1 debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
20 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
22 Proposed by Santiago Vila
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
30 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
31 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
32 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
33 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
34 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
35 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
36 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
38 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
40 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
43 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
44 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
46 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
47 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
51 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
54 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
55 Wording: Steve Langasek.
56 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
57 Seconded: Julien Cristau
61 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
62 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
63 Seconded: Russ Allbery
64 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
67 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
68 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
69 Seconded: Russ Allbery
71 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
72 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
73 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
74 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
75 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
76 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
77 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
78 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
81 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
82 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
83 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
84 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
85 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
86 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
87 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
89 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
90 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
91 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
92 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
93 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
94 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
95 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
98 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
99 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
100 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
101 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
102 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
104 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
107 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
108 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
111 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
112 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
115 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
117 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
120 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
124 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
125 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
129 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
130 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
134 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
135 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
138 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
139 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
141 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
142 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
147 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
148 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
152 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
153 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
157 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
158 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
162 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
163 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
167 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
168 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
172 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
173 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
174 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
175 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
176 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
177 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
178 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
179 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
180 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
181 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
182 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
183 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
184 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
185 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
186 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
188 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
189 Source field descriptions.
190 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
191 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
192 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
193 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
194 description says otherwise.
196 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
198 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
201 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
202 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
205 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
206 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
208 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
209 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
213 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
214 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
218 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
219 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
223 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
224 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
225 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
226 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
230 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
231 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
232 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
233 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
234 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
236 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
237 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
241 * Add myself to Uploaders.
244 * Add myself to Uploaders.
245 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
247 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
248 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
249 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
251 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
253 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
255 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
256 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
260 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
261 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
263 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
265 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
266 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
270 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
271 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
273 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
275 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
276 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
280 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
281 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
285 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
286 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
288 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
290 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
291 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
293 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
295 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
296 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
297 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
300 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
301 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
305 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
306 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
309 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
311 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
312 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
313 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
314 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
315 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
316 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
317 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
318 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
319 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
320 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
321 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
322 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
323 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
324 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
325 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
326 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
327 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
328 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
329 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
330 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
331 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
332 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
333 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
334 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
335 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
336 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
337 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
338 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
339 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
340 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
342 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
343 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
344 links was completed long ago.
345 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
347 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
349 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
351 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
352 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
354 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
356 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
358 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
359 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
360 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
361 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
362 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
363 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
364 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
365 Millan (Closes: #209008).
366 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
367 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
369 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
371 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
373 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
374 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
375 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
376 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
377 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
378 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
379 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
381 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
382 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
383 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
384 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
386 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
387 Küster (Closes: #403391).
388 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
389 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
390 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
391 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
392 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
393 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
394 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
397 Closes: #186700, #458910
398 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
399 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
402 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
403 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
404 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
405 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
406 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
407 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
408 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
409 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
411 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
412 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
414 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
415 * Add an md5sums control file.
416 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
417 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
418 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
419 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
420 currently part of policy.
421 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
422 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
423 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
426 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
428 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
430 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
431 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
432 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
433 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
434 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
435 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
436 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
437 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
438 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
439 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
440 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
441 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
442 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
443 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
444 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
445 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
447 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
449 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
450 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
451 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
453 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
454 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
455 list?" (Closes: #412634).
456 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
457 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
458 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
459 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
460 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
461 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
462 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
463 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
464 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
465 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
466 debconf specification.
