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
147 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
151 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
152 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
153 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
157 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
158 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
159 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
162 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
163 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
168 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
169 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
173 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
174 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
175 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
176 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
177 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
178 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
179 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
180 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
181 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
182 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
183 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
184 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
185 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
186 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
187 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
188 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
189 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
190 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
191 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
192 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
193 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
194 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
195 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
196 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
197 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
198 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
199 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
200 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
201 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
202 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
203 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
204 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
206 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
208 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
210 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
213 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
214 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
216 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
217 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
221 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
224 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
225 Wording: Steve Langasek.
226 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
227 Seconded: Julien Cristau
228 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
231 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
232 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
233 Seconded: Russ Allbery
234 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
237 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
238 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
239 Seconded: Russ Allbery
241 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
242 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
243 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
244 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
245 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
246 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
247 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
248 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
251 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
252 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
253 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
254 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
255 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
256 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
257 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
259 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
260 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
261 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
262 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
263 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
264 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
265 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
268 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
269 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
270 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
271 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
272 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
274 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
277 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
278 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
281 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
282 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
285 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
287 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
289 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
290 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
294 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
295 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
299 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
300 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
304 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
305 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
308 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
309 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
311 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
312 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
317 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
318 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
322 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
323 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
327 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
328 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
332 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
333 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
337 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
338 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
342 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
343 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
344 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
345 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
346 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
347 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
348 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
349 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
350 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
351 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
352 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
353 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
354 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
355 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
356 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
358 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
359 Source field descriptions.
360 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
361 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
362 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
363 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
364 description says otherwise.
366 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
368 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
371 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
372 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
375 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
376 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
378 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
379 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
383 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
384 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
388 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
389 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
393 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
394 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
395 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
396 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
400 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
401 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
402 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
403 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
404 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
406 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
407 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
411 * Add myself to Uploaders.
414 * Add myself to Uploaders.
415 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
417 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
418 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
419 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
421 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
423 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
425 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
426 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
428 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
430 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
431 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
433 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
435 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
436 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
438 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
440 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
441 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
443 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
445 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
446 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
450 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
451 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
455 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
456 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
458 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
460 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
461 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
463 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
465 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
466 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
467 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
468 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
470 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
471 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
472 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
473 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
475 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
476 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
477 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
478 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
479 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
481 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
482 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
483 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
484 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
485 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
486 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
487 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
488 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
489 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
490 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
491 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
492 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
493 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
494 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
495 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
496 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
497 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
498 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
499 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
500 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
501 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
502 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
503 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
504 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
505 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
506 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
507 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
508 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
509 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
510 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
512 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
513 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
514 links was completed long ago.
515 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
517 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
519 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
522 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
524 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
526 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
528 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
529 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
530 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
531 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
532 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
533 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
534 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
535 Millan (Closes: #209008).
536 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
537 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
539 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
541 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
543 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
544 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
545 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
546 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
547 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
548 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
549 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
551 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
552 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
553 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
554 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
556 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
557 Küster (Closes: #403391).
558 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
559 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
560 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
561 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
562 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
563 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
565 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
566 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
567 Closes: #186700, #458910
568 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
569 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
570 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
572 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
573 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
574 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
575 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
576 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
577 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
578 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
579 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
581 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
582 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
584 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
585 * Add an md5sums control file.
586 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
587 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
588 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
589 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
590 currently part of policy.
591 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
592 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
593 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
596 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
598 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
600 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
601 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
602 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
603 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
604 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
605 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
606 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
607 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
608 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
609 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
610 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
611 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
612 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
613 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
614 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
615 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
617 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
619 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
620 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
621 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
623 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
624 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
625 list?" (Closes: #412634).
626 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
627 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
628 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
629 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
630 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
631 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
632 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
633 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
634 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
635 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
636 debconf specification.
