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 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
31 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
32 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
35 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
42 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
43 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
46 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
48 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
49 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
52 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
54 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
55 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
58 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
60 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
61 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
62 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
65 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
66 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
71 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
72 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
77 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
78 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
82 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
83 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
84 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
85 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
86 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
87 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
88 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
89 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
90 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
91 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
92 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
93 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
94 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
95 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
96 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
97 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
98 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
99 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
100 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
101 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
102 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
103 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
104 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
105 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
106 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
107 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
108 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
109 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
110 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
111 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
113 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
115 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
118 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
119 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
121 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
122 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
126 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
129 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
130 Wording: Steve Langasek.
131 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
132 Seconded: Julien Cristau
133 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
136 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
137 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
138 Seconded: Russ Allbery
139 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
142 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
143 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
144 Seconded: Russ Allbery
146 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
147 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
148 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
149 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
150 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
151 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
152 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
153 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
156 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
157 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
158 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
159 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
160 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
161 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
162 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
164 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
165 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
166 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
167 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
168 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
169 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
170 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
173 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
174 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
175 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
176 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
177 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
179 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
182 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
183 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
186 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
187 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
190 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
192 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
195 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
199 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
200 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
204 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
205 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
209 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
210 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
213 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
214 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
216 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
217 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
219 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
222 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
223 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
227 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
228 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
232 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
233 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
237 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
238 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
242 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
243 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
247 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
248 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
249 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
250 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
251 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
252 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
253 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
254 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
255 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
256 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
257 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
258 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
259 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
260 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
261 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
263 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
264 Source field descriptions.
265 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
266 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
267 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
268 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
269 description says otherwise.
271 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
273 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
276 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
277 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
280 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
281 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
283 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
284 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
288 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
289 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
293 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
294 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
298 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
299 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
300 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
301 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
305 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
306 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
307 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
308 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
309 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
311 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
312 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
316 * Add myself to Uploaders.
319 * Add myself to Uploaders.
320 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
322 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
323 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
324 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
326 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
328 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
330 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
331 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
335 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
336 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
338 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
340 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
341 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
345 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
346 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
348 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
350 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
351 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
355 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
356 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
360 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
361 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
363 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
365 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
366 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
368 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
370 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
371 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
372 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
375 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
376 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
380 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
381 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
384 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
386 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
387 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
388 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
389 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
390 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
391 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
392 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
393 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
394 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
395 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
396 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
397 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
398 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
399 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
400 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
401 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
402 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
403 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
404 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
405 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
406 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
407 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
408 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
409 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
410 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
411 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
412 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
413 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
414 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
415 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
417 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
418 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
419 links was completed long ago.
420 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
422 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
424 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
426 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
427 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
429 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
431 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
433 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
434 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
435 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
436 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
437 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
438 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
439 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
440 Millan (Closes: #209008).
441 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
442 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
444 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
446 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
448 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
449 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
450 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
451 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
452 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
453 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
454 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
456 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
457 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
458 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
459 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
461 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
462 Küster (Closes: #403391).
463 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
464 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
465 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
466 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
467 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
468 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
472 Closes: #186700, #458910
473 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
474 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
477 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
478 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
479 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
480 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
481 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
482 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
483 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
484 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
486 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
487 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
489 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
490 * Add an md5sums control file.
491 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
492 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
493 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
494 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
495 currently part of policy.
496 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
497 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
498 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
501 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
503 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
505 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
506 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
507 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
508 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
509 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
510 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
511 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
512 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
513 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
514 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
515 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
516 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
517 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
518 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
519 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
520 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
522 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
524 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
525 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
526 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
528 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
529 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
530 list?" (Closes: #412634).
531 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
532 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
533 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
534 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
535 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
536 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
537 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
538 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
539 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
540 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
541 debconf specification.
