1 debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
20 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
22 Proposed by Santiago Vila
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
30 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
31 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
32 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
35 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
42 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
43 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
46 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
48 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
49 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
54 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
55 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
59 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
60 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
61 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
62 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
63 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
64 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
65 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
66 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
67 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
68 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
69 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
70 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
71 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
72 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
73 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
74 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
75 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
76 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
77 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
78 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
79 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
81 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
83 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
86 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
87 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
89 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
90 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
94 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
97 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
98 Wording: Steve Langasek.
99 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
100 Seconded: Julien Cristau
101 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
104 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
105 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
106 Seconded: Russ Allbery
107 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
110 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
111 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
112 Seconded: Russ Allbery
114 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
115 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
116 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
117 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
118 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
119 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
120 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
121 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
124 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
125 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
126 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
127 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
128 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
129 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
130 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
132 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
133 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
134 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
135 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
136 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
137 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
138 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
141 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
142 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
143 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
144 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
145 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
147 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
150 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
151 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
154 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
155 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
158 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
160 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
162 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
163 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
167 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
168 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
172 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
173 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
177 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
178 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
181 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
182 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
184 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
185 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
190 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
191 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
195 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
196 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
200 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
201 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
205 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
206 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
210 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
211 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
215 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
216 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
217 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
218 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
219 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
220 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
221 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
222 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
223 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
224 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
225 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
226 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
227 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
228 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
229 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
231 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
232 Source field descriptions.
233 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
234 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
235 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
236 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
237 description says otherwise.
239 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
241 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
244 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
245 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
248 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
249 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
251 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
252 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
256 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
257 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
261 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
262 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
266 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
267 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
268 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
269 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
273 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
274 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
275 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
276 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
277 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
279 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
280 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
284 * Add myself to Uploaders.
287 * Add myself to Uploaders.
288 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
290 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
291 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
292 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
294 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
296 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
298 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
299 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
303 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
304 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
305 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
306 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
308 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
309 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
310 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
313 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
314 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
316 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
318 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
319 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
323 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
324 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
328 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
329 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
331 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
333 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
334 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
336 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
338 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
339 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
340 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
343 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
344 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
348 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
349 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
352 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
354 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
355 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
356 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
357 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
358 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
359 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
360 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
361 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
362 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
363 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
364 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
365 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
366 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
367 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
368 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
369 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
370 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
371 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
372 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
373 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
374 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
375 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
376 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
377 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
378 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
379 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
380 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
381 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
382 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
383 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
385 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
386 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
387 links was completed long ago.
388 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
390 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
392 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
394 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
395 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
397 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
399 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
401 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
402 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
403 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
404 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
405 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
406 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
407 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
408 Millan (Closes: #209008).
409 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
410 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
412 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
414 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
416 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
417 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
418 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
419 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
420 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
421 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
422 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
424 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
425 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
426 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
427 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
429 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
430 Küster (Closes: #403391).
431 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
432 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
433 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
434 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
435 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
436 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
438 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
440 Closes: #186700, #458910
441 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
442 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
443 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
445 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
446 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
447 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
448 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
449 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
450 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
451 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
452 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
454 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
455 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
457 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
458 * Add an md5sums control file.
459 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
460 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
461 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
462 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
463 currently part of policy.
464 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
465 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
466 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
469 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
471 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
473 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
474 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
475 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
476 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
477 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
478 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
479 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
480 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
481 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
482 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
483 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
484 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
485 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
486 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
487 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
488 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
490 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
492 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
493 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
494 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
496 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
497 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
498 list?" (Closes: #412634).
499 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
500 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
501 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
502 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
503 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
504 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
505 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
506 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
507 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
508 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
509 debconf specification.
