1 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
5 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022.
6 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
7 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927.
8 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
9 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
11 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
12 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209.
13 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
14 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
16 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455.
20 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
23 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
24 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
25 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
26 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
27 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
28 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
29 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
30 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
31 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
33 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
34 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
35 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
36 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
37 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
38 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
39 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
40 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
41 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
43 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
44 file, closes: Bug#65764
46 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
48 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
50 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
51 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
52 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
53 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
54 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
55 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
56 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
57 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
58 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
59 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
60 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
61 details. closes: Bug#133030
62 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
63 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
66 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
68 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
70 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
71 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
72 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
73 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
74 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
75 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
76 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
77 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
78 not. closes: Bug#139820
79 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
80 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
81 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
82 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
83 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
84 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
85 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
86 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
87 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
88 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
90 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
92 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
93 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
94 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
95 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
96 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
97 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
98 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
99 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
100 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
101 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
102 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
103 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
104 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
105 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
106 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
107 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
108 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
109 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
110 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
111 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
113 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
114 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
115 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
116 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
117 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
118 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
119 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
121 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
122 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
123 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
124 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
125 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
126 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
127 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
128 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
129 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
131 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
133 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
136 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
137 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
138 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
139 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
140 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
141 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
142 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
143 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
144 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
145 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
146 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
147 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
148 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
149 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
150 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
151 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
152 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
153 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
154 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
155 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
156 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
157 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
159 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
161 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
163 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
164 medium, high, emergency.
165 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
166 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
167 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
168 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
169 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
172 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
173 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
174 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
176 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
177 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
178 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
179 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
180 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
181 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
182 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
185 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
187 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
189 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
190 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
191 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
192 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
194 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
195 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
196 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
197 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
198 debian/rules to do this
199 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
200 patches are incorporated upstream
201 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
202 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
203 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
204 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
205 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
206 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
208 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
209 system closes: Bug#91249
210 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
211 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
212 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
213 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
214 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
215 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
216 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
217 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
218 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
219 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
220 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
221 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
222 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
224 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
226 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
228 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
229 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
230 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
231 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
233 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
234 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
235 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
237 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
240 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
242 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
244 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
245 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
246 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
247 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
248 package for the time being
249 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
250 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
251 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
252 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
253 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
254 * Rename all .text files as .txt
255 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
256 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
257 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
258 Build-Depends arch syntax
259 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
261 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
262 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
264 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
265 from policy maintenance duties.
266 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
267 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
269 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
271 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
273 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
275 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
277 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
279 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
280 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
281 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
282 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
283 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
284 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
285 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
286 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
287 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
288 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
289 minor version number for this
290 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
291 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
292 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
293 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
294 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
295 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
296 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
297 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
298 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
300 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
302 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
304 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
305 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
306 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
307 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
308 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
310 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
312 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
313 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
314 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
315 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
316 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
317 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
318 xutils closes: Bug#82966
319 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
320 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
321 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
322 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
323 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
324 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
325 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
326 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
327 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
330 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
332 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
334 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
335 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
337 * Document the Enhances relationship
338 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
339 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
340 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
341 policy. closes: Bug#53496
342 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
343 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
345 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
347 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
348 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
349 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
350 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
352 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
353 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
354 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
355 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
356 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
358 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
360 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
362 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
363 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
364 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
366 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
367 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
368 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
369 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
370 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
371 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
372 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
373 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
374 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
376 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
378 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
380 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
382 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
383 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
384 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
385 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
386 policy. closes: Bug#64437
387 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
388 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
389 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
390 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
391 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
392 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
393 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
394 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
395 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
396 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
397 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
398 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
399 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
400 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
401 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
402 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
403 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
405 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
406 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
408 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
410 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
412 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
413 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
414 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
415 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
416 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
417 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
418 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
419 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
420 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
421 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
422 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
423 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
424 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
425 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
426 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
427 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
428 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
429 alternative closes: Bug#53755
430 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
431 list closes: Bug#53756
432 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
433 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
434 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
435 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
436 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
437 policy closes: Bug#53760
438 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
439 policy closes: Bug#53761
440 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
441 that use X closes: Bug#53762
442 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
443 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
444 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
445 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
446 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
447 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
448 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
449 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
450 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
452 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
453 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
454 to install with older fileutils.