637 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
638 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
640 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
642 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
644 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
645 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
646 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
647 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
648 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
650 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
652 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
653 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
654 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
655 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
656 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
658 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
659 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
660 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
661 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
662 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
663 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
664 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
665 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
666 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
667 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
668 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
669 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
670 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
671 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
672 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
673 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
675 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
677 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
678 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
679 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
680 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
681 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
682 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
683 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
684 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
686 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
688 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
691 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
692 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
693 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
694 Polo (Closes: #372497).
695 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
696 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
698 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
699 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
700 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
701 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
702 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
703 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
704 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
705 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
706 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
707 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
709 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
710 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
711 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
712 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
713 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
714 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
716 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
718 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
720 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
721 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
722 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
723 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
725 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
726 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
728 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
730 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
732 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
733 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
734 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
735 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
736 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
737 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
738 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
739 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
740 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
741 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
743 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
744 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
745 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
746 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
747 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
748 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
749 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
750 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
751 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
752 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
753 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
756 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
758 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
760 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
761 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
762 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
763 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
764 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
765 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
766 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
767 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
768 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
769 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
770 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
771 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
772 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
773 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
774 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
775 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
776 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
777 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
778 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
779 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
780 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
781 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
782 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
783 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
784 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
785 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
786 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
787 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
789 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
790 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
791 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
792 Hess (Closes: #362247).
793 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
794 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
795 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
796 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
797 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
798 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
799 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
800 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
801 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
802 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
803 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
804 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
806 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
807 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
809 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
810 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
811 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
812 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
813 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
814 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
815 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
816 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
817 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
818 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
819 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
821 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
823 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
826 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
827 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
828 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
829 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
830 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
831 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
832 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
833 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
834 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
835 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
836 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
837 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
838 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
840 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
841 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
842 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
843 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
844 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
845 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
846 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
847 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
848 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
849 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
850 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
851 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
852 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
853 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
854 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
855 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
856 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
857 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
858 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
861 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
863 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
865 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
866 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
867 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
868 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
870 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
871 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
872 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
873 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
875 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
877 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
880 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
881 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
882 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
883 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
884 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
885 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
886 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
887 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
888 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
889 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
891 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
892 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
893 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
895 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
896 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
897 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
898 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
899 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
900 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
901 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
903 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
904 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
905 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
906 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
908 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
909 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
910 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
911 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
912 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
913 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
914 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
915 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
917 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
918 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
919 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
920 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
921 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
922 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
923 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
924 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
925 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
926 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
927 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
928 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
929 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
930 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
931 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
932 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
933 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
935 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
937 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
940 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
941 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
942 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
943 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
944 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
945 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
946 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
947 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
948 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
950 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
951 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
952 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
953 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
954 this section. closes: Bug#248618
955 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
956 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
957 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
958 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
959 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
960 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
961 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
962 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
963 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
964 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
965 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
966 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
968 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
969 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
970 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
973 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
974 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
975 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
977 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
978 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
979 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
980 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
981 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
982 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
984 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
985 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
987 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
988 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
989 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
990 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
991 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
992 Closes: #185943, #237049
994 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
996 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
999 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1002 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1003 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1004 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1005 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1006 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1007 running. closes: Bug#187250
1008 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1009 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1010 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1011 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1012 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1013 user closes: Bug#176506
1015 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1017 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1021 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1022 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1023 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1024 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1025 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1026 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1027 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1028 deb-building toolchain.
1029 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1030 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1031 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1032 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1033 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1034 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1035 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1036 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1037 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1038 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1039 sections about changelog files.
1041 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1042 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1043 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1044 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1045 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1046 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1048 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1049 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1050 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1051 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1052 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1053 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1054 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1055 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1056 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1057 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1058 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1059 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1060 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1061 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1062 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1063 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1064 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1065 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1066 for the restructuring
1068 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1070 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1075 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1076 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1077 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1078 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1079 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1080 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1082 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1083 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1084 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1085 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1086 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1087 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1088 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1090 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1091 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1092 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1093 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1095 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1097 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1101 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1102 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1103 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1104 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1105 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1107 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1108 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1109 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1110 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1112 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1113 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1114 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1115 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1116 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1117 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1118 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1119 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1120 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1121 offtopic stuff, too.
1122 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1123 script should start it, closes: #60979
1124 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1125 "should", closes: #170019
1126 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1127 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1128 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1129 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1130 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1131 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1132 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1133 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1136 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1138 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1141 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1142 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1143 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1144 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1145 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1146 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1147 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1148 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1149 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1151 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1152 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1153 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1154 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1155 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1156 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1157 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1158 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1159 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1161 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1162 file, closes: Bug#65764
1164 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1166 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1169 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1170 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1171 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1172 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1173 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1174 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1175 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1176 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1177 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1178 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1179 details. closes: Bug#133030
1180 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1181 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1182 parts of Bug#161455.