510 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
511 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
513 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
515 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
517 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
518 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
519 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
520 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
521 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
523 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
525 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
526 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
527 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
528 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
529 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
531 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
532 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
533 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
534 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
535 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
536 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
537 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
538 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
539 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
540 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
541 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
542 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
543 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
544 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
545 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
546 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
548 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
550 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
551 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
552 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
553 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
554 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
555 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
556 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
557 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
559 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
561 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
563 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
564 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
565 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
566 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
567 Polo (Closes: #372497).
568 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
569 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
571 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
572 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
573 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
574 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
575 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
576 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
577 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
578 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
579 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
580 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
582 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
583 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
584 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
585 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
586 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
587 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
589 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
591 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
593 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
594 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
595 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
596 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
598 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
599 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
601 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
603 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
606 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
607 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
608 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
609 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
610 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
611 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
612 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
613 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
614 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
616 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
617 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
618 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
619 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
620 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
621 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
622 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
623 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
624 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
625 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
626 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
629 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
631 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
633 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
634 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
636 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
637 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
638 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
639 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
640 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
641 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
642 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
643 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
644 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
645 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
646 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
647 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
648 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
649 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
650 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
651 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
652 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
653 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
654 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
655 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
656 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
657 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
658 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
659 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
660 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
662 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
663 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
664 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
665 Hess (Closes: #362247).
666 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
667 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
668 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
669 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
670 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
671 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
672 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
673 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
674 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
675 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
676 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
677 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
679 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
680 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
683 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
684 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
685 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
686 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
687 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
688 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
689 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
690 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
691 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
692 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
694 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
696 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
699 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
700 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
701 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
702 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
703 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
704 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
705 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
706 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
707 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
708 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
709 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
710 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
711 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
713 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
714 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
715 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
716 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
717 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
718 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
719 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
720 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
721 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
722 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
723 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
724 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
725 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
726 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
727 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
728 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
729 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
730 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
731 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
734 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
736 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
738 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
739 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
740 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
741 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
743 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
744 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
745 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
746 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
748 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
750 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
753 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
754 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
755 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
756 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
757 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
758 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
759 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
760 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
761 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
762 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
764 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
765 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
766 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
768 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
769 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
770 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
771 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
772 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
773 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
774 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
776 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
777 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
778 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
779 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
781 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
782 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
783 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
784 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
785 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
786 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
787 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
788 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
790 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
791 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
792 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
793 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
794 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
795 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
796 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
797 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
798 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
799 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
800 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
801 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
802 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
803 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
804 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
805 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
806 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
808 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
810 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
813 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
814 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
815 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
816 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
817 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
818 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
819 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
820 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
821 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
823 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
824 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
825 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
826 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
827 this section. closes: Bug#248618
828 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
829 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
830 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
831 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
832 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
833 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
834 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
835 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
836 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
837 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
838 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
839 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
841 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
842 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
843 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
846 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
847 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
848 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
850 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
851 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
852 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
853 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
854 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
855 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
857 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
858 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
860 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
861 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
862 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
863 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
864 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
865 Closes: #185943, #237049
867 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
869 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
872 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
875 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
876 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
877 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
878 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
879 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
880 running. closes: Bug#187250
881 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
882 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
883 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
884 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
885 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
886 user closes: Bug#176506
888 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
890 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
893 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
894 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
895 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
896 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
897 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
898 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
899 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
900 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
901 deb-building toolchain.
902 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
903 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
904 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
905 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
906 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
907 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
908 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
909 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
910 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
911 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
912 sections about changelog files.
914 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
915 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
916 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
917 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
918 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
919 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
921 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
922 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
923 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
924 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
925 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
926 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
927 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
928 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
929 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
930 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
931 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
932 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
933 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
934 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
935 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
936 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
937 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
938 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
939 for the restructuring
941 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
943 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
948 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
949 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
950 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
951 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
952 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
953 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
955 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
956 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
957 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
958 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
959 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
960 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
961 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
963 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
964 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
965 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
966 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
968 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
970 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
973 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
974 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
975 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
976 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
977 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
978 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
980 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
981 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
982 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
983 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
985 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
986 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
987 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
988 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
989 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
990 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
991 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
992 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
993 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
995 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
996 script should start it, closes: #60979
997 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
998 "should", closes: #170019
999 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1000 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1001 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1002 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1003 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1004 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1005 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1006 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1009 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1011 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1014 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1015 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1016 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1017 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1018 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1019 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1020 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1021 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1022 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1024 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1025 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1026 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1027 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1028 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1029 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1030 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1031 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1032 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1034 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1035 file, closes: Bug#65764
1037 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1039 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1042 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1043 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1044 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1045 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1046 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1047 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1048 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1049 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1050 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1051 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1052 details. closes: Bug#133030
1053 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1054 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1055 parts of Bug#161455.
