1 debian-policy (3.5.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
4 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
5 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
6 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
8 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
12 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
14 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
15 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
16 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
17 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
19 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
20 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
21 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
23 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
26 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
28 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
30 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
31 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
32 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
33 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
34 package for the time being
35 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
36 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
37 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
38 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
39 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
40 * Rename all .text files as .txt
41 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
42 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
43 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
44 Build-Depends arch syntax
45 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
47 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
48 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
50 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
51 from policy maintenance duties.
52 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
53 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
55 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
57 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
59 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
61 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
63 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
66 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
67 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
68 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
69 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
70 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
71 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
72 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
73 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
74 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
75 minor version number for this
76 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
77 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
78 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
79 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
80 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
81 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
82 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
83 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
84 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
86 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
88 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
90 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
91 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
92 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
93 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
94 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
96 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
98 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
99 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
100 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
101 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
102 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
103 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
104 xutils closes: Bug#82966
105 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
106 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
107 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
108 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
109 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
110 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
111 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
112 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
113 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
116 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
118 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
120 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
121 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
123 * Document the Enhances relationship
124 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
125 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
126 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
127 policy. closes: Bug#53496
128 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
129 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
131 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
133 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
134 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
135 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
136 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
138 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
139 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
140 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
141 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
142 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
144 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
146 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
148 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
149 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
150 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
152 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
153 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
154 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
155 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
156 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
157 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
158 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
159 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
160 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
162 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
164 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
166 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
168 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
169 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
170 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
171 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
172 policy. closes: Bug#64437
173 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
174 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
175 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
176 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
177 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
178 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
179 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
180 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
181 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
182 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
183 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
184 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
185 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
186 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
187 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
188 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
189 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
191 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
192 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
194 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
196 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
198 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
199 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
200 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
201 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
202 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
203 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
204 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
205 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
206 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
207 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
208 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
209 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
210 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
211 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
212 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
213 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
214 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
215 alternative closes: Bug#53755
216 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
217 list closes: Bug#53756
218 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
219 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
220 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
221 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
222 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
223 policy closes: Bug#53760
224 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
225 policy closes: Bug#53761
226 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
227 that use X closes: Bug#53762
228 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
229 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
230 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
231 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
232 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
233 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
234 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
235 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
236 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
238 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
239 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
240 to install with older fileutils.
241 * Installed FHS version 2.1
242 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
243 * Added FHS details to copyright file
244 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
246 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
247 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
249 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
251 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
254 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
256 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
258 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
260 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
261 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
263 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
266 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
268 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
269 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
271 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
273 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
275 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
278 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
280 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
282 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
284 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
285 #45561, #42447, #48570)
286 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
287 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
288 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
289 directoried (closes: #41547)
290 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
291 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
292 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
293 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
294 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
295 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
296 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
297 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
298 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
299 package criteria (closes: #45318)
300 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
302 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
303 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
304 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
305 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
306 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
307 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
308 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
310 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
311 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
312 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
313 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
315 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
317 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
319 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
320 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
322 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
324 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
326 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
327 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
329 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
331 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
333 * A few typos and omissions corrected
334 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
336 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
337 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
338 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
339 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
340 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
341 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
342 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
343 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
344 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
345 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
346 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
347 this closes: Bug#38612
348 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
349 before. closes: Bug#40864
351 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
353 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
355 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
357 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
359 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
360 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
361 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
363 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
364 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
365 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
366 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
367 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
368 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
370 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
371 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
372 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
374 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
376 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
377 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
378 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
379 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
380 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
382 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
384 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
387 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
388 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
389 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
390 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
391 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
392 there). closes: Bug#34233
393 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
394 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
395 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
396 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
397 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
399 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
401 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
403 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
404 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
405 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
406 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
409 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
410 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
411 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
412 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
413 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
416 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
417 number. closes: BUG#25911
419 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
420 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
421 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
422 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
423 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
424 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
426 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
427 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
428 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
431 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
432 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
433 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
435 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
436 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
437 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
438 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
440 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
441 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
442 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
444 * Make the package optional, not extra.
