1 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
4 medium, high, emergency.
5 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
6 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
7 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
8 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
9 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
12 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
13 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
14 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
16 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
17 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
18 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
19 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
20 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
21 ther information provided. closes: Bug#105535
22 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
25 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
27 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
30 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
31 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
32 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
34 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
35 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
36 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
37 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
38 debian/rules to do this
39 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
40 patches are incorporated upstream
41 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
42 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
43 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
44 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
45 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
46 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
48 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
49 system closes: Bug#91249
50 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
51 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
52 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
53 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
54 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
55 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
56 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
57 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
58 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
59 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
60 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
61 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
62 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
64 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
66 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
68 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
69 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
70 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
71 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
73 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
74 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
75 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
77 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
80 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
82 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
85 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
86 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
87 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
88 package for the time being
89 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
90 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
91 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
92 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
93 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
94 * Rename all .text files as .txt
95 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
96 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
97 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
98 Build-Depends arch syntax
99 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
101 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
102 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
104 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
105 from policy maintenance duties.
106 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
107 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
109 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
111 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
115 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
117 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
120 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
121 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
122 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
123 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
124 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
125 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
126 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
127 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
128 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
129 minor version number for this
130 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
131 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
132 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
133 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
134 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
135 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
136 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
137 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
138 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
140 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
142 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
144 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
145 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
146 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
147 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
148 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
150 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
152 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
153 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
154 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
155 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
156 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
157 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
158 xutils closes: Bug#82966
159 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
160 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
161 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
162 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
163 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
164 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
165 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
166 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
167 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
170 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
172 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
174 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
175 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
177 * Document the Enhances relationship
178 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
179 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
180 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
181 policy. closes: Bug#53496
182 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
183 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
185 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
187 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
188 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
189 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
190 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
192 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
193 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
194 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
195 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
196 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
198 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
200 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
203 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
204 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
206 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
207 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
208 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
209 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
210 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
211 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
212 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
213 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
214 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
216 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
218 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
220 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
222 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
223 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
224 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
225 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
226 policy. closes: Bug#64437
227 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
228 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
229 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
230 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
231 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
232 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
233 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
234 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
235 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
236 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
237 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
238 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
239 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
240 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
241 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
242 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
243 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
245 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
246 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
250 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
252 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
253 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
254 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
255 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
256 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
257 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
258 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
259 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
260 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
261 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
262 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
263 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
264 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
265 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
266 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
267 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
268 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
269 alternative closes: Bug#53755
270 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
271 list closes: Bug#53756
272 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
273 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
274 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
275 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
276 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
277 policy closes: Bug#53760
278 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
279 policy closes: Bug#53761
280 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
281 that use X closes: Bug#53762
282 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
283 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
284 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
285 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
286 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
287 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
288 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
289 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
290 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
292 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
293 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
294 to install with older fileutils.
295 * Installed FHS version 2.1
296 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
297 * Added FHS details to copyright file
298 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
300 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
301 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
303 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
305 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
307 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
308 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
310 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
312 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
314 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
315 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
317 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
320 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
322 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
323 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
325 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
327 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
329 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
331 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
332 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
334 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
336 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
338 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
339 #45561, #42447, #48570)
340 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
341 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
342 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
343 directoried (closes: #41547)
344 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
345 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
346 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
347 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
348 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
349 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
350 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
351 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
352 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
353 package criteria (closes: #45318)
354 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
356 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
357 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
358 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
359 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
360 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
361 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
362 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
364 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
365 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
366 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
367 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
369 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
371 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
373 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
374 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
376 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
378 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
380 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
381 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
383 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
385 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
387 * A few typos and omissions corrected
388 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
390 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
391 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
392 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
393 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
394 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
395 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
396 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
397 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
398 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
399 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
400 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
401 this closes: Bug#38612
402 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
403 before. closes: Bug#40864
405 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
407 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
409 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
411 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
413 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
414 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
415 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
417 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
418 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
419 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
420 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
421 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
422 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
424 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
425 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
426 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
428 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
430 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
431 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
432 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
433 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
434 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
436 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
438 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
440 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
441 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
442 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
443 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
444 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
445 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
446 there). closes: Bug#34233
447 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
448 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
449 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
450 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
451 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
453 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
455 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
457 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
458 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
459 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
460 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
463 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
464 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
465 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
466 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
467 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
470 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
471 number. closes: BUG#25911
473 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
474 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
475 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
476 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
477 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
478 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
480 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
481 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
482 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
485 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
486 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
487 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
489 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
490 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
491 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
492 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
494 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
495 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
496 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
498 * Make the package optional, not extra.