1057 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1059 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1062 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1063 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1064 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1065 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1066 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1067 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1068 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1069 not. closes: Bug#139820
1070 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1071 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1072 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1073 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1074 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1075 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1076 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1077 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1078 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1079 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1081 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1083 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1084 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1085 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1086 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1087 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1088 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1089 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1090 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1091 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1092 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1093 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1094 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1095 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1096 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1097 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1098 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1099 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1100 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1101 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1102 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1104 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1105 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1106 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1107 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1108 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1109 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1110 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1112 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1113 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1114 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1115 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1116 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1117 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1118 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1119 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1120 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1122 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1124 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1127 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1128 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1129 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1130 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1131 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1132 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1133 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1134 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1135 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1136 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1137 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1138 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1139 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1140 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1141 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1142 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1143 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1144 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1145 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1146 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1147 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1148 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1150 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1152 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1155 medium, high, emergency.
1156 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1157 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1158 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1159 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1160 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1163 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1164 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1165 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1167 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1168 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1169 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1170 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1171 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1172 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1173 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1176 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1178 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1181 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1182 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1183 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1185 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1186 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1187 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1188 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1189 debian/rules to do this
1190 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1191 patches are incorporated upstream
1192 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1193 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1194 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1195 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1196 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1197 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1199 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1200 system closes: Bug#91249
1201 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1202 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1203 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1204 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1205 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1206 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1207 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1208 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1209 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1210 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1211 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1212 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1213 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1215 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1217 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1220 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1221 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1222 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1224 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1225 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1226 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1228 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1231 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1233 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1236 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1237 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1238 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1239 package for the time being
1240 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1241 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1242 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1243 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1244 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1245 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1246 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1247 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1248 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1249 Build-Depends arch syntax
1250 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1252 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1253 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1255 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1256 from policy maintenance duties.
1257 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1258 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1260 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1262 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1266 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1268 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1271 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1272 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1273 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1274 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1275 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1276 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1277 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1278 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1279 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1280 minor version number for this
1281 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1282 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1283 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1284 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1285 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1286 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1287 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1288 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1289 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1291 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1293 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1296 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1297 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1298 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1299 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1301 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1303 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1304 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1305 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1306 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1307 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1308 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1309 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1310 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1311 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1312 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1313 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1314 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1315 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1316 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1317 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1318 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1321 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1323 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1325 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1326 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1328 * Document the Enhances relationship
1329 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1330 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1331 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1332 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1333 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1334 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1336 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1338 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1339 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1340 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1341 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1343 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1344 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1345 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1346 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1347 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1349 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1351 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1354 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1355 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1357 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1358 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1359 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1360 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1361 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1362 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1363 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1364 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1365 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1367 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1369 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1371 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1373 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1374 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1375 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1376 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1377 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1378 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1379 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1380 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1381 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1382 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1383 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1384 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1385 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1386 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1387 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1388 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1389 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1390 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1391 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1392 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1393 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1394 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1396 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1397 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1399 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1401 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1403 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1404 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1405 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1406 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1407 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1408 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1409 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1410 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1411 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1412 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1413 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1414 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1415 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1416 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1417 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1418 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1419 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1420 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1421 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1422 list closes: Bug#53756
1423 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1424 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1425 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1426 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1427 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1428 policy closes: Bug#53760
1429 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1430 policy closes: Bug#53761
1431 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1432 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1433 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1434 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1435 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1436 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1437 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1438 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1439 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1440 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1441 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1443 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1444 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1445 to install with older fileutils.
1446 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1447 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1448 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1449 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1451 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1452 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1454 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1456 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1458 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1459 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1461 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1463 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1466 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1468 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1471 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1474 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1476 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1478 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1480 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1482 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1483 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1485 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1487 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1489 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1490 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1491 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1492 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1493 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1494 directoried (closes: #41547)
1495 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1496 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1497 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1498 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1499 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1500 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1501 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1502 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1503 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1504 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1505 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1507 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1508 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1509 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1510 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1511 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1512 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1513 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1515 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1516 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1517 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1518 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1520 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1522 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1524 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1525 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1527 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1529 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1531 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1532 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1534 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1536 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1538 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1539 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1541 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1542 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1543 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1544 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1545 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1546 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1547 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1548 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1549 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1550 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1551 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1552 this closes: Bug#38612
1553 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1554 before. closes: Bug#40864
1556 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1558 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1560 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1561 officially uploaded.