542 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
543 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
545 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
547 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
549 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
550 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
551 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
552 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
553 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
555 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
557 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
558 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
559 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
560 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
561 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
563 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
564 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
565 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
566 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
567 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
568 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
569 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
570 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
571 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
572 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
573 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
574 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
575 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
576 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
577 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
578 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
580 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
582 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
583 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
584 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
585 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
586 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
587 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
588 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
589 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
591 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
593 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
595 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
596 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
597 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
598 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
599 Polo (Closes: #372497).
600 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
601 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
603 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
604 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
605 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
606 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
607 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
608 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
609 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
610 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
611 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
612 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
614 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
615 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
616 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
617 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
618 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
619 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
621 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
623 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
625 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
626 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
627 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
628 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
630 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
631 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
633 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
635 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
637 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
638 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
639 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
640 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
641 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
642 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
643 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
644 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
645 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
646 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
648 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
649 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
650 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
651 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
652 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
653 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
654 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
655 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
656 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
657 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
658 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
661 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
663 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
665 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
666 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
667 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
668 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
669 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
670 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
671 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
672 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
673 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
674 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
675 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
676 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
677 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
678 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
679 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
680 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
681 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
682 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
683 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
684 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
685 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
686 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
687 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
688 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
689 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
690 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
691 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
692 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
694 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
695 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
696 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
697 Hess (Closes: #362247).
698 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
699 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
700 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
701 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
702 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
703 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
704 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
705 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
706 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
707 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
708 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
709 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
711 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
712 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
714 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
715 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
716 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
717 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
718 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
719 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
720 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
721 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
722 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
723 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
724 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
726 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
728 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
731 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
732 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
733 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
734 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
735 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
736 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
737 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
738 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
739 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
740 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
741 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
742 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
743 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
745 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
746 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
747 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
748 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
749 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
750 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
751 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
752 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
753 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
754 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
755 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
756 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
757 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
758 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
759 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
760 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
761 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
762 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
763 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
766 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
768 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
770 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
771 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
772 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
773 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
775 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
776 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
777 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
778 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
780 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
782 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
785 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
786 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
787 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
788 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
789 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
790 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
791 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
792 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
793 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
794 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
796 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
797 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
798 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
800 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
801 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
802 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
803 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
804 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
805 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
806 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
808 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
809 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
810 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
811 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
813 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
814 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
815 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
816 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
817 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
818 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
819 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
820 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
822 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
823 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
824 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
825 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
826 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
827 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
828 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
829 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
830 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
831 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
832 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
833 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
834 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
835 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
836 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
837 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
838 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
840 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
842 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
845 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
846 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
847 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
848 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
849 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
850 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
851 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
852 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
853 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
855 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
856 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
857 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
858 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
859 this section. closes: Bug#248618
860 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
861 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
862 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
863 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
864 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
865 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
866 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
867 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
868 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
869 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
870 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
871 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
873 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
874 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
875 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
878 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
879 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
880 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
882 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
883 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
884 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
885 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
886 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
887 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
889 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
890 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
892 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
893 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
894 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
895 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
896 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
897 Closes: #185943, #237049
899 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
901 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
904 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
907 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
908 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
909 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
910 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
911 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
912 running. closes: Bug#187250
913 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
914 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
915 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
916 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
917 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
918 user closes: Bug#176506
920 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
922 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
925 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
926 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
927 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
928 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
929 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
930 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
931 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
932 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
933 deb-building toolchain.
934 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
935 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
936 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
937 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
938 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
939 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
940 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
941 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
942 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
943 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
944 sections about changelog files.
946 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
947 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
948 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
949 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
950 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
951 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
953 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
954 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
955 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
956 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
957 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
958 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
959 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
960 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
961 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
962 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
963 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
964 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
965 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
966 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
967 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
968 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
969 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
970 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
971 for the restructuring
973 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
975 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
978 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
980 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
981 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
982 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
983 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
984 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
985 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
987 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
988 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
989 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
990 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
991 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
992 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
993 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
995 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
996 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
997 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
998 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1000 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1002 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1005 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1006 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1007 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1008 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1009 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1010 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1012 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1013 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1014 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1015 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1017 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1018 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1019 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1020 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1021 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1022 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1023 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1024 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1025 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1026 offtopic stuff, too.
1027 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1028 script should start it, closes: #60979
1029 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1030 "should", closes: #170019
1031 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1032 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1033 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1034 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1035 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1036 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1037 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1038 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1041 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1043 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1047 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1048 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1049 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1050 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1051 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1052 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1053 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1054 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1056 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1057 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1058 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1059 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1060 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1061 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1062 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1063 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1064 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1066 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1067 file, closes: Bug#65764
1069 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1071 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1074 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1075 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1076 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1077 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1078 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1079 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1080 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1081 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1082 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1083 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1084 details. closes: Bug#133030
1085 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1086 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1087 parts of Bug#161455.