1184 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1186 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1189 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1190 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1191 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1192 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1193 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1194 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1195 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1196 not. closes: Bug#139820
1197 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1198 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1199 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1200 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1201 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1202 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1203 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1204 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1205 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1206 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1208 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1210 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1211 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1212 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1213 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1214 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1215 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1216 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1217 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1218 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1219 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1220 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1221 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1222 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1223 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1224 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1225 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1226 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1227 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1228 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1229 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1231 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1232 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1233 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1234 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1235 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1236 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1237 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1239 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1240 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1241 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1242 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1243 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1244 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1245 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1246 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1247 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1249 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1251 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1253 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1254 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1255 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1256 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1257 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1258 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1259 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1260 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1261 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1262 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1263 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1264 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1265 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1266 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1267 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1268 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1269 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1270 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1271 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1272 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1273 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1274 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1275 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1277 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1279 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1281 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1282 medium, high, emergency.
1283 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1284 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1285 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1286 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1287 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1290 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1291 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1292 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1294 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1295 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1296 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1297 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1298 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1299 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1300 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1303 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1305 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1307 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1308 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1309 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1310 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1312 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1313 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1314 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1315 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1316 debian/rules to do this
1317 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1318 patches are incorporated upstream
1319 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1320 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1321 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1322 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1323 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1324 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1326 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1327 system closes: Bug#91249
1328 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1329 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1330 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1331 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1332 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1333 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1334 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1335 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1336 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1337 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1338 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1339 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1340 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1342 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1344 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1346 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1347 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1348 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1349 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1351 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1352 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1353 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1355 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1358 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1360 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1363 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1364 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1365 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1366 package for the time being
1367 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1368 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1369 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1370 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1371 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1372 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1373 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1374 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1375 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1376 Build-Depends arch syntax
1377 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1379 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1380 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1382 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1383 from policy maintenance duties.
1384 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1385 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1387 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1389 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1393 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1395 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1398 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1399 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1400 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1401 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1402 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1403 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1404 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1405 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1406 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1407 minor version number for this
1408 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1409 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1410 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1411 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1412 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1413 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1414 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1415 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1416 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1418 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1420 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1423 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1424 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1425 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1426 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1428 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1430 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1431 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1432 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1433 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1434 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1435 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1436 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1437 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1438 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1439 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1440 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1441 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1442 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1443 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1444 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1445 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1448 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1450 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1452 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1453 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1455 * Document the Enhances relationship
1456 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1457 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1458 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1459 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1460 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1461 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1463 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1465 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1466 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1467 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1468 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1470 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1471 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1472 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1473 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1474 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1476 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1478 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1480 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1481 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1482 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1484 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1485 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1486 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1487 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1488 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1489 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1490 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1491 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1492 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1494 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1496 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1498 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1500 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1501 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1502 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1503 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1504 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1505 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1506 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1507 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1508 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1509 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1510 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1511 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1512 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1513 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1514 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1515 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1516 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1517 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1518 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1519 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1520 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1521 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1523 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1524 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1526 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1528 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1531 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1532 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1533 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1534 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1535 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1536 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1537 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1538 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1539 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1540 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1541 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1542 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1543 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1544 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1545 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1546 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1547 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1548 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1549 list closes: Bug#53756
1550 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1551 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1552 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1553 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1554 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1555 policy closes: Bug#53760
1556 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1557 policy closes: Bug#53761
1558 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1559 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1560 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1561 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1562 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1563 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1564 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1565 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1566 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1567 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1568 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1570 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1571 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1572 to install with older fileutils.
1573 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1574 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1575 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1576 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1578 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1579 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1581 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1583 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1585 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1586 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1588 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1590 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1592 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1593 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1595 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1598 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1600 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1601 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1603 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1605 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1607 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1609 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1610 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1612 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1614 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1616 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1617 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1618 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1619 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1620 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1621 directoried (closes: #41547)
1622 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1623 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1624 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1625 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1626 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1627 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1628 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1629 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1630 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1631 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1632 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1634 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1635 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1636 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1637 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1638 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1639 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1640 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1642 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1643 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1644 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1645 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1647 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1649 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1651 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1652 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1654 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1656 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1658 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1659 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1661 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1663 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1665 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1666 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1668 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1669 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1670 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1671 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1672 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1673 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1674 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1675 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1676 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1677 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1678 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1679 this closes: Bug#38612
1680 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1681 before. closes: Bug#40864
1683 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1685 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1687 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1688 officially uploaded.
