1 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
5 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
6 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
7 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
8 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
9 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
10 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
11 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
12 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
13 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
15 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
16 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
17 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
19 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
20 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
21 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
22 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
23 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
24 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
25 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
27 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
28 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
29 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
30 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
35 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
38 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
39 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
40 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
41 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
42 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
43 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
44 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
45 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
46 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
48 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
49 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
50 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
51 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
52 this section. closes: Bug#248618
53 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
54 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
55 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
56 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
57 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
58 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
59 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
60 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
61 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
62 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
63 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
64 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
66 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
67 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
68 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
71 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
72 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
73 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
75 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
76 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
77 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
78 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
79 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
80 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
82 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
83 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
85 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
86 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
87 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
88 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
89 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
90 Closes: #185943, #237049
92 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
94 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
97 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
100 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
101 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
102 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
103 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
104 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
105 running. closes: Bug#187250
106 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
107 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
108 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
109 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
110 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
111 user closes: Bug#176506
113 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
115 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
118 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
119 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
120 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
121 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
122 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
123 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
124 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
125 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
126 deb-building toolchain.
127 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
128 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
129 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
130 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
131 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
132 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
133 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
134 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
135 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
136 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
137 sections about changelog files.
139 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
140 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
141 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
142 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
143 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
144 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
146 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
147 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
148 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
149 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
150 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
151 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
152 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
153 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
154 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
155 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
156 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
157 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
158 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
159 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
160 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
161 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
162 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
163 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
164 for the restructuring
166 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
168 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
173 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
174 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
175 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
176 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
177 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
178 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
180 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
181 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
182 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
183 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
184 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
185 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
186 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
188 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
189 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
190 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
191 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
193 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
195 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
198 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
199 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
200 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
201 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
202 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
203 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
205 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
206 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
207 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
208 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
210 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
211 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
212 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
213 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
214 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
215 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
216 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
217 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
218 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
220 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
221 script should start it, closes: #60979
222 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
223 "should", closes: #170019
224 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
225 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
226 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
227 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
228 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
229 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
230 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
231 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
234 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
236 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
239 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
240 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
241 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
242 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
243 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
244 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
245 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
246 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
247 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
249 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
250 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
251 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
252 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
253 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
254 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
255 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
256 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
257 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
259 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
260 file, closes: Bug#65764
262 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
264 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
266 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
267 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
268 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
269 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
270 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
271 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
272 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
273 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
274 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
275 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
276 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
277 details. closes: Bug#133030
278 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
279 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
282 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
284 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
286 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
287 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
288 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
289 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
290 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
291 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
292 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
293 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
294 not. closes: Bug#139820
295 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
296 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
297 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
298 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
299 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
300 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
301 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
302 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
303 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
304 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
306 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
308 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
309 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
310 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
311 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
312 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
313 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
314 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
315 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
316 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
317 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
318 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
319 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
320 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
321 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
322 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
323 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
324 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
325 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
326 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
327 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
329 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
330 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
331 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
332 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
333 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
334 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
335 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
337 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
338 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
339 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
340 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
341 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
342 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
343 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
344 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
345 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
347 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
349 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
351 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
352 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
353 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
354 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
355 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
356 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
357 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
358 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
359 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
360 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
361 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
362 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
363 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
364 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
365 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
366 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
367 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
368 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
369 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
370 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
371 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
372 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
373 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
375 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
377 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
379 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
380 medium, high, emergency.
381 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
382 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
383 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
384 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
385 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
388 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
389 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
390 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
392 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
393 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
394 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
395 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
396 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
397 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
398 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
401 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
403 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
405 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
406 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
407 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
408 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
410 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
411 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
412 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
413 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
414 debian/rules to do this
415 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
416 patches are incorporated upstream
417 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
418 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
419 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
420 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
421 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
422 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
424 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
425 system closes: Bug#91249
426 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
427 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
428 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
429 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
430 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
431 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
432 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
433 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
434 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
435 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
436 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
437 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
438 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
440 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
442 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
444 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
445 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
446 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
447 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
449 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
450 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
451 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
453 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
456 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
458 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
460 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
461 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
462 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
463 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
464 package for the time being
465 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
466 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
467 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
468 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
469 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
470 * Rename all .text files as .txt
471 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
472 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
473 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
474 Build-Depends arch syntax
475 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
477 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
478 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
480 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
481 from policy maintenance duties.
