1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
4 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
5 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
6 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
7 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
8 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
9 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
10 Millan (Closes: #209008).
11 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
12 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
14 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
16 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
18 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
19 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
20 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
21 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
22 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
23 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
24 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
26 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
27 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
28 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
29 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
31 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
32 Küster (Closes: #403391).
33 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
34 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
35 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
36 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
37 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
38 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
39 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
40 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
41 * Add an md5sums control file.
42 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
43 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
44 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
45 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
46 currently part of policy.
47 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
48 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
52 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
54 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
55 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
56 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
57 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
58 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
59 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
60 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
61 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
62 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
63 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
64 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
65 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
66 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
67 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
68 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
69 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
71 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
73 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
74 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
75 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
77 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
78 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
79 list?" (Closes: #412634).
80 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
81 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
82 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
83 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
84 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
85 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
86 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
87 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
88 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
89 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
90 debconf specification.
91 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
92 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
94 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
96 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
98 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
99 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
100 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
101 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
102 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
104 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
106 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
107 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
108 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
109 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
110 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
112 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
113 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
114 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
115 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
116 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
117 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
118 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
119 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
120 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
121 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
122 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
123 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
124 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
125 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
126 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
127 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
129 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
132 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
133 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
134 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
136 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
137 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
138 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
140 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
142 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
145 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
146 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
147 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
148 Polo (Closes: #372497).
149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
150 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
153 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
154 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
155 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
156 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
157 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
158 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
159 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
160 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
161 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
163 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
164 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
165 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
166 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
167 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
168 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
170 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
172 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
174 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
175 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
176 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
177 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
179 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
180 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
182 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
184 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
186 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
187 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
188 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
189 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
190 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
191 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
192 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
193 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
194 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
195 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
197 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
198 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
200 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
201 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
202 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
204 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
206 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
207 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
210 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
212 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
214 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
215 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
217 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
218 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
219 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
220 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
221 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
222 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
223 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
224 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
225 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
226 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
227 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
228 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
229 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
230 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
231 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
232 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
233 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
235 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
236 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
237 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
238 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
239 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
240 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
241 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
243 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
244 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
245 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
246 Hess (Closes: #362247).
247 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
248 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
249 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
250 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
251 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
252 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
253 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
254 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
255 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
256 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
257 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
258 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
261 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
263 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
264 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
266 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
267 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
268 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
269 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
270 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
271 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
272 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
273 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
275 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
277 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
280 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
281 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
282 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
283 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
284 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
285 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
286 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
287 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
288 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
289 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
290 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
291 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
295 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
297 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
298 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
300 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
302 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
303 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
304 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
306 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
307 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
308 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
309 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
310 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
312 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
315 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
317 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
319 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
320 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
321 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
322 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
324 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
325 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
326 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
327 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
329 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
331 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
334 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
335 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
336 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
337 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
338 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
340 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
341 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
342 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
343 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
346 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
347 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
349 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
350 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
351 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
352 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
353 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
354 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
355 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
357 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
358 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
359 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
360 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
362 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
363 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
364 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
365 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
367 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
368 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
369 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
372 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
373 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
374 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
375 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
376 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
377 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
378 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
379 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
380 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
381 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
382 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
383 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
384 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
385 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
386 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
387 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
389 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
391 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
394 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
395 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
396 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
397 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
398 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
399 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
400 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
401 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
402 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
404 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
405 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
406 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
407 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
408 this section. closes: Bug#248618
409 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
410 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
411 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
412 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
413 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
414 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
415 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
417 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
418 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
419 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
420 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
422 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
423 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
424 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
427 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
428 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
429 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
431 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
432 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
433 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
434 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
435 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
436 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
438 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
439 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
441 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
442 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
443 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
444 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
445 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
446 Closes: #185943, #237049
448 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
450 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
453 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
456 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
457 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
458 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
459 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
460 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
461 running. closes: Bug#187250
462 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
463 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
464 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
465 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
466 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
467 user closes: Bug#176506
469 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
471 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
474 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
475 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
476 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
477 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
478 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
479 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
480 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
481 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
482 deb-building toolchain.
483 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
484 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
485 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
486 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
487 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
488 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
489 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
490 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
491 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
492 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
493 sections about changelog files.
