1 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
4 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
5 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
6 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
7 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: bug#72980
11 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
14 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
15 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
16 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
17 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
18 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
19 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
20 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
21 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
22 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
23 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
24 details. closes: Bug#133030
25 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
26 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
29 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
31 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
33 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
34 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
35 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
36 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
37 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
38 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
39 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
40 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
41 not. closes: Bug#139820
42 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
43 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
44 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
45 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
46 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
47 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
48 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
49 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
50 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
51 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
53 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
55 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
56 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
57 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
58 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
59 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
60 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
61 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
62 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
63 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
64 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
65 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
66 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
67 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
68 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
69 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
70 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
71 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
72 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
73 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
74 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
76 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
77 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
78 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
79 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
80 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
81 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
82 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
84 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
85 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
86 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
87 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
88 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
89 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
90 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
91 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
92 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
94 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
96 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
98 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
99 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
100 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
101 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
102 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
103 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
104 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
105 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
106 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
107 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
108 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
109 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
110 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
111 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
112 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
113 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
114 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
115 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
116 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
117 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
118 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
119 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
120 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
122 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
124 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
126 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
127 medium, high, emergency.
128 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
129 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
130 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
131 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
132 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
135 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
136 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
137 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
139 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
140 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
141 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
142 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
143 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
144 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
145 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
150 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
153 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
154 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
155 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
157 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
158 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
159 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
160 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
161 debian/rules to do this
162 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
163 patches are incorporated upstream
164 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
165 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
166 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
167 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
168 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
169 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
171 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
172 system closes: Bug#91249
173 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
174 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
175 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
176 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
177 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
178 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
179 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
180 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
181 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
182 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
183 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
184 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
185 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
187 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
189 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
191 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
192 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
193 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
194 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
196 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
197 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
198 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
200 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
203 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
205 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
208 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
209 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
210 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
211 package for the time being
212 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
213 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
214 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
215 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
216 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
217 * Rename all .text files as .txt
218 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
219 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
220 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
221 Build-Depends arch syntax
222 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
224 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
225 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
227 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
228 from policy maintenance duties.
229 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
230 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
232 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
234 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
236 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
238 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
240 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
242 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
243 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
244 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
245 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
246 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
247 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
248 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
249 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
250 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
251 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
252 minor version number for this
253 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
254 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
255 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
256 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
257 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
258 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
259 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
260 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
261 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
263 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
265 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
267 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
268 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
269 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
270 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
271 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
273 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
275 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
276 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
277 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
278 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
279 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
280 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
281 xutils closes: Bug#82966
282 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
283 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
284 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
285 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
286 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
287 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
288 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
289 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
290 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
293 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
295 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
297 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
298 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
300 * Document the Enhances relationship
301 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
302 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
303 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
304 policy. closes: Bug#53496
305 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
306 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
308 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
310 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
311 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
312 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
313 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
315 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
316 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
317 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
318 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
319 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
321 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
323 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
325 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
326 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
327 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
329 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
330 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
331 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
332 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
333 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
334 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
335 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
336 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
337 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
339 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
341 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
343 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
345 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
346 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
347 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
348 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
349 policy. closes: Bug#64437
350 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
351 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
352 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
353 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
354 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
355 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
356 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
357 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
358 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
359 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
360 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
361 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
362 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
363 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
364 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
365 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
366 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
368 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
369 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
371 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
373 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
375 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
376 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
377 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
378 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
379 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
380 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
381 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
382 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
383 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
384 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
385 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
386 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
387 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
388 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
389 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
390 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
391 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
392 alternative closes: Bug#53755
393 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
394 list closes: Bug#53756
395 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
396 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
397 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
398 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
399 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
400 policy closes: Bug#53760
401 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
402 policy closes: Bug#53761
403 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
404 that use X closes: Bug#53762
405 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
406 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
407 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
408 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
409 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
410 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
411 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
412 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
413 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
415 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
416 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
417 to install with older fileutils.
418 * Installed FHS version 2.1
419 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
420 * Added FHS details to copyright file
421 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
423 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
424 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
426 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
428 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
430 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
431 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
433 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
435 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
437 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
438 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
440 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
443 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
445 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
446 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
448 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
450 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
452 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
454 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
455 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
457 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
459 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
461 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
462 #45561, #42447, #48570)
463 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
464 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
465 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
466 directoried (closes: #41547)
467 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
468 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
469 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
470 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
471 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
472 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
473 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
474 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
475 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
476 package criteria (closes: #45318)
477 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
479 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
480 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
481 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
482 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
483 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
484 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
485 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
487 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
488 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
489 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
490 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
492 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
494 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
496 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
497 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
499 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
501 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
503 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
504 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
506 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
508 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
510 * A few typos and omissions corrected
511 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
513 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
514 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
515 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
516 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
517 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
518 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
519 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
520 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
521 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
522 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
523 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
524 this closes: Bug#38612
525 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
526 before. closes: Bug#40864
528 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
530 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
532 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
534 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
536 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
537 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
538 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
540 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
541 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
542 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
543 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
544 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
545 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
547 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
548 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
549 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
551 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
553 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
554 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
555 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
556 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
557 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
559 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
561 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
563 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
564 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
565 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
566 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
567 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
568 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
569 there). closes: Bug#34233
570 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
571 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
572 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
573 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
574 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
576 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
578 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
580 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
581 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
582 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
583 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
586 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
587 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
588 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
589 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
590 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
593 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
594 number. closes: BUG#25911
596 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
597 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
598 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
599 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
600 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
601 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
603 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
604 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
605 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
608 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
609 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
610 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
612 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
613 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
614 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
615 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
617 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
618 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
619 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
621 * Make the package optional, not extra.