482 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
483 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
485 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
487 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
489 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
491 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
493 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
495 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
496 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
497 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
498 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
499 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
500 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
501 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
502 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
503 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
504 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
505 minor version number for this
506 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
507 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
508 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
509 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
510 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
511 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
512 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
513 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
514 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
516 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
518 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
520 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
521 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
522 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
523 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
524 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
526 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
528 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
529 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
530 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
531 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
532 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
533 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
534 xutils closes: Bug#82966
535 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
536 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
537 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
538 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
539 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
540 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
541 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
542 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
543 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
546 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
548 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
550 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
551 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
553 * Document the Enhances relationship
554 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
555 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
556 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
557 policy. closes: Bug#53496
558 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
559 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
561 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
563 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
564 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
565 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
566 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
568 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
569 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
570 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
571 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
572 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
574 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
576 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
578 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
579 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
580 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
582 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
583 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
584 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
585 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
586 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
587 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
588 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
589 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
590 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
592 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
594 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
596 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
598 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
599 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
600 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
601 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
602 policy. closes: Bug#64437
603 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
604 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
605 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
606 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
607 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
608 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
609 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
610 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
611 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
612 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
613 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
614 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
615 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
616 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
617 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
618 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
619 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
621 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
622 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
624 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
626 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
628 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
629 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
630 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
631 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
632 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
633 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
634 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
635 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
636 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
637 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
638 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
639 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
640 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
641 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
642 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
643 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
644 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
645 alternative closes: Bug#53755
646 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
647 list closes: Bug#53756
648 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
649 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
650 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
651 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
652 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
653 policy closes: Bug#53760
654 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
655 policy closes: Bug#53761
656 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
657 that use X closes: Bug#53762
658 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
659 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
660 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
661 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
662 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
663 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
664 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
665 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
666 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
668 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
669 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
670 to install with older fileutils.
671 * Installed FHS version 2.1
672 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
673 * Added FHS details to copyright file
674 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
676 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
677 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
679 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
681 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
683 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
684 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
686 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
688 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
691 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
693 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
696 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
698 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
699 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
701 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
703 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
705 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
707 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
708 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
710 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
712 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
714 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
715 #45561, #42447, #48570)
716 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
717 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
718 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
719 directoried (closes: #41547)
720 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
721 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
722 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
723 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
724 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
725 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
726 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
727 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
728 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
729 package criteria (closes: #45318)
730 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
732 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
733 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
734 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
735 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
736 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
737 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
738 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
740 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
741 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
742 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
743 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
745 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
747 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
749 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
750 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
752 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
754 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
756 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
757 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
759 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
761 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
763 * A few typos and omissions corrected
764 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
766 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
767 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
768 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
769 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
770 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
771 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
772 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
773 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
774 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
775 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
776 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
777 this closes: Bug#38612
778 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
779 before. closes: Bug#40864
781 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
783 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
785 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
787 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
789 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
790 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
791 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
793 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
794 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
795 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
796 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
797 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
798 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
800 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
801 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
802 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
804 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
806 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
807 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
808 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
809 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
810 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
812 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
814 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
816 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
817 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
818 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
819 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
820 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
821 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
822 there). closes: Bug#34233
823 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
824 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
825 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
826 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
827 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
829 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
831 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
833 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
834 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
835 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
836 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
839 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
840 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
841 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
842 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
843 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
846 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
847 number. closes: BUG#25911
849 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
850 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
851 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
852 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
853 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
854 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
856 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
857 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
858 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
861 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
862 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
863 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
865 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
866 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
867 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
868 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
870 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
871 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
872 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
874 * Make the package optional, not extra.