1089 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1091 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1094 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1095 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1096 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1097 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1098 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1099 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1100 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1101 not. closes: Bug#139820
1102 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1103 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1104 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1105 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1106 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1107 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1108 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1109 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1110 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1111 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1113 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1115 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1116 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1117 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1118 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1119 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1120 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1121 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1122 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1123 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1124 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1125 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1126 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1127 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1128 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1129 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1130 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1131 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1132 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1133 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1134 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1136 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1137 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1138 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1139 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1140 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1141 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1142 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1144 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1145 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1146 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1147 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1148 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1149 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1150 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1151 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1152 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1154 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1156 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1159 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1160 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1161 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1162 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1163 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1164 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1165 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1166 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1167 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1168 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1169 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1170 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1171 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1172 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1173 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1174 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1175 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1176 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1177 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1178 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1179 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1180 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1182 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1184 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1187 medium, high, emergency.
1188 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1189 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1190 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1191 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1192 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1195 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1196 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1197 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1199 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1200 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1201 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1202 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1203 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1204 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1205 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1208 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1210 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1213 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1214 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1215 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1217 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1218 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1219 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1220 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1221 debian/rules to do this
1222 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1223 patches are incorporated upstream
1224 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1225 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1226 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1227 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1228 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1229 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1231 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1232 system closes: Bug#91249
1233 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1234 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1235 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1236 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1237 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1238 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1239 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1240 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1241 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1242 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1243 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1244 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1245 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1247 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1249 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1251 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1252 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1253 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1254 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1256 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1257 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1258 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1260 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1263 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1265 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1268 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1269 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1270 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1271 package for the time being
1272 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1273 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1274 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1275 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1276 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1277 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1278 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1279 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1280 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1281 Build-Depends arch syntax
1282 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1284 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1285 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1287 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1288 from policy maintenance duties.
1289 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1290 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1292 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1294 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1296 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1298 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1300 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1302 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1303 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1304 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1305 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1306 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1307 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1308 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1309 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1310 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1311 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1312 minor version number for this
1313 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1314 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1315 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1316 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1317 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1318 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1319 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1320 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1321 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1323 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1325 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1327 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1328 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1329 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1330 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1331 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1333 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1335 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1336 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1337 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1338 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1339 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1340 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1341 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1342 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1343 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1344 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1345 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1346 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1347 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1348 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1349 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1350 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1353 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1355 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1357 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1358 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1360 * Document the Enhances relationship
1361 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1362 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1363 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1364 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1365 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1366 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1368 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1370 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1371 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1372 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1373 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1375 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1376 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1377 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1378 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1379 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1381 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1383 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1385 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1386 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1387 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1389 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1390 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1391 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1392 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1393 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1394 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1395 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1396 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1397 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1399 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1401 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1403 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1405 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1406 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1407 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1408 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1409 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1410 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1411 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1412 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1413 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1414 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1415 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1416 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1417 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1418 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1419 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1420 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1421 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1422 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1423 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1424 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1425 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1426 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1428 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1429 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1431 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1433 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1436 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1437 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1438 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1439 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1440 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1441 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1442 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1443 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1444 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1445 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1446 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1447 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1448 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1449 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1450 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1451 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1452 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1453 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1454 list closes: Bug#53756
1455 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1456 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1457 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1458 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1459 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1460 policy closes: Bug#53760
1461 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1462 policy closes: Bug#53761
1463 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1464 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1465 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1466 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1467 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1468 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1469 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1470 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1471 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1472 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1473 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1475 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1476 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1477 to install with older fileutils.
1478 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1479 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1480 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1481 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1483 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1484 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1486 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1488 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1490 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1491 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1493 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1495 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1497 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1498 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1500 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1503 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1505 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1506 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1508 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1510 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1512 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1514 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1515 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1517 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1519 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1521 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1522 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1523 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1524 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1525 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1526 directoried (closes: #41547)
1527 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1528 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1529 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1530 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1531 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1532 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1533 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1534 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1535 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1536 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1537 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1539 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1540 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1541 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1542 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1543 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1544 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1545 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1547 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1548 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1549 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1550 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1552 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1554 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1556 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1557 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1559 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1561 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1563 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1564 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1566 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1568 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1570 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1571 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1573 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1574 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1575 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1576 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1577 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1578 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1579 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1580 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1581 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1582 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1583 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1584 this closes: Bug#38612
1585 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1586 before. closes: Bug#40864
1588 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1590 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1592 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1593 officially uploaded.