495 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
496 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
497 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
498 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
499 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
500 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
502 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
503 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
504 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
505 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
506 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
507 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
508 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
509 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
510 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
511 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
512 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
513 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
514 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
515 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
516 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
517 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
518 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
519 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
520 for the restructuring
522 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
524 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
527 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
529 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
530 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
531 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
532 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
533 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
534 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
536 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
537 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
538 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
539 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
540 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
541 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
542 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
544 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
545 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
546 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
547 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
549 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
551 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
554 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
555 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
556 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
557 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
558 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
559 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
561 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
562 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
563 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
564 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
566 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
567 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
568 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
569 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
570 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
571 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
572 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
573 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
574 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
576 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
577 script should start it, closes: #60979
578 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
579 "should", closes: #170019
580 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
581 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
582 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
583 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
584 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
585 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
586 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
587 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
590 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
592 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
595 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
596 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
597 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
598 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
599 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
600 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
601 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
602 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
603 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
605 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
606 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
607 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
608 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
609 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
610 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
611 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
612 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
613 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
615 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
616 file, closes: Bug#65764
618 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
620 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
622 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
623 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
624 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
625 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
626 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
627 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
628 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
629 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
630 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
631 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
632 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
633 details. closes: Bug#133030
634 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
635 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
638 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
640 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
642 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
643 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
644 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
645 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
646 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
647 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
648 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
649 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
650 not. closes: Bug#139820
651 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
652 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
653 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
654 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
655 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
656 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
657 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
658 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
659 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
660 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
662 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
664 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
665 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
666 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
667 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
668 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
669 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
670 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
671 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
672 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
673 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
674 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
675 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
676 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
677 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
678 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
679 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
680 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
681 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
682 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
683 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
685 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
686 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
687 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
688 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
689 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
690 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
691 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
693 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
694 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
695 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
696 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
697 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
698 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
699 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
700 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
701 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
703 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
705 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
707 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
708 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
709 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
710 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
711 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
712 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
713 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
714 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
715 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
716 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
717 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
718 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
719 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
720 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
721 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
722 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
723 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
724 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
725 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
726 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
727 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
728 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
729 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
731 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
733 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
735 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
736 medium, high, emergency.
737 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
738 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
739 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
740 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
741 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
744 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
745 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
746 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
748 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
749 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
750 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
751 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
752 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
753 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
754 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
757 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
759 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
761 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
762 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
763 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
764 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
766 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
767 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
768 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
769 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
770 debian/rules to do this
771 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
772 patches are incorporated upstream
773 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
774 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
775 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
776 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
777 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
778 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
780 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
781 system closes: Bug#91249
782 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
783 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
784 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
785 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
786 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
787 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
788 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
789 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
790 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
791 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
792 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
793 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
794 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
796 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
798 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
800 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
801 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
802 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
803 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
805 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
806 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
807 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
809 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
812 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
814 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
816 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
817 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
818 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
819 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
820 package for the time being
821 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
822 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
823 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
824 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
825 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
826 * Rename all .text files as .txt
827 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
828 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
829 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
830 Build-Depends arch syntax
831 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
833 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
834 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
836 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
837 from policy maintenance duties.
838 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
839 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
841 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
843 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
845 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
847 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
849 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
851 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
852 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
853 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
854 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
855 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
856 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
857 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
858 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
859 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
860 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
861 minor version number for this
862 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
863 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
864 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
865 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
866 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
867 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
868 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
869 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
870 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
872 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
874 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
876 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
877 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
878 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
879 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
880 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
882 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
884 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
885 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
886 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
887 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
888 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
889 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
890 xutils closes: Bug#82966
891 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
892 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
893 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
894 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
895 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
896 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
897 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
898 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
899 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
902 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
904 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
906 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
907 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
909 * Document the Enhances relationship
910 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
911 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
912 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
913 policy. closes: Bug#53496
914 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
915 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
917 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
919 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
920 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
921 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
922 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
924 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
925 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
926 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
927 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
928 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
930 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
932 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
934 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
935 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
936 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
938 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
939 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
940 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
941 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
942 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
943 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
944 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
945 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
946 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
948 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
950 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
952 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
954 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
955 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
956 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
957 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
958 policy. closes: Bug#64437
959 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
960 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
961 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
962 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
963 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
964 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
965 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
966 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
967 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
968 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
969 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
970 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
971 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
972 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
973 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
974 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
975 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
977 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
978 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
980 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
982 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
984 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
985 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
986 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
987 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
988 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
989 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
990 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
991 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
992 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
993 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
994 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
995 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
996 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
997 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
998 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
999 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1000 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1001 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1002 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1003 list closes: Bug#53756
1004 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1005 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1006 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1007 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1008 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1009 policy closes: Bug#53760
1010 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1011 policy closes: Bug#53761
1012 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1013 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1014 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1015 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1016 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1017 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1018 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1019 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1020 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1021 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1022 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1024 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1025 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1026 to install with older fileutils.
1027 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1028 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1029 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1030 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1032 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1033 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1035 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1037 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1039 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1040 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1042 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1044 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1047 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1049 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1052 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1055 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1057 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1059 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1061 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1064 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1066 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1068 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1070 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1071 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1072 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1073 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1074 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1075 directoried (closes: #41547)
1076 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1077 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1078 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1079 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1080 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1081 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1082 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1083 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1084 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1085 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1086 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1088 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1089 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1090 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1091 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1092 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1093 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1094 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1096 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1097 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1098 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1099 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1101 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1103 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1105 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1106 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1108 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1110 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1113 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1117 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1120 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1122 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1123 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1124 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1125 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1126 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1127 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1128 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1129 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1130 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1131 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1132 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1133 this closes: Bug#38612
1134 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1135 before. closes: Bug#40864
1137 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1139 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1141 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1142 officially uploaded.