467 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
468 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
470 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
472 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
474 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
475 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
476 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
477 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
478 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
480 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
482 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
483 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
484 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
485 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
486 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
488 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
489 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
490 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
491 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
492 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
493 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
494 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
495 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
496 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
497 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
498 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
499 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
500 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
501 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
502 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
503 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
505 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
507 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
508 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
509 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
510 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
511 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
512 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
513 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
514 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
516 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
518 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
520 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
521 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
522 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
523 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
524 Polo (Closes: #372497).
525 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
526 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
528 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
529 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
530 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
531 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
532 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
533 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
534 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
535 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
536 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
537 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
539 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
540 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
541 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
542 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
543 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
544 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
546 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
548 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
550 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
551 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
552 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
553 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
555 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
556 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
558 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
560 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
562 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
563 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
564 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
565 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
566 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
567 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
568 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
569 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
570 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
571 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
573 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
574 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
575 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
576 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
577 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
578 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
579 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
580 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
581 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
582 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
583 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
586 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
588 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
590 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
591 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
592 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
593 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
594 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
595 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
596 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
597 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
598 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
599 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
600 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
601 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
602 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
603 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
604 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
605 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
606 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
607 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
608 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
609 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
610 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
611 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
612 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
613 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
614 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
615 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
616 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
617 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
619 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
620 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
621 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
622 Hess (Closes: #362247).
623 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
624 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
625 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
626 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
627 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
628 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
629 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
630 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
631 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
632 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
633 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
634 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
636 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
637 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
639 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
640 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
641 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
642 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
643 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
644 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
645 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
646 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
647 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
648 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
649 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
651 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
653 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
656 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
657 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
658 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
659 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
660 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
661 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
662 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
663 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
664 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
665 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
666 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
667 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
668 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
670 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
671 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
672 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
673 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
674 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
675 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
676 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
677 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
678 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
679 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
680 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
681 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
682 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
683 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
684 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
685 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
686 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
687 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
688 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
691 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
693 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
695 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
696 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
697 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
698 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
700 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
701 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
702 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
703 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
705 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
707 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
710 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
711 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
712 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
713 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
714 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
715 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
716 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
717 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
718 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
719 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
721 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
722 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
723 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
725 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
726 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
727 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
728 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
729 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
730 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
731 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
733 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
734 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
735 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
736 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
738 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
739 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
740 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
741 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
742 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
743 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
744 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
745 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
747 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
748 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
749 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
750 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
751 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
752 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
753 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
754 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
755 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
756 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
757 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
758 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
759 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
760 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
761 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
762 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
763 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
765 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
767 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
770 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
771 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
772 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
773 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
774 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
775 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
776 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
777 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
778 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
780 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
781 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
782 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
783 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
784 this section. closes: Bug#248618
785 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
786 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
787 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
788 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
789 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
790 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
791 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
792 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
793 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
794 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
795 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
796 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
798 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
799 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
800 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
803 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
804 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
805 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
807 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
808 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
809 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
810 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
811 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
812 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
814 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
815 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
817 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
818 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
819 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
820 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
821 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
822 Closes: #185943, #237049
824 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
826 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
829 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
832 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
833 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
834 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
835 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
836 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
837 running. closes: Bug#187250
838 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
839 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
840 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
841 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
842 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
843 user closes: Bug#176506
845 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
847 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
850 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
851 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
852 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
853 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
854 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
855 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
856 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
857 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
858 deb-building toolchain.
859 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
860 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
861 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
862 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
863 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
864 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
865 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
866 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
867 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
868 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
869 sections about changelog files.
871 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
872 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
873 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
874 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
875 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
876 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
878 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
879 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
880 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
881 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
882 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
883 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
884 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
885 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
886 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
887 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
888 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
889 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
890 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
891 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
892 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
893 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
894 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
895 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
896 for the restructuring
898 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
900 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
903 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
905 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
906 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
907 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
908 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
909 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
910 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
912 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
913 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
914 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
915 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
916 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
917 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
918 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
920 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
921 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
922 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
923 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
925 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
927 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
930 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
931 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
932 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
933 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
934 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
935 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
937 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
938 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
939 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
940 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
942 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
943 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
944 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
945 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
946 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
947 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
948 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
949 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
950 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
952 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
953 script should start it, closes: #60979
954 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
955 "should", closes: #170019
956 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
957 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
958 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
959 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
960 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
961 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
962 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
963 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
966 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
968 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
971 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
972 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
973 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
974 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
975 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
976 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
977 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
978 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
979 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
981 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
982 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
983 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
984 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
985 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
986 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
987 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
988 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
989 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
991 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
992 file, closes: Bug#65764
994 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
996 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
998 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
999 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1000 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1001 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1002 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1003 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1004 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1005 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1006 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1007 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1008 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1009 details. closes: Bug#133030
1010 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1011 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1012 parts of Bug#161455.
1014 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1016 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1019 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1020 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1021 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1022 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1023 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1024 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1025 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1026 not. closes: Bug#139820
1027 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1028 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1029 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1030 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1031 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1032 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1033 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1034 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1035 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1036 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1038 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1040 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1041 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1042 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1043 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1044 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1045 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1046 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1047 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1048 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1049 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1050 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1051 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1052 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1053 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1054 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1055 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1056 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1057 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1058 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1059 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1061 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1062 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1063 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1064 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1065 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1066 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1067 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1069 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1070 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1071 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1072 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1073 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1074 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1075 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1076 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1077 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1079 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1081 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1084 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1085 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1086 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1087 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1088 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1089 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1090 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1091 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1092 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1093 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1094 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1095 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1096 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1097 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1098 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1099 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1100 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1101 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1102 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1103 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1104 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1105 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1107 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1109 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1112 medium, high, emergency.
