1 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
5 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022.
6 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
7 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927.
8 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
9 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
11 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
12 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209.
13 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
14 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
19 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
22 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
23 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
24 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
25 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
26 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
27 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
28 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
29 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
30 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
32 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
33 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
34 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
35 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
36 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
37 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
38 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
39 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
40 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
42 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
43 file, closes: Bug#65764
45 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
47 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
49 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
50 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
51 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
52 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
53 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
54 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
55 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
56 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
57 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
58 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
59 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
60 details. closes: Bug#133030
61 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
62 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
65 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
67 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
70 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
71 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
72 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
73 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
74 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
75 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
76 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
77 not. closes: Bug#139820
78 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
79 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
80 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
81 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
82 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
83 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
84 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
85 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
86 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
87 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
89 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
91 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
92 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
93 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
94 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
95 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
96 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
97 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
98 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
99 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
100 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
101 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
102 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
103 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
104 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
105 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
106 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
107 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
108 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
109 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
110 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
112 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
113 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
114 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
115 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
116 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
117 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
118 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
120 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
121 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
122 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
123 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
124 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
125 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
126 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
127 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
128 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
130 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
132 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
134 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
135 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
136 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
137 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
138 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
139 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
140 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
141 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
142 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
143 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
144 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
145 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
146 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
147 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
148 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
149 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
150 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
151 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
152 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
153 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
154 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
155 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
156 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
158 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
160 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
162 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
163 medium, high, emergency.
164 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
165 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
166 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
167 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
168 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
171 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
172 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
173 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
175 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
176 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
177 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
178 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
179 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
180 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
181 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
184 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
186 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
188 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
189 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
190 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
191 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
193 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
194 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
195 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
196 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
197 debian/rules to do this
198 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
199 patches are incorporated upstream
200 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
201 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
202 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
203 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
204 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
205 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
207 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
208 system closes: Bug#91249
209 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
210 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
211 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
212 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
213 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
214 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
215 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
216 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
217 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
218 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
219 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
220 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
221 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
223 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
225 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
227 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
228 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
229 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
230 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
232 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
233 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
234 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
236 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
239 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
241 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
243 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
244 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
245 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
246 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
247 package for the time being
248 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
249 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
250 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
251 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
252 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
253 * Rename all .text files as .txt
254 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
255 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
256 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
257 Build-Depends arch syntax
258 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
260 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
261 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
263 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
264 from policy maintenance duties.
265 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
266 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
268 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
270 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
274 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
276 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
279 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
280 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
281 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
282 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
283 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
284 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
285 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
286 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
287 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
288 minor version number for this
289 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
290 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
291 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
292 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
293 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
294 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
295 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
296 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
297 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
299 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
301 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
303 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
304 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
305 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
306 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
307 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
309 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
311 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
312 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
313 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
314 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
315 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
316 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
317 xutils closes: Bug#82966
318 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
319 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
320 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
321 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
322 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
323 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
324 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
325 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
326 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
329 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
331 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
333 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
334 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
336 * Document the Enhances relationship
337 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
338 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
339 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
340 policy. closes: Bug#53496
341 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
342 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
344 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
346 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
347 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
348 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
349 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
351 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
352 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
353 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
354 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
355 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
357 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
359 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
361 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
362 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
363 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
365 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
366 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
367 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
368 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
369 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
370 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
371 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
372 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
373 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
375 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
377 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
379 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
381 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
382 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
383 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
384 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
385 policy. closes: Bug#64437
386 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
387 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
388 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
389 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
390 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
391 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
392 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
393 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
394 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
395 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
396 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
397 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
398 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
399 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
400 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
401 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
402 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
404 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
405 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
407 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
409 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
411 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
412 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
413 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
414 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
415 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
416 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
417 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
418 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
419 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
420 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
421 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
422 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
423 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
424 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
425 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
426 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
427 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
428 alternative closes: Bug#53755
429 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
430 list closes: Bug#53756
431 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
432 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
433 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
434 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
435 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
436 policy closes: Bug#53760
437 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
438 policy closes: Bug#53761
439 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
440 that use X closes: Bug#53762
441 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
442 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
443 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
444 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
445 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
446 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
447 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
448 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
449 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
451 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
452 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
453 to install with older fileutils.