455 * Installed FHS version 2.1
456 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
457 * Added FHS details to copyright file
458 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
460 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
461 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
463 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
465 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
467 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
468 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
470 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
472 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
474 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
475 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
477 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
480 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
482 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
483 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
485 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
487 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
489 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
491 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
492 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
494 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
496 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
498 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
499 #45561, #42447, #48570)
500 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
501 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
502 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
503 directoried (closes: #41547)
504 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
505 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
506 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
507 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
508 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
509 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
510 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
511 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
512 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
513 package criteria (closes: #45318)
514 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
516 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
517 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
518 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
519 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
520 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
521 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
522 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
524 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
525 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
526 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
527 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
529 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
531 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
533 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
534 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
536 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
538 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
540 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
541 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
543 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
545 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
547 * A few typos and omissions corrected
548 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
550 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
551 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
552 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
553 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
554 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
555 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
556 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
557 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
558 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
559 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
560 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
561 this closes: Bug#38612
562 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
563 before. closes: Bug#40864
565 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
567 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
569 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
571 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
573 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
574 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
575 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
577 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
578 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
579 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
580 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
581 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
582 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
584 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
585 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
586 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
588 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
590 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
591 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
592 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
593 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
594 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
596 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
598 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
600 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
601 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
602 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
603 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
604 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
605 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
606 there). closes: Bug#34233
607 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
608 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
609 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
610 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
611 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
613 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
615 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
617 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
618 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
619 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
620 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
623 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
624 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
625 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
626 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
627 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
630 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
631 number. closes: BUG#25911
633 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
634 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
635 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
636 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
637 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
638 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
640 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
641 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
642 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
645 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
646 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
647 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
649 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
650 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
651 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
652 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
654 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
655 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
656 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
658 * Make the package optional, not extra.
660 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
661 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
662 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
663 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
664 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
665 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
666 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
667 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
670 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
672 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
673 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
676 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
678 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
680 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
682 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
684 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
686 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
687 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
688 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
689 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
690 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
691 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
692 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
693 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
695 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
696 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
698 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
700 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
702 * non-maintainer release
703 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
704 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
706 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
707 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
709 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
711 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
713 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
717 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
719 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
721 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
723 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
724 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
725 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
727 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
728 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
730 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
731 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
732 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
733 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
735 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
736 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
737 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
738 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
739 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
740 and restart options and to comply with the console message
741 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
743 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
744 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
745 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
748 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
749 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
750 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
752 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
753 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
754 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
756 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
757 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
759 * New version numbering scheme:
761 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
762 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
763 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
766 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
767 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
768 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
769 differ between the manuals.
771 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
772 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
773 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
774 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
778 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
779 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
781 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
783 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
785 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
787 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
789 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
790 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
791 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
793 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
794 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
797 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
798 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
799 file extension as the referenced file
801 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
802 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
804 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
805 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
806 start, stop, restart, force-reload
807 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
810 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
811 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
812 be installed into /etc/cron.d
814 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
815 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
816 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
817 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
820 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
821 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
824 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
825 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
826 reasonable default configuration
828 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
829 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
830 by all news servers and clients
832 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
833 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
834 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
835 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
836 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
838 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
839 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
842 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
844 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
845 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
847 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
850 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
851 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
853 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
854 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
856 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
858 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
860 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
862 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
863 - X library package is now called xlib6g
864 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
865 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
867 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
869 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
870 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
871 * Don't use debstd anymore
873 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
875 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
877 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
878 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
879 contrib/non-free policy
880 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
881 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
882 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
883 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
884 - new section about `Daemons'
885 - updated section about `Configuration files'
886 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
887 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
888 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
889 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
890 * Paper about libc6 migration:
891 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
892 * SGML source code included in package
893 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
895 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
897 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
899 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
900 - completely reworked structure
901 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
902 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
903 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
904 - removed all those ugly footnotes
905 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
906 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
907 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
908 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
909 - mention "orphaned packages"
910 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
911 distributions' policy
912 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
913 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
914 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
915 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
916 - added section about arch spec strings
917 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
918 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
919 - added section about "menus"
920 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
921 the new documentation policy soon
922 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
923 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
925 - added section about editors and pagers
926 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
927 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
928 - added section about device files
929 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
930 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
931 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
933 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
934 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
935 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
936 - Added new section about obsolete names
937 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
938 * Fixed package's description
940 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
942 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
944 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
946 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
948 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
950 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
951 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
952 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
953 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
955 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
957 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
959 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
960 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
961 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
963 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
964 and upload it "byhand" too.
966 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
968 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
971 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
972 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
973 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
974 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
975 functionality must not have the same name.
976 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
977 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
978 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
979 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
980 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
981 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
982 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
984 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
985 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
986 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
987 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
988 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
989 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
990 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
991 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
994 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
996 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
998 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1000 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1001 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1002 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1003 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1004 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1007 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1009 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1011 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1013 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1014 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1015 description of deb file format.
1016 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1017 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1019 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1021 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1022 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1024 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1026 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1028 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1029 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1030 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1031 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1032 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1033 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1034 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1035 packages in section on Procedure
1036 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1037 a package maintainer
1038 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1039 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1040 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1042 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1043 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1044 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1045 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1046 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1047 on various shlib files
1048 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1049 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1050 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1052 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1054 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1056 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1057 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1058 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1060 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1061 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1062 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1063 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1064 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1066 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1068 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1070 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1072 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1074 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1075 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1076 compatibility go in contrib.
1078 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1079 instructions in policy manual.
1080 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1083 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1085 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1087 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1088 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1089 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1090 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1092 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1093 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1096 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1098 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1100 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1101 * More detail about changelog format names.
1103 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1104 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1108 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1110 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1112 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1114 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1116 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1118 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1120 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1122 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1123 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1124 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1126 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1128 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1130 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1132 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1134 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1138 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100