1113 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1114 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1115 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1116 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1117 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1120 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1121 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1122 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1124 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1125 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1126 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1127 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1128 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1129 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1130 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1133 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1135 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1138 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1139 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1140 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1142 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1143 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1144 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1145 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1146 debian/rules to do this
1147 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1148 patches are incorporated upstream
1149 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1150 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1151 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1152 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1153 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1154 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1156 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1157 system closes: Bug#91249
1158 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1159 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1160 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1161 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1162 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1163 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1164 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1165 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1166 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1167 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1168 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1169 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1170 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1172 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1174 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1177 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1178 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1179 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1181 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1182 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1183 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1185 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1188 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1190 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1193 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1194 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1195 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1196 package for the time being
1197 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1198 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1199 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1200 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1201 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1202 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1203 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1204 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1205 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1206 Build-Depends arch syntax
1207 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1209 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1210 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1212 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1213 from policy maintenance duties.
1214 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1215 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1217 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1219 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1221 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1223 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1225 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1228 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1229 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1230 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1231 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1232 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1233 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1234 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1235 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1236 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1237 minor version number for this
1238 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1239 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1240 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1241 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1242 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1243 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1244 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1245 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1246 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1248 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1250 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1252 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1253 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1254 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1255 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1256 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1258 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1260 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1261 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1262 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1263 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1264 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1265 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1266 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1267 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1268 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1269 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1270 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1271 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1272 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1273 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1274 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1275 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1278 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1280 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1282 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1283 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1285 * Document the Enhances relationship
1286 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1287 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1288 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1289 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1290 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1291 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1293 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1295 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1296 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1297 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1298 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1300 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1301 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1302 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1303 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1304 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1306 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1308 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1310 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1311 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1312 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1314 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1315 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1316 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1317 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1318 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1319 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1320 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1321 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1322 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1324 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1326 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1328 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1330 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1331 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1332 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1333 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1334 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1335 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1336 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1337 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1338 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1339 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1340 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1341 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1342 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1343 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1344 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1345 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1346 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1347 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1348 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1349 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1350 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1351 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1353 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1354 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1356 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1358 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1360 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1361 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1362 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1363 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1364 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1365 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1366 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1367 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1368 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1369 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1370 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1371 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1372 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1373 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1374 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1375 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1376 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1377 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1378 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1379 list closes: Bug#53756
1380 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1381 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1382 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1383 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1384 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1385 policy closes: Bug#53760
1386 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1387 policy closes: Bug#53761
1388 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1389 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1390 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1391 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1392 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1393 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1394 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1395 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1396 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1397 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1398 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1400 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1401 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1402 to install with older fileutils.
1403 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1404 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1405 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1406 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1408 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1409 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1411 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1413 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1415 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1416 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1418 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1420 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1423 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1425 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1428 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1430 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1431 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1433 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1435 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1437 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1439 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1440 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1442 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1444 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1447 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1448 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1449 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1450 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1451 directoried (closes: #41547)
1452 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1453 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1454 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1455 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1456 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1457 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1458 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1459 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1460 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1461 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1462 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1464 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1465 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1466 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1467 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1468 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1469 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1470 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1472 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1473 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1474 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1475 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1477 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1479 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1481 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1482 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1484 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1486 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1488 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1489 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1491 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1493 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1495 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1496 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1498 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1499 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1500 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1501 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1502 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1503 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1504 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1505 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1506 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1507 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1508 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1509 this closes: Bug#38612
1510 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1511 before. closes: Bug#40864
1513 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1515 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1517 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1518 officially uploaded.