1562 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1564 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1565 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1566 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1568 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1569 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1570 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1571 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1572 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1573 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1575 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1576 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1577 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1579 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1581 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1582 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1583 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1584 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1585 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1587 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1589 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1591 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1592 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1593 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1594 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1595 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1596 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1597 there). closes: Bug#34233
1598 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1599 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1600 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1601 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1602 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1604 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1606 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1608 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1609 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1610 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1611 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1614 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1615 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1616 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1617 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1618 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1621 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1622 number. closes: BUG#25911
1624 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1625 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1626 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1627 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1628 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1629 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1631 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1632 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1633 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1636 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1637 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1638 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1640 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1641 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1642 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1643 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1645 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1646 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1647 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1649 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1651 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1652 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1653 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1654 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1655 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1656 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1657 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1658 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1661 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1663 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1664 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1667 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1669 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1671 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1673 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1675 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1677 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1678 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1679 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1680 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1681 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1682 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1683 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1684 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1686 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1687 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1689 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1691 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1693 * non-maintainer release
1694 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1695 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1697 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1698 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1699 * no content changes
1700 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1702 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1704 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1708 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1710 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1712 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1714 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1715 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1716 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1718 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1719 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1721 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1722 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1723 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1724 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1726 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1727 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1728 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1729 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1730 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1731 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1732 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1734 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1735 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1736 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1739 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1740 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1741 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1743 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1744 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1745 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1747 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1748 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1750 * New version numbering scheme:
1752 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1753 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1754 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1757 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1758 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1759 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1760 differ between the manuals.
1762 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1763 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1764 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1765 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1767 * Packaging changes:
1769 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1770 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1772 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1774 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1776 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1778 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1780 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1781 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1782 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1784 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1785 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1788 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1789 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1790 file extension as the referenced file
1792 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1793 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1795 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1796 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1797 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1798 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1801 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1802 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1803 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1805 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1806 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1807 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1808 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1811 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1812 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1815 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1816 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1817 reasonable default configuration
1819 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1820 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1821 by all news servers and clients
1823 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1824 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1825 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1826 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1827 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1829 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1830 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1833 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1835 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1836 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1838 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1841 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1842 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1844 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1845 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1847 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1849 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1851 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1853 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1854 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1855 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1856 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1858 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1860 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1861 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1862 * Don't use debstd anymore
1864 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1866 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1868 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1869 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1870 contrib/non-free policy
1871 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1872 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1873 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1874 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1875 - new section about `Daemons'
1876 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1877 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1878 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1879 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1880 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1881 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1882 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1883 * SGML source code included in package
1884 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1886 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1888 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1890 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1891 - completely reworked structure
1892 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1893 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1894 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1895 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1896 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1897 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1898 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1899 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1900 - mention "orphaned packages"
1901 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1902 distributions' policy
1903 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1904 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1905 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1906 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1907 - added section about arch spec strings
1908 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1909 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1910 - added section about "menus"
1911 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1912 the new documentation policy soon
1913 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1914 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1916 - added section about editors and pagers
1917 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1918 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1919 - added section about device files
1920 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1921 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1922 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1924 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1925 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1926 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1927 - Added new section about obsolete names
1928 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1929 * Fixed package's description
1931 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1933 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1935 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1937 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1939 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1941 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1942 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1943 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1944 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1946 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1948 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1950 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1951 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1952 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1954 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1955 and upload it "byhand" too.
1957 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1959 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1962 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1963 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1964 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1965 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1966 functionality must not have the same name.
1967 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1968 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1969 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1970 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1971 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1972 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1973 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1975 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1976 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1977 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1978 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1979 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1980 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1981 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1982 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1985 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1987 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1989 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1991 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1992 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1993 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1994 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1995 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1998 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2000 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2002 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2004 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2005 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2006 description of deb file format.
2007 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2008 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2010 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2012 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2013 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2015 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2017 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2019 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2020 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2021 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2022 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2023 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2024 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2025 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2026 packages in section on Procedure
2027 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2028 a package maintainer
2029 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2030 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2031 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2033 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2034 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2035 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2036 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2037 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2038 on various shlib files
2039 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2040 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2041 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2043 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2045 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2047 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2048 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2049 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2051 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2052 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2053 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2054 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2055 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2057 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2059 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2061 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2063 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2065 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2066 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2067 compatibility go in contrib.
2069 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2070 instructions in policy manual.
2071 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2074 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2076 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2078 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2079 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2080 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2081 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2083 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2084 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2087 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2089 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2091 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2092 * More detail about changelog format names.
2094 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2095 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2099 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2101 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2103 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2105 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2107 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2109 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2111 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2113 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2114 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2115 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2117 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2119 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2121 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2123 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2125 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2129 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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