446 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
447 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
448 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
449 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
450 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
451 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
452 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
453 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
456 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
458 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
459 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
462 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
464 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
466 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
468 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
470 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
472 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
473 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
474 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
475 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
476 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
477 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
478 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
479 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
481 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
482 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
484 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
486 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
488 * non-maintainer release
489 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
490 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
492 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
493 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
495 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
497 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
499 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
503 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
505 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
507 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
509 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
510 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
511 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
513 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
514 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
516 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
517 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
518 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
519 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
521 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
522 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
523 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
524 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
525 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
526 and restart options and to comply with the console message
527 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
529 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
530 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
531 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
534 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
535 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
536 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
538 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
539 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
540 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
542 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
543 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
545 * New version numbering scheme:
547 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
548 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
549 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
552 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
553 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
554 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
555 differ between the manuals.
557 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
558 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
559 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
560 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
564 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
565 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
567 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
569 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
571 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
573 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
575 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
576 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
577 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
579 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
580 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
583 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
584 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
585 file extension as the referenced file
587 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
588 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
590 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
591 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
592 start, stop, restart, force-reload
593 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
596 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
597 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
598 be installed into /etc/cron.d
600 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
601 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
602 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
603 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
606 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
607 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
610 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
611 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
612 reasonable default configuration
614 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
615 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
616 by all news servers and clients
618 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
619 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
620 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
621 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
622 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
624 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
625 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
628 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
630 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
631 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
633 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
636 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
637 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
639 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
640 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
642 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
644 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
646 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
648 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
649 - X library package is now called xlib6g
650 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
651 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
653 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
655 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
656 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
657 * Don't use debstd anymore
659 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
661 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
663 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
664 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
665 contrib/non-free policy
666 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
667 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
668 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
669 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
670 - new section about `Daemons'
671 - updated section about `Configuration files'
672 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
673 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
674 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
675 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
676 * Paper about libc6 migration:
677 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
678 * SGML source code included in package
679 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
681 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
683 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
685 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
686 - completely reworked structure
687 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
688 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
689 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
690 - removed all those ugly footnotes
691 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
692 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
693 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
694 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
695 - mention "orphaned packages"
696 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
697 distributions' policy
698 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
699 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
700 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
701 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
702 - added section about arch spec strings
703 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
704 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
705 - added section about "menus"
706 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
707 the new documentation policy soon
708 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
709 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
711 - added section about editors and pagers
712 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
713 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
714 - added section about device files
715 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
716 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
717 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
719 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
720 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
721 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
722 - Added new section about obsolete names
723 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
724 * Fixed package's description
726 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
728 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
730 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
732 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
734 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
736 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
737 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
738 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
739 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
741 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
743 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
745 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
746 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
747 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
749 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
750 and upload it "byhand" too.
752 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
754 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
757 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
758 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
759 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
760 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
761 functionality must not have the same name.
762 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
763 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
764 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
765 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
766 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
767 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
768 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
770 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
771 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
772 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
773 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
774 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
775 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
776 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
777 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
780 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
782 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
784 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
786 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
787 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
788 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
789 a package into. (Guy Maor)
790 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
793 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
795 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
797 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
799 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
800 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
801 description of deb file format.
802 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
803 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
805 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
807 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
808 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
810 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
812 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
814 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
815 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
816 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
817 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
818 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
819 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
820 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
821 packages in section on Procedure
822 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
824 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
825 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
826 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
828 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
829 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
830 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
831 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
832 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
833 on various shlib files
834 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
835 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
836 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
838 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
840 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
842 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
843 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
844 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
846 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
847 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
848 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
849 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
850 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
852 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
854 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
856 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
858 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
860 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
861 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
862 compatibility go in contrib.
864 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
865 instructions in policy manual.
866 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
869 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
871 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
873 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
874 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
875 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
876 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
878 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
879 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
882 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
884 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
886 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
887 * More detail about changelog format names.
889 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
890 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
894 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
896 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
898 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
900 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
902 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
904 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
906 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
908 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
909 * More verbosity about netiquette.
910 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
912 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
914 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
916 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
918 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
920 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
924 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100