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