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 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
56 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
61 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
62 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
66 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
67 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
71 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
72 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
76 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
78 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
79 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
80 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
81 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
82 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
83 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
84 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
85 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
86 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
88 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
89 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
91 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:34:54 -0700
93 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
96 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
99 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
102 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
103 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
104 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
105 and distribution license' (three times).
106 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
107 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
112 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
114 Proposed by Santiago Vila
115 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
123 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
127 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
128 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
129 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
132 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
134 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
135 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
139 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
140 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
143 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
145 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
146 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
149 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
151 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
152 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
155 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
157 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
158 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
159 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
162 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
163 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
168 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
169 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
173 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
174 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
178 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
179 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
180 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
184 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
185 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
186 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
189 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
190 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
195 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
196 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
200 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
201 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
202 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
203 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
204 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
205 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
206 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
207 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
208 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
209 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
210 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
211 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
212 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
213 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
214 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
215 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
216 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
217 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
218 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
219 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
220 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
221 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
222 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
223 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
224 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
225 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
226 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
227 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
228 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
229 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
230 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
231 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
233 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
235 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
237 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
240 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
241 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
243 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
244 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
248 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
251 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
252 Wording: Steve Langasek.
253 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
254 Seconded: Julien Cristau
255 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
258 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
259 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
260 Seconded: Russ Allbery
261 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
264 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
265 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
266 Seconded: Russ Allbery
268 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
269 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
270 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
271 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
272 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
273 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
274 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
275 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
278 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
279 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
280 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
281 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
282 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
283 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
284 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
286 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
287 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
288 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
289 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
290 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
291 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
292 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
295 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
296 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
297 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
298 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
299 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
301 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
304 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
305 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
308 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
309 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
312 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
314 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
316 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
317 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
321 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
322 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
326 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
327 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
331 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
332 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
335 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
336 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
338 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
339 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
344 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
345 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
349 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
350 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
354 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
355 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
359 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
360 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
364 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
365 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
369 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
370 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
371 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
372 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
373 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
374 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
375 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
376 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
377 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
378 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
379 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
380 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
381 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
382 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
383 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
385 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
386 Source field descriptions.
387 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
388 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
389 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
390 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
391 description says otherwise.
393 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
395 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
398 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
399 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
402 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
403 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
405 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
406 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
410 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
411 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
412 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
413 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
415 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
416 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
417 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
418 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
420 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
421 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
422 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
423 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
427 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
428 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
429 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
430 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
431 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
433 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
434 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
438 * Add myself to Uploaders.
441 * Add myself to Uploaders.
442 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
444 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
445 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
446 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
448 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
450 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
452 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
453 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
457 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
458 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
460 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
462 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
463 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
467 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
468 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
470 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
472 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
473 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
477 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
478 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
482 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
483 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
485 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
487 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
488 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
489 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
490 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
492 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
493 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
494 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
495 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
497 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
498 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
500 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
502 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
503 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
504 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
505 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
506 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
508 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
509 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
510 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
511 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
512 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
513 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
514 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
515 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
516 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
517 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
518 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
519 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
520 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
521 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
522 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
523 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
524 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
525 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
526 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
527 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
528 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
529 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
530 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
531 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
532 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
533 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
534 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
535 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
536 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
537 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
539 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
540 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
541 links was completed long ago.
542 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
544 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
546 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
548 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
549 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
551 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
553 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
555 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
556 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
557 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
558 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
559 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
560 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
561 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
562 Millan (Closes: #209008).
563 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
564 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
566 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
568 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
570 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
571 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
572 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
573 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
574 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
575 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
576 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
578 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
579 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
580 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
581 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
583 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
584 Küster (Closes: #403391).
585 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
586 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
587 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
588 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
589 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
590 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
591 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
592 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
593 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
594 Closes: #186700, #458910
595 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
596 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
597 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
599 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
600 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
601 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
602 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
603 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
604 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
605 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
606 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
608 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
609 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
611 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
612 * Add an md5sums control file.
613 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
614 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
615 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
616 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
617 currently part of policy.
618 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
619 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
620 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
623 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
625 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
627 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
628 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
629 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
630 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
631 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
632 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
633 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
634 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
635 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
636 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
637 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
638 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
639 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
640 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
641 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
642 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
644 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
646 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
647 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
648 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
650 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
651 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
652 list?" (Closes: #412634).
653 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
654 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
655 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
656 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
657 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
658 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
659 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
660 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
661 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
662 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
663 debconf specification.