1143 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1145 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1146 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1147 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1149 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1150 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1151 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1152 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1153 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1154 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1156 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1157 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1158 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1160 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1162 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1163 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1164 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1165 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1166 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1168 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1170 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1173 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1174 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1175 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1176 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1177 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1178 there). closes: Bug#34233
1179 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1180 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1181 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1182 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1183 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1185 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1187 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1190 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1191 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1192 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1195 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1196 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1197 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1198 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1199 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1202 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1203 number. closes: BUG#25911
1205 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1206 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1207 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1208 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1209 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1210 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1212 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1213 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1214 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1217 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1218 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1219 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1221 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1222 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1223 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1224 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1226 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1227 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1228 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1230 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1232 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1233 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1234 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1235 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1236 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1237 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1238 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1239 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1242 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1244 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1245 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1250 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1252 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1254 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1256 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1259 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1260 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1261 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1262 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1263 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1264 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1265 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1267 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1268 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1270 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1272 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1274 * non-maintainer release
1275 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1276 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1278 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1279 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1280 * no content changes
1281 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1283 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1285 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1289 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1291 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1293 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1295 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1296 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1297 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1299 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1300 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1302 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1303 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1304 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1305 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1307 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1308 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1309 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1310 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1311 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1312 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1313 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1315 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1316 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1317 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1320 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1321 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1322 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1324 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1325 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1326 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1328 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1329 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1331 * New version numbering scheme:
1333 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1334 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1335 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1338 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1339 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1340 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1341 differ between the manuals.
1343 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1344 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1345 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1346 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1348 * Packaging changes:
1350 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1351 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1353 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1355 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1357 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1359 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1361 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1362 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1363 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1365 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1366 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1369 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1370 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1371 file extension as the referenced file
1373 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1374 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1376 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1377 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1378 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1379 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1382 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1383 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1384 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1386 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1387 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1388 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1389 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1392 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1393 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1396 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1397 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1398 reasonable default configuration
1400 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1401 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1402 by all news servers and clients
1404 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1405 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1406 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1407 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1408 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1410 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1411 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1414 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1416 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1417 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1419 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1422 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1423 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1425 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1426 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1428 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1430 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1432 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1435 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1436 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1437 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1439 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1441 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1442 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1443 * Don't use debstd anymore
1445 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1447 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1450 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1451 contrib/non-free policy
1452 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1453 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1454 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1455 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1456 - new section about `Daemons'
1457 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1458 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1459 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1460 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1461 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1462 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1463 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1464 * SGML source code included in package
1465 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1467 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1469 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1471 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1472 - completely reworked structure
1473 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1474 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1475 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1476 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1477 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1478 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1479 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1480 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1481 - mention "orphaned packages"
1482 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1483 distributions' policy
1484 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1485 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1486 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1487 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1488 - added section about arch spec strings
1489 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1490 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1491 - added section about "menus"
1492 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1493 the new documentation policy soon
1494 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1495 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1497 - added section about editors and pagers
1498 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1499 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1500 - added section about device files
1501 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1502 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1503 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1505 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1506 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1507 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1508 - Added new section about obsolete names
1509 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1510 * Fixed package's description
1512 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1514 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1516 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1518 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1520 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1522 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1523 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1524 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1525 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1527 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1529 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1531 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1532 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1533 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1535 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1536 and upload it "byhand" too.
1538 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1540 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1543 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1544 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1545 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1546 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1547 functionality must not have the same name.
1548 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1549 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1550 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1551 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1552 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1553 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1554 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1556 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1557 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1558 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1559 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1560 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1561 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1562 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1563 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1566 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1568 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1570 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1572 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1573 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1574 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1575 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1576 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1579 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1581 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1583 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1585 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1586 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1587 description of deb file format.
1588 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1589 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1591 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1593 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1594 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1596 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1598 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1600 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1601 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1602 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1603 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1604 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1605 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1606 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1607 packages in section on Procedure
1608 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1609 a package maintainer
1610 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1611 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1612 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1614 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1615 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1616 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1617 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1618 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1619 on various shlib files
1620 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1621 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1622 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1624 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1626 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1628 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1629 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1630 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1632 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1633 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1634 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1635 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1636 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1638 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1640 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1642 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1644 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1646 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1647 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1648 compatibility go in contrib.
1650 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1651 instructions in policy manual.
1652 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1655 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1657 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1659 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1660 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1661 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1662 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1664 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1665 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1668 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1670 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1672 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1673 * More detail about changelog format names.
1675 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1676 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1680 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1682 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1684 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1686 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1688 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1690 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1692 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1694 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1695 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1696 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1698 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1700 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1702 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1704 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1706 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1710 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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