623 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
624 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
625 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
626 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
627 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
628 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
629 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
630 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
633 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
635 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
636 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
639 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
641 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
643 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
645 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
647 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
649 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
650 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
651 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
652 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
653 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
654 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
655 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
656 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
658 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
659 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
661 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
663 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
665 * non-maintainer release
666 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
667 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
669 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
670 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
672 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
674 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
676 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
680 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
682 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
684 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
686 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
687 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
688 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
690 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
691 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
693 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
694 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
695 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
696 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
698 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
699 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
700 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
701 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
702 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
703 and restart options and to comply with the console message
704 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
706 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
707 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
708 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
711 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
712 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
713 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
715 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
716 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
717 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
719 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
720 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
722 * New version numbering scheme:
724 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
725 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
726 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
729 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
730 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
731 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
732 differ between the manuals.
734 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
735 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
736 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
737 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
741 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
742 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
744 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
746 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
748 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
750 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
752 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
753 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
754 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
756 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
757 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
760 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
761 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
762 file extension as the referenced file
764 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
765 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
767 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
768 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
769 start, stop, restart, force-reload
770 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
773 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
774 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
775 be installed into /etc/cron.d
777 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
778 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
779 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
780 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
783 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
784 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
787 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
788 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
789 reasonable default configuration
791 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
792 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
793 by all news servers and clients
795 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
796 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
797 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
798 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
799 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
801 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
802 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
805 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
807 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
808 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
810 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
813 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
814 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
816 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
817 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
819 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
821 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
823 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
825 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
826 - X library package is now called xlib6g
827 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
828 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
830 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
832 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
833 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
834 * Don't use debstd anymore
836 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
838 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
840 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
841 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
842 contrib/non-free policy
843 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
844 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
845 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
846 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
847 - new section about `Daemons'
848 - updated section about `Configuration files'
849 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
850 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
851 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
852 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
853 * Paper about libc6 migration:
854 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
855 * SGML source code included in package
856 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
858 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
860 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
862 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
863 - completely reworked structure
864 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
865 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
866 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
867 - removed all those ugly footnotes
868 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
869 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
870 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
871 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
872 - mention "orphaned packages"
873 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
874 distributions' policy
875 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
876 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
877 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
878 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
879 - added section about arch spec strings
880 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
881 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
882 - added section about "menus"
883 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
884 the new documentation policy soon
885 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
886 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
888 - added section about editors and pagers
889 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
890 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
891 - added section about device files
892 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
893 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
894 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
896 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
897 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
898 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
899 - Added new section about obsolete names
900 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
901 * Fixed package's description
903 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
905 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
907 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
909 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
911 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
913 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
914 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
915 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
916 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
918 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
920 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
922 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
923 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
924 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
926 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
927 and upload it "byhand" too.
929 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
931 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
934 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
935 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
936 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
937 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
938 functionality must not have the same name.
939 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
940 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
941 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
942 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
943 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
944 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
945 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
947 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
948 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
949 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
950 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
951 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
952 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
953 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
954 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
957 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
959 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
961 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
963 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
964 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
965 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
966 a package into. (Guy Maor)
967 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
970 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
972 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
974 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
976 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
977 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
978 description of deb file format.
979 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
980 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
982 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
984 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
985 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
987 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
989 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
991 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
992 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
993 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
994 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
995 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
996 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
997 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
998 packages in section on Procedure
999 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1000 a package maintainer
1001 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1002 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1003 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1005 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1006 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1007 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1008 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1009 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1010 on various shlib files
1011 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1012 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1013 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1015 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1017 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1019 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1020 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1021 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1023 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1024 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1025 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1026 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1027 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1029 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1031 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1033 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1035 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1037 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1038 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1039 compatibility go in contrib.
1041 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1042 instructions in policy manual.
1043 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1046 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1048 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1050 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1051 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1052 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1053 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1055 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1056 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1059 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1061 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1063 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1064 * More detail about changelog format names.
1066 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1067 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1071 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1073 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1075 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1077 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1079 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1081 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1083 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1085 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1086 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1087 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1089 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1091 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1093 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1095 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1097 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1101 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100