1519 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1521 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1522 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1523 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1525 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1526 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1527 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1528 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1529 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1530 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1532 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1533 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1534 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1536 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1538 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1539 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1540 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1541 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1542 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1544 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1546 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1548 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1549 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1550 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1551 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1552 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1553 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1554 there). closes: Bug#34233
1555 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1556 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1557 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1558 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1559 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1561 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1563 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1565 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1566 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1567 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1568 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1571 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1572 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1573 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1574 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1575 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1578 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1579 number. closes: BUG#25911
1581 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1582 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1583 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1584 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1585 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1586 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1588 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1589 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1590 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1593 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1594 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1595 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1597 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1598 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1599 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1600 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1602 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1603 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1604 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1606 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1608 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1609 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1610 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1611 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1612 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1613 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1614 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1615 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1618 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1620 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1621 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1624 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1626 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1628 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1630 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1632 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1634 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1635 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1636 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1637 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1638 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1639 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1640 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1641 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1643 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1644 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1646 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1648 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1650 * non-maintainer release
1651 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1652 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1654 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1655 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1656 * no content changes
1657 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1659 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1661 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1665 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1667 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1669 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1671 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1672 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1673 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1675 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1676 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1678 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1679 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1680 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1681 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1683 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1684 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1685 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1686 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1687 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1688 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1689 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1691 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1692 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1693 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1696 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1697 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1698 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1700 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1701 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1702 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1704 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1705 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1707 * New version numbering scheme:
1709 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1710 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1711 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1714 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1715 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1716 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1717 differ between the manuals.
1719 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1720 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1721 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1722 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1724 * Packaging changes:
1726 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1727 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1729 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1731 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1733 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1735 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1737 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1738 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1739 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1741 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1742 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1745 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1746 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1747 file extension as the referenced file
1749 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1750 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1752 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1753 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1754 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1755 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1758 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1759 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1760 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1762 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1763 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1764 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1765 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1768 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1769 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1772 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1773 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1774 reasonable default configuration
1776 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1777 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1778 by all news servers and clients
1780 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1781 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1782 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1783 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1784 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1786 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1787 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1790 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1792 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1793 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1795 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1798 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1799 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1801 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1802 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1804 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1806 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1808 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1810 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1811 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1812 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1813 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1815 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1817 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1818 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1819 * Don't use debstd anymore
1821 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1823 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1825 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1826 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1827 contrib/non-free policy
1828 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1829 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1830 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1831 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1832 - new section about `Daemons'
1833 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1834 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1835 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1836 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1837 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1838 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1839 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1840 * SGML source code included in package
1841 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1843 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1845 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1847 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1848 - completely reworked structure
1849 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1850 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1851 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1852 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1853 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1854 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1855 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1856 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1857 - mention "orphaned packages"
1858 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1859 distributions' policy
1860 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1861 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1862 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1863 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1864 - added section about arch spec strings
1865 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1866 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1867 - added section about "menus"
1868 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1869 the new documentation policy soon
1870 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1871 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1873 - added section about editors and pagers
1874 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1875 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1876 - added section about device files
1877 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1878 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1879 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1881 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1882 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1883 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1884 - Added new section about obsolete names
1885 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1886 * Fixed package's description
1888 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1890 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1892 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1894 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1896 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1898 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1899 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1900 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1901 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1903 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1905 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1907 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1908 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1909 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1911 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1912 and upload it "byhand" too.
1914 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1916 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1919 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1920 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1921 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1922 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1923 functionality must not have the same name.
1924 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1925 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1926 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1927 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1928 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1929 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1930 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1932 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1933 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1934 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1935 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1936 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1937 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1938 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1939 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1942 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1944 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1946 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1948 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1949 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1950 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1951 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1952 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1955 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1957 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1959 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1961 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1962 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1963 description of deb file format.
1964 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1965 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1967 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1969 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1970 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1972 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1974 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1976 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1977 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1978 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1979 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1980 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1981 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1982 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1983 packages in section on Procedure
1984 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1985 a package maintainer
1986 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1987 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1988 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1990 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1991 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1992 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1993 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1994 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1995 on various shlib files
1996 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1997 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1998 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2000 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2002 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2004 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2005 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2006 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2008 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2009 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2010 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2011 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2012 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2014 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2016 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2018 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2020 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2022 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2023 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2024 compatibility go in contrib.
2026 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2027 instructions in policy manual.
2028 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2031 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2033 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2035 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2036 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2037 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2038 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2040 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2041 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2044 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2046 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2048 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2049 * More detail about changelog format names.
2051 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2052 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2056 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2058 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2060 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2062 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2064 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2066 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2068 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2070 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2071 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2072 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2074 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2076 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2078 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2080 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2082 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2086 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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