664 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
665 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
667 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
669 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
671 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
672 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
673 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
674 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
675 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
677 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
679 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
680 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
681 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
682 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
683 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
685 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
686 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
687 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
688 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
689 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
690 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
691 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
692 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
693 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
694 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
695 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
696 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
697 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
698 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
699 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
700 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
702 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
704 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
705 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
706 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
707 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
708 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
709 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
710 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
711 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
713 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
715 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
717 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
718 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
719 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
720 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
721 Polo (Closes: #372497).
722 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
723 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
725 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
726 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
727 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
728 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
729 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
730 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
731 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
732 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
733 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
734 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
736 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
737 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
738 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
739 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
740 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
741 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
743 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
745 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
747 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
748 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
749 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
750 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
752 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
753 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
755 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
757 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
759 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
760 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
761 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
762 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
763 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
764 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
765 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
766 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
767 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
768 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
770 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
771 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
772 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
773 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
774 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
775 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
776 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
777 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
778 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
779 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
780 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
783 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
785 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
787 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
788 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
789 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
790 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
791 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
792 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
793 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
794 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
795 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
796 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
797 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
798 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
799 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
800 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
801 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
802 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
803 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
804 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
805 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
806 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
807 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
808 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
809 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
810 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
811 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
812 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
813 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
814 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
816 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
817 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
818 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
819 Hess (Closes: #362247).
820 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
821 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
822 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
823 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
824 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
825 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
826 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
827 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
828 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
829 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
830 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
831 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
833 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
834 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
836 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
837 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
838 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
839 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
840 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
841 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
842 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
843 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
844 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
845 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
846 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
848 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
850 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
853 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
854 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
855 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
856 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
857 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
858 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
859 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
860 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
861 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
862 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
863 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
864 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
865 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
867 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
868 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
869 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
870 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
871 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
872 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
873 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
874 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
875 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
876 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
877 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
878 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
879 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
880 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
881 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
882 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
883 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
885 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
888 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
890 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
892 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
893 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
894 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
895 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
897 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
898 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
899 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
900 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
902 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
904 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
907 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
908 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
909 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
910 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
911 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
912 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
913 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
914 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
915 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
916 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
918 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
919 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
920 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
922 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
923 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
924 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
925 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
926 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
927 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
928 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
930 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
931 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
932 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
933 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
935 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
936 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
937 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
938 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
939 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
940 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
941 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
942 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
944 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
945 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
946 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
947 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
948 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
949 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
950 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
951 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
952 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
953 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
954 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
955 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
956 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
957 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
958 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
959 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
960 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
962 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
964 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
967 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
968 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
969 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
970 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
971 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
972 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
973 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
974 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
975 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
977 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
978 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
979 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
980 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
981 this section. closes: Bug#248618
982 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
983 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
984 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
985 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
986 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
987 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
988 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
989 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
990 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
991 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
992 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
993 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
995 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
996 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
997 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1000 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1001 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1002 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1004 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1005 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1006 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1007 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1008 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1009 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1011 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1012 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1014 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1015 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1016 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1017 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1018 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1019 Closes: #185943, #237049
1021 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1023 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1029 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1030 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1031 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1032 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1033 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1034 running. closes: Bug#187250
1035 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1036 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1037 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1038 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1039 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1040 user closes: Bug#176506
1042 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1044 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1048 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1049 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1050 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1051 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1052 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1053 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1054 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1055 deb-building toolchain.
1056 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1057 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1058 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1059 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1060 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1061 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1062 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1063 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1064 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1065 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1066 sections about changelog files.
1068 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1069 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1070 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1071 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1072 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1073 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1075 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1076 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1077 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1078 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1079 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1080 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1081 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1082 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1083 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1084 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1085 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1086 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1087 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1088 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1089 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1090 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1091 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1092 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1093 for the restructuring
1095 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1097 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1102 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1103 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1104 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1105 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1106 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1107 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1109 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1110 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1111 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1112 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1113 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1114 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1115 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1117 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1118 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1119 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1120 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1122 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1124 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1128 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1129 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1130 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1131 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1132 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1134 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1135 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1136 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1137 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1139 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1140 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1141 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1142 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1143 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1144 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1145 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1146 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1147 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1148 offtopic stuff, too.
1149 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1150 script should start it, closes: #60979
1151 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1152 "should", closes: #170019
1153 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1154 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1155 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1156 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1157 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1158 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1159 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1160 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1163 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1165 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1169 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1170 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1171 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1172 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1173 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1174 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1175 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1176 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1178 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1179 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1180 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1181 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1182 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1183 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1184 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1185 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1186 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1188 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1189 file, closes: Bug#65764
1191 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1193 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1196 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1197 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1198 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1199 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1200 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1201 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1202 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1203 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1204 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1205 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1206 details. closes: Bug#133030
1207 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1208 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1209 parts of Bug#161455.