1594 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1596 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1597 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1598 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1600 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1601 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1602 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1603 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1604 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1605 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1607 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1608 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1609 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1611 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1613 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1614 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1615 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1616 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1617 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1619 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1621 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1623 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1624 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1625 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1626 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1627 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1628 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1629 there). closes: Bug#34233
1630 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1631 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1632 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1633 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1634 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1636 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1638 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1640 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1641 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1642 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1643 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1646 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1647 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1648 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1649 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1650 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1653 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1654 number. closes: BUG#25911
1656 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1657 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1658 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1659 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1660 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1661 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1663 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1664 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1665 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1668 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1669 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1670 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1672 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1673 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1674 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1675 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1677 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1678 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1679 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1681 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1683 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1684 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1685 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1686 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1687 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1688 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1689 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1690 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1693 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1695 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1696 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1699 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1701 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1703 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1705 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1707 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1709 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1710 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1711 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1712 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1713 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1714 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1715 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1716 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1718 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1719 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1721 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1723 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1725 * non-maintainer release
1726 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1727 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1729 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1730 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1731 * no content changes
1732 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1734 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1736 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1740 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1742 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1744 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1746 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1747 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1748 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1750 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1751 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1753 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1754 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1755 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1756 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1758 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1759 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1760 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1761 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1762 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1763 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1764 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1766 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1767 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1768 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1771 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1772 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1773 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1775 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1776 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1777 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1779 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1780 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1782 * New version numbering scheme:
1784 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1785 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1786 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1789 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1790 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1791 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1792 differ between the manuals.
1794 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1795 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1796 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1797 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1799 * Packaging changes:
1801 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1802 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1804 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1806 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1808 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1810 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1812 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1813 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1814 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1816 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1817 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1820 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1821 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1822 file extension as the referenced file
1824 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1825 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1827 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1828 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1829 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1830 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1833 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1834 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1835 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1837 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1838 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1839 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1840 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1843 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1844 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1847 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1848 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1849 reasonable default configuration
1851 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1852 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1853 by all news servers and clients
1855 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1856 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1857 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1858 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1859 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1861 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1862 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1865 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1867 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1868 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1870 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1873 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1874 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1876 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1877 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1879 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1881 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1883 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1885 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1886 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1887 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1888 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1890 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1892 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1893 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1894 * Don't use debstd anymore
1896 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1898 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1900 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1901 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1902 contrib/non-free policy
1903 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1904 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1905 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1906 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1907 - new section about `Daemons'
1908 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1909 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1910 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1911 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1912 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1913 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1914 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1915 * SGML source code included in package
1916 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1918 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1920 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1922 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1923 - completely reworked structure
1924 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1925 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1926 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1927 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1928 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1929 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1930 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1931 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1932 - mention "orphaned packages"
1933 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1934 distributions' policy
1935 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1936 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1937 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1938 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1939 - added section about arch spec strings
1940 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1941 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1942 - added section about "menus"
1943 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1944 the new documentation policy soon
1945 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1946 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1948 - added section about editors and pagers
1949 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1950 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1951 - added section about device files
1952 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1953 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1954 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1956 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1957 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1958 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1959 - Added new section about obsolete names
1960 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1961 * Fixed package's description
1963 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1965 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1967 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1969 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1971 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1973 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1974 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1975 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1976 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1978 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1980 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1982 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1983 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1984 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1986 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1987 and upload it "byhand" too.
1989 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1991 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1994 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1995 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1996 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1997 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1998 functionality must not have the same name.
1999 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2000 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2001 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2002 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2003 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2004 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2005 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2007 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2008 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2009 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2010 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2011 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2012 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2013 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2014 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2017 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2019 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2021 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2023 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2024 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2025 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2026 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2027 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2030 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2032 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2034 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2036 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2037 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2038 description of deb file format.
2039 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2040 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2042 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2044 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2045 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2047 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2049 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2051 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2052 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2053 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2054 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2055 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2056 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2057 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2058 packages in section on Procedure
2059 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2060 a package maintainer
2061 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2062 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2063 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2065 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2066 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2067 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2068 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2069 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2070 on various shlib files
2071 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2072 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2073 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2075 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2077 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2079 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2080 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2081 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2083 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2084 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2085 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2086 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2087 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2089 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2091 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2093 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2095 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2097 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2098 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2099 compatibility go in contrib.
2101 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2102 instructions in policy manual.
2103 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2106 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2108 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2110 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2111 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2112 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2113 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2115 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2116 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2119 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2121 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2123 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2124 * More detail about changelog format names.
2126 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2127 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2131 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2133 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2135 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2137 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2139 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2141 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2143 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2145 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2146 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2147 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2149 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2151 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2153 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2155 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2157 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2161 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100