454 * Installed FHS version 2.1
455 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
456 * Added FHS details to copyright file
457 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
459 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
460 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
462 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
464 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
466 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
467 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
469 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
471 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
473 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
474 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
476 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
479 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
481 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
482 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
484 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
486 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
488 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
490 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
491 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
493 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
495 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
497 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
498 #45561, #42447, #48570)
499 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
500 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
501 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
502 directoried (closes: #41547)
503 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
504 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
505 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
506 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
507 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
508 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
509 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
510 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
511 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
512 package criteria (closes: #45318)
513 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
515 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
516 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
517 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
518 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
519 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
520 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
521 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
523 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
524 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
525 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
526 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
528 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
530 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
532 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
533 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
535 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
537 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
539 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
540 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
542 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
544 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
546 * A few typos and omissions corrected
547 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
549 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
550 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
551 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
552 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
553 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
554 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
555 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
556 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
557 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
558 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
559 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
560 this closes: Bug#38612
561 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
562 before. closes: Bug#40864
564 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
566 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
568 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
570 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
572 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
573 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
574 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
576 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
577 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
578 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
579 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
580 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
581 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
583 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
584 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
585 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
587 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
589 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
590 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
591 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
592 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
593 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
595 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
597 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
599 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
600 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
601 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
602 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
603 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
604 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
605 there). closes: Bug#34233
606 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
607 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
608 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
609 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
610 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
612 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
614 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
616 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
617 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
618 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
619 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
622 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
623 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
624 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
625 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
626 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
629 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
630 number. closes: BUG#25911
632 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
633 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
634 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
635 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
636 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
637 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
639 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
640 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
641 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
644 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
645 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
646 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
648 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
649 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
650 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
651 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
653 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
654 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
655 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
657 * Make the package optional, not extra.
659 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
660 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
661 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
662 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
663 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
664 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
665 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
666 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
669 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
671 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
672 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
675 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
677 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
679 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
681 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
683 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
685 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
686 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
687 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
688 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
689 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
690 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
691 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
692 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
694 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
695 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
697 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
699 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
701 * non-maintainer release
702 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
703 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
705 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
706 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
708 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
710 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
712 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
716 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
718 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
720 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
722 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
723 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
724 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
726 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
727 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
729 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
730 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
731 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
732 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
734 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
735 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
736 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
737 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
738 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
739 and restart options and to comply with the console message
740 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
742 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
743 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
744 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
747 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
748 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
749 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
751 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
752 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
753 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
755 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
756 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
758 * New version numbering scheme:
760 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
761 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
762 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
765 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
766 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
767 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
768 differ between the manuals.
770 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
771 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
772 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
773 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
777 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
778 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
780 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
782 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
784 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
786 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
788 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
789 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
790 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
792 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
793 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
796 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
797 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
798 file extension as the referenced file
800 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
801 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
803 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
804 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
805 start, stop, restart, force-reload
806 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
809 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
810 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
811 be installed into /etc/cron.d
813 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
814 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
815 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
816 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
819 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
820 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
823 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
824 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
825 reasonable default configuration
827 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
828 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
829 by all news servers and clients
831 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
832 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
833 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
834 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
835 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
837 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
838 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
841 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
843 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
844 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
846 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
849 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
850 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
852 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
853 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
855 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
857 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
859 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
861 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
862 - X library package is now called xlib6g
863 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
864 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
866 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
868 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
869 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
870 * Don't use debstd anymore
872 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
874 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
876 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
877 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
878 contrib/non-free policy
879 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
880 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
881 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
882 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
883 - new section about `Daemons'
884 - updated section about `Configuration files'
885 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
886 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
887 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
888 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
889 * Paper about libc6 migration:
890 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
891 * SGML source code included in package
892 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
894 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
896 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
898 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
899 - completely reworked structure
900 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
901 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
902 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
903 - removed all those ugly footnotes
904 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
905 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
906 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
907 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
908 - mention "orphaned packages"
909 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
910 distributions' policy
911 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
912 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
913 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
914 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
915 - added section about arch spec strings
916 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
917 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
918 - added section about "menus"
919 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
920 the new documentation policy soon
921 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
922 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
924 - added section about editors and pagers
925 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
926 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
927 - added section about device files
928 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
929 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
930 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
932 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
933 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
934 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
935 - Added new section about obsolete names
936 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
937 * Fixed package's description
939 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
941 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
943 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
945 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
947 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
949 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
950 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
951 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
952 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
954 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
956 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
958 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
959 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
960 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
962 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
963 and upload it "byhand" too.
965 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
967 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
970 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
971 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
972 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
973 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
974 functionality must not have the same name.
975 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
976 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
977 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
978 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
979 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
980 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
981 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
983 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
984 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
985 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
986 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
987 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
988 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
989 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
990 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
993 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
995 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
997 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
999 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1000 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1001 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1002 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1003 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1006 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1008 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1010 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1012 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1013 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1014 description of deb file format.
1015 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1016 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1018 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1020 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1021 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1023 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1025 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1027 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1028 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1029 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1030 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1031 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1032 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1033 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1034 packages in section on Procedure
1035 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1036 a package maintainer
1037 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1038 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1039 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1041 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1042 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1043 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1044 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1045 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1046 on various shlib files
1047 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1048 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1049 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1051 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1053 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1055 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1056 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1057 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1059 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1060 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1061 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1062 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1063 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1065 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1067 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1069 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1071 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1073 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1074 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1075 compatibility go in contrib.
1077 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1078 instructions in policy manual.
1079 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1082 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1084 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1086 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1087 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1088 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1089 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1091 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1092 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1095 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1097 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1099 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1100 * More detail about changelog format names.
1102 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1103 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1107 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1109 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1111 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1113 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1115 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1117 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1119 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1121 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1122 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1123 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1125 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1127 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1129 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1131 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1133 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1137 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100