1689 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1691 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1692 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1693 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1695 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1696 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1697 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1698 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1699 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1700 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1702 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1703 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1704 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1706 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1708 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1709 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1710 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1711 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1712 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1714 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1716 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1718 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1719 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1720 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1721 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1722 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1723 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1724 there). closes: Bug#34233
1725 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1726 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1727 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1728 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1729 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1731 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1733 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1735 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1736 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1737 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1738 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1741 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1742 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1743 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1744 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1745 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1748 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1749 number. closes: BUG#25911
1751 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1752 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1753 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1754 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1755 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1756 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1758 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1759 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1760 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1763 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1764 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1765 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1767 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1768 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1769 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1770 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1772 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1773 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1774 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1776 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1778 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1779 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1780 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1781 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1782 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1783 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1784 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1785 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1788 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1790 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1791 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1794 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1796 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1798 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1800 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1802 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1804 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1805 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1806 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1807 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1808 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1809 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1810 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1811 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1813 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1814 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1816 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1818 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1820 * non-maintainer release
1821 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1822 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1824 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1825 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1826 * no content changes
1827 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1829 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1831 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1835 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1837 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1839 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1841 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1842 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1843 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1845 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1846 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1848 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1849 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1850 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1851 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1853 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1854 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1855 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1856 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1857 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1858 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1859 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1861 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1862 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1863 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1866 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1867 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1868 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1870 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1871 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1872 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1874 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1875 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1877 * New version numbering scheme:
1879 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1880 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1881 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1884 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1885 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1886 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1887 differ between the manuals.
1889 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1890 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1891 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1892 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1894 * Packaging changes:
1896 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1897 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1899 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1901 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1903 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1905 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1907 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1908 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1909 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1911 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1912 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1915 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1916 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1917 file extension as the referenced file
1919 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1920 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1922 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1923 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1924 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1925 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1928 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1929 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1930 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1932 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1933 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1934 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1935 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1938 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1939 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1942 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1943 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1944 reasonable default configuration
1946 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1947 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1948 by all news servers and clients
1950 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1951 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1952 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1953 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1954 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1956 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1957 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1960 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1962 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1963 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1965 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1968 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1969 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1971 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1972 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1974 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1976 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1978 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1980 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1981 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1982 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1983 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1985 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1987 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1988 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1989 * Don't use debstd anymore
1991 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1993 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1995 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1996 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1997 contrib/non-free policy
1998 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1999 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2000 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2001 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2002 - new section about `Daemons'
2003 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2004 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2005 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2006 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2007 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2008 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2009 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2010 * SGML source code included in package
2011 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2013 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2015 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2017 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2018 - completely reworked structure
2019 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2020 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2021 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2022 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2023 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2024 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2025 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2026 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2027 - mention "orphaned packages"
2028 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2029 distributions' policy
2030 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2031 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2032 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2033 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2034 - added section about arch spec strings
2035 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2036 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2037 - added section about "menus"
2038 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2039 the new documentation policy soon
2040 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2041 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2043 - added section about editors and pagers
2044 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2045 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2046 - added section about device files
2047 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2048 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2049 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2051 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2052 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2053 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2054 - Added new section about obsolete names
2055 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2056 * Fixed package's description
2058 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2060 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2062 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2064 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2066 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2068 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2069 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2070 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2071 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2073 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2075 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2077 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2078 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2079 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2081 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2082 and upload it "byhand" too.
2084 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2086 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2089 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2090 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2091 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2092 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2093 functionality must not have the same name.
2094 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2095 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2096 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2097 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2098 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2099 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2100 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2102 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2103 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2104 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2105 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2106 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2107 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2108 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2109 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2112 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2114 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2116 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2118 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2119 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2120 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2121 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2122 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2125 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2127 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2129 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2131 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2132 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2133 description of deb file format.
2134 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2135 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2137 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2139 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2140 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2142 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2144 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2146 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2147 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2148 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2149 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2150 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2151 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2152 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2153 packages in section on Procedure
2154 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2155 a package maintainer
2156 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2157 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2158 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2160 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2161 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2162 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2163 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2164 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2165 on various shlib files
2166 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2167 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2168 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2170 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2172 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2174 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2175 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2176 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2178 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2179 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2180 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2181 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2182 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2184 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2186 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2188 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2190 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2192 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2193 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2194 compatibility go in contrib.
2196 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2197 instructions in policy manual.
2198 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2201 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2203 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2205 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2206 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2207 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2208 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2210 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2211 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2214 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2216 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2218 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2219 * More detail about changelog format names.
2221 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2222 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2226 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2228 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2230 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2232 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2234 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2236 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2238 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2240 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2241 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2242 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2244 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2246 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2248 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2250 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2252 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2256 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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