1211 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1213 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1216 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1217 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1218 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1219 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1220 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1221 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1222 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1223 not. closes: Bug#139820
1224 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1225 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1226 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1227 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1228 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1229 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1230 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1231 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1232 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1233 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1235 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1237 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1238 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1239 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1240 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1241 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1242 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1243 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1244 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1245 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1246 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1247 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1248 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1249 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1250 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1251 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1252 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1253 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1254 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1255 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1256 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1258 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1259 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1260 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1261 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1262 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1263 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1264 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1266 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1267 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1268 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1269 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1270 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1271 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1272 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1273 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1274 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1276 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1278 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1281 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1282 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1283 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1284 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1285 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1286 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1287 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1288 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1289 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1290 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1291 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1292 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1293 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1294 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1295 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1296 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1297 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1298 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1299 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1300 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1301 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1302 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1304 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1306 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1309 medium, high, emergency.
1310 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1311 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1312 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1313 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1314 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1317 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1318 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1319 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1321 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1322 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1323 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1324 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1325 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1326 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1327 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1330 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1332 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1334 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1335 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1336 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1337 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1339 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1340 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1341 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1342 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1343 debian/rules to do this
1344 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1345 patches are incorporated upstream
1346 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1347 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1348 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1349 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1350 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1351 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1353 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1354 system closes: Bug#91249
1355 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1356 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1357 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1358 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1359 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1360 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1361 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1362 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1363 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1364 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1365 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1366 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1367 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1369 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1371 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1373 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1374 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1375 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1376 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1378 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1379 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1380 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1382 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1385 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1387 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1390 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1391 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1392 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1393 package for the time being
1394 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1395 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1396 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1397 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1398 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1399 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1400 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1401 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1402 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1403 Build-Depends arch syntax
1404 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1406 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1407 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1409 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1410 from policy maintenance duties.
1411 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1412 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1414 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1416 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1420 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1422 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1424 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1425 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1426 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1427 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1428 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1429 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1430 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1431 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1432 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1433 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1434 minor version number for this
1435 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1436 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1437 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1438 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1439 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1440 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1441 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1442 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1443 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1445 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1447 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1450 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1451 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1452 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1453 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1455 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1457 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1458 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1459 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1460 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1461 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1462 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1463 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1464 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1465 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1466 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1467 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1468 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1469 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1470 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1471 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1472 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1475 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1477 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1480 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1482 * Document the Enhances relationship
1483 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1484 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1485 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1486 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1487 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1488 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1490 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1492 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1493 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1494 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1495 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1497 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1498 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1499 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1500 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1501 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1503 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1505 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1507 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1508 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1509 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1511 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1512 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1513 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1514 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1515 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1516 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1517 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1518 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1519 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1521 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1523 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1525 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1527 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1528 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1529 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1530 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1531 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1532 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1533 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1534 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1535 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1536 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1537 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1538 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1539 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1540 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1541 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1542 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1543 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1544 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1545 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1546 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1547 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1548 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1550 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1551 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1553 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1555 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1557 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1558 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1559 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1560 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1561 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1562 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1563 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1564 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1565 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1566 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1567 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1568 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1569 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1570 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1571 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1572 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1573 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1574 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1575 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1576 list closes: Bug#53756
1577 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1578 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1579 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1580 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1581 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1582 policy closes: Bug#53760
1583 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1584 policy closes: Bug#53761
1585 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1586 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1587 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1588 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1589 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1590 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1591 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1592 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1593 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1594 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1595 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1597 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1598 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1599 to install with older fileutils.
1600 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1601 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1602 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1603 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1605 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1606 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1608 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1610 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1612 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1613 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1615 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1617 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1619 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1620 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1622 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1625 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1627 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1628 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1630 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1632 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1634 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1636 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1637 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1639 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1641 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1643 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1644 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1645 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1646 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1647 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1648 directoried (closes: #41547)
1649 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1650 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1651 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1652 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1653 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1654 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1655 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1656 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1657 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1658 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1659 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1661 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1662 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1663 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1664 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1665 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1666 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1667 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1669 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1670 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1671 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1672 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1674 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1676 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1678 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1679 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1681 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1683 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1685 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1686 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1688 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1690 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1692 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1693 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1695 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1696 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1697 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1698 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1699 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1700 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1701 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1702 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1703 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1704 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1705 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1706 this closes: Bug#38612
1707 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1708 before. closes: Bug#40864
1710 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1712 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1714 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1715 officially uploaded.