500 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
501 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
502 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
503 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
504 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
505 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
506 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
507 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
510 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
512 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
513 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
516 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
518 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
520 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
522 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
524 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
526 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
527 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
528 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
529 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
530 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
531 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
532 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
533 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
535 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
536 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
538 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
540 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
542 * non-maintainer release
543 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
544 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
546 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
547 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
549 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
551 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
553 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
557 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
559 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
561 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
563 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
564 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
565 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
567 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
568 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
570 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
571 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
572 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
573 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
575 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
576 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
577 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
578 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
579 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
580 and restart options and to comply with the console message
581 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
583 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
584 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
585 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
588 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
589 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
590 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
592 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
593 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
594 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
596 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
597 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
599 * New version numbering scheme:
601 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
602 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
603 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
606 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
607 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
608 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
609 differ between the manuals.
611 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
612 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
613 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
614 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
618 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
619 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
621 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
623 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
625 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
627 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
629 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
630 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
631 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
633 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
634 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
637 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
638 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
639 file extension as the referenced file
641 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
642 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
644 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
645 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
646 start, stop, restart, force-reload
647 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
650 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
651 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
652 be installed into /etc/cron.d
654 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
655 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
656 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
657 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
660 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
661 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
664 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
665 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
666 reasonable default configuration
668 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
669 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
670 by all news servers and clients
672 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
673 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
674 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
675 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
676 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
678 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
679 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
682 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
684 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
685 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
687 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
690 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
691 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
693 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
694 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
696 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
698 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
700 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
702 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
703 - X library package is now called xlib6g
704 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
705 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
707 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
709 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
710 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
711 * Don't use debstd anymore
713 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
715 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
717 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
718 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
719 contrib/non-free policy
720 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
721 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
722 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
723 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
724 - new section about `Daemons'
725 - updated section about `Configuration files'
726 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
727 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
728 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
729 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
730 * Paper about libc6 migration:
731 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
732 * SGML source code included in package
733 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
735 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
737 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
739 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
740 - completely reworked structure
741 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
742 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
743 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
744 - removed all those ugly footnotes
745 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
746 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
747 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
748 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
749 - mention "orphaned packages"
750 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
751 distributions' policy
752 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
753 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
754 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
755 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
756 - added section about arch spec strings
757 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
758 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
759 - added section about "menus"
760 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
761 the new documentation policy soon
762 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
763 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
765 - added section about editors and pagers
766 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
767 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
768 - added section about device files
769 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
770 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
771 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
773 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
774 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
775 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
776 - Added new section about obsolete names
777 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
778 * Fixed package's description
780 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
782 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
784 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
786 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
788 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
790 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
791 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
792 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
793 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
795 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
797 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
799 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
800 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
801 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
803 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
804 and upload it "byhand" too.
806 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
808 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
811 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
812 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
813 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
814 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
815 functionality must not have the same name.
816 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
817 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
818 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
819 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
820 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
821 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
822 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
824 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
825 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
826 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
827 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
828 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
829 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
830 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
831 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
834 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
836 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
838 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
840 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
841 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
842 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
843 a package into. (Guy Maor)
844 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
847 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
849 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
851 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
853 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
854 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
855 description of deb file format.
856 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
857 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
859 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
861 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
862 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
864 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
866 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
868 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
869 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
870 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
871 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
872 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
873 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
874 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
875 packages in section on Procedure
876 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
878 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
879 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
880 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
882 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
883 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
884 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
885 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
886 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
887 on various shlib files
888 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
889 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
890 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
892 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
894 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
896 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
897 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
898 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
900 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
901 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
902 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
903 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
904 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
906 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
908 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
910 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
912 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
914 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
915 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
916 compatibility go in contrib.
918 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
919 instructions in policy manual.
920 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
923 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
925 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
927 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
928 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
929 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
930 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
932 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
933 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
936 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
938 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
940 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
941 * More detail about changelog format names.
943 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
944 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
948 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
950 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
952 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
954 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
956 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
958 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
960 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
962 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
963 * More verbosity about netiquette.
964 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
966 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
968 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
970 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
972 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
974 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
978 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100