876 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
877 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
878 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
879 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
880 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
881 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
882 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
883 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
886 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
888 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
889 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
892 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
894 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
896 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
898 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
900 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
902 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
903 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
904 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
905 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
906 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
907 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
908 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
909 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
911 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
912 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
914 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
916 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
918 * non-maintainer release
919 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
920 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
922 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
923 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
925 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
927 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
929 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
933 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
935 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
937 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
939 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
940 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
941 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
943 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
944 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
946 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
947 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
948 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
949 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
951 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
952 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
953 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
954 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
955 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
956 and restart options and to comply with the console message
957 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
959 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
960 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
961 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
964 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
965 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
966 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
968 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
969 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
970 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
972 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
973 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
975 * New version numbering scheme:
977 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
978 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
979 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
982 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
983 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
984 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
985 differ between the manuals.
987 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
988 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
989 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
990 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
994 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
995 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
997 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
999 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1001 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1005 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1006 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1007 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1009 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1010 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1013 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1014 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1015 file extension as the referenced file
1017 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1018 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1020 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1021 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1022 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1023 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1026 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1027 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1028 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1030 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1031 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1032 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1033 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1036 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1037 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1040 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1041 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1042 reasonable default configuration
1044 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1045 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1046 by all news servers and clients
1048 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1049 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1050 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1051 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1052 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1054 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1055 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1058 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1060 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1061 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1063 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1066 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1067 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1069 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1070 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1072 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1074 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1076 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1079 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1080 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1081 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1083 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1085 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1086 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1087 * Don't use debstd anymore
1089 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1091 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1094 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1095 contrib/non-free policy
1096 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1097 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1098 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1099 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1100 - new section about `Daemons'
1101 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1102 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1103 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1104 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1105 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1106 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1107 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1108 * SGML source code included in package
1109 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1111 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1113 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1115 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1116 - completely reworked structure
1117 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1118 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1119 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1120 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1121 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1122 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1123 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1124 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1125 - mention "orphaned packages"
1126 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1127 distributions' policy
1128 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1129 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1130 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1131 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1132 - added section about arch spec strings
1133 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1134 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1135 - added section about "menus"
1136 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1137 the new documentation policy soon
1138 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1139 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1141 - added section about editors and pagers
1142 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1143 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1144 - added section about device files
1145 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1146 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1147 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1149 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1150 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1151 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1152 - Added new section about obsolete names
1153 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1154 * Fixed package's description
1156 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1158 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1160 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1162 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1164 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1166 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1167 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1168 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1169 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1171 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1173 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1175 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1176 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1177 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1179 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1180 and upload it "byhand" too.
1182 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1184 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1188 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1189 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1190 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1191 functionality must not have the same name.
1192 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1193 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1194 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1195 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1196 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1197 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1198 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1200 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1201 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1202 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1203 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1204 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1205 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1206 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1207 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1210 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1212 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1214 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1216 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1217 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1218 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1219 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1220 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1223 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1225 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1227 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1229 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1230 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1231 description of deb file format.
1232 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1233 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1235 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1237 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1238 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1240 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1242 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1244 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1245 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1246 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1247 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1248 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1249 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1250 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1251 packages in section on Procedure
1252 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1253 a package maintainer
1254 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1255 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1256 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1258 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1259 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1260 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1261 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1262 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1263 on various shlib files
1264 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1265 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1266 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1268 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1270 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1272 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1273 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1274 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1276 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1277 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1278 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1279 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1280 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1282 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1284 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1286 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1288 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1290 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1291 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1292 compatibility go in contrib.
1294 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1295 instructions in policy manual.
1296 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1299 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1301 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1303 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1304 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1305 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1306 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1308 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1309 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1312 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1314 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1316 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1317 * More detail about changelog format names.
1319 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1320 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1324 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1326 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1328 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1330 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1332 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1334 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1336 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1338 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1339 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1340 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1342 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1344 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1346 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1348 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1350 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1354 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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