1716 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1718 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1719 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1720 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1722 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1723 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1724 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1725 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1726 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1727 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1729 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1730 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1731 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1733 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1735 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1736 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1737 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1738 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1739 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1741 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1743 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1745 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1746 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1747 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1748 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1749 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1750 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1751 there). closes: Bug#34233
1752 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1753 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1754 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1755 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1756 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1758 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1760 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1762 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1763 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1764 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1765 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1768 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1769 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1770 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1771 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1772 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1775 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1776 number. closes: BUG#25911
1778 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1779 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1780 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1781 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1782 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1783 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1785 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1786 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1787 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1790 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1791 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1792 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1794 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1795 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1796 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1797 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1799 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1800 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1801 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1803 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1805 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1806 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1807 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1808 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1809 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1810 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1811 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1812 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1815 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1817 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1818 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1821 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1823 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1825 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1827 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1829 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1831 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1832 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1833 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1834 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1835 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1836 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1837 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1838 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1840 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1841 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1843 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1845 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1847 * non-maintainer release
1848 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1849 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1851 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1852 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1853 * no content changes
1854 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1856 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1858 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1862 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1864 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1866 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1868 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1869 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1870 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1872 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1873 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1875 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1876 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1877 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1878 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1880 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1881 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1882 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1883 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1884 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1885 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1886 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1888 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1889 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1890 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1893 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1894 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1895 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1897 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1898 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1899 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1901 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1902 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1904 * New version numbering scheme:
1906 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1907 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1908 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1911 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1912 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1913 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1914 differ between the manuals.
1916 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1917 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1918 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1919 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1921 * Packaging changes:
1923 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1924 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1926 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1928 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1930 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1932 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1934 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1935 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1936 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1938 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1939 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1942 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1943 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1944 file extension as the referenced file
1946 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1947 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1949 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1950 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1951 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1952 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1955 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1956 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1957 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1959 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1960 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1961 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1962 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1965 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1966 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1969 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1970 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1971 reasonable default configuration
1973 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1974 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1975 by all news servers and clients
1977 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1978 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1979 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1980 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1981 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1983 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1984 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1987 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1989 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1990 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1992 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1995 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1996 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1998 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1999 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2001 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2003 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2005 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2007 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2008 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2009 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2010 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2012 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2014 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2015 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2016 * Don't use debstd anymore
2018 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2020 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2022 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2023 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2024 contrib/non-free policy
2025 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2026 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2027 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2028 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2029 - new section about `Daemons'
2030 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2031 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2032 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2033 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2034 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2035 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2036 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2037 * SGML source code included in package
2038 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2040 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2042 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2044 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2045 - completely reworked structure
2046 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2047 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2048 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2049 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2050 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2051 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2052 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2053 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2054 - mention "orphaned packages"
2055 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2056 distributions' policy
2057 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2058 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2059 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2060 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2061 - added section about arch spec strings
2062 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2063 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2064 - added section about "menus"
2065 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2066 the new documentation policy soon
2067 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2068 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2070 - added section about editors and pagers
2071 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2072 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2073 - added section about device files
2074 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2075 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2076 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2078 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2079 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2080 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2081 - Added new section about obsolete names
2082 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2083 * Fixed package's description
2085 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2087 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2089 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2091 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2093 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2095 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2096 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2097 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2098 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2100 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2102 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2104 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2105 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2106 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2108 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2109 and upload it "byhand" too.
2111 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2113 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2116 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2117 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2118 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2119 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2120 functionality must not have the same name.
2121 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2122 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2123 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2124 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2125 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2126 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2127 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2129 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2130 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2131 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2132 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2133 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2134 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2135 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2136 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2139 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2141 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2143 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2145 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2146 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2147 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2148 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2149 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2152 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2154 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2156 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2158 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2159 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2160 description of deb file format.
2161 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2162 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2164 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2166 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2167 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2169 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2171 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2173 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2174 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2175 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2176 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2177 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2178 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2179 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2180 packages in section on Procedure
2181 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2182 a package maintainer
2183 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2184 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2185 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2187 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2188 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2189 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2190 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2191 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2192 on various shlib files
2193 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2194 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2195 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2197 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2199 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2201 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2202 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2203 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2205 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2206 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2207 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2208 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2209 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2211 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2213 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2215 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2217 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2219 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2220 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2221 compatibility go in contrib.
2223 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2224 instructions in policy manual.
2225 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2228 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2230 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2232 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2233 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2234 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2235 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2237 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2238 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2241 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2243 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2245 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2246 * More detail about changelog format names.
2248 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2249 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2253 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2255 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2257 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2259 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2261 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2263 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2265 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2267 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2268 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2269 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2271 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2273 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2275 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2277 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2279 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2283 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100