1 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
4 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
8 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
9 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
15 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
22 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
27 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
28 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
32 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
36 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
37 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
39 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
41 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
42 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
43 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-encoder.
47 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
48 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
50 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
51 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
52 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
53 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
54 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
55 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
56 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
57 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
58 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
59 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
60 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
61 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
63 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
65 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:32:46 -0700
67 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
69 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
70 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
71 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
73 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
74 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
75 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
76 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
81 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
82 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
86 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
87 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
91 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
92 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
93 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
94 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
98 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
99 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
103 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
104 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
105 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
106 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
109 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
110 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
111 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
114 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
115 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
120 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
122 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
124 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
125 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
126 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
127 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
128 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
130 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
131 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
132 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
133 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
134 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
135 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
136 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
137 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
138 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
139 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
140 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
141 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
142 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
143 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
144 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
145 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
146 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
148 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
149 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
150 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
151 good to know which version one is looking at.
152 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
153 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
154 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
155 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
156 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
157 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
158 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
160 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
161 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
162 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
163 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
164 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
166 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
167 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
168 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
170 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
171 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
172 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
173 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
175 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
177 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
181 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
182 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
183 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
184 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
185 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
186 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
187 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
188 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
189 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
190 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
195 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
196 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
201 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
202 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
203 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
206 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
208 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
209 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
213 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
214 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
217 Closes: #620870, #532120
218 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
219 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
224 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
225 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
226 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
230 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
231 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
232 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
233 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
234 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
236 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
237 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
238 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
239 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
240 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
241 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
242 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
243 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
244 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
245 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
246 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
247 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
248 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
249 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
250 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
251 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
253 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
255 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
256 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
257 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
258 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
259 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
260 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
261 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
262 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
263 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
264 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
267 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
269 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
270 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
271 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
272 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
277 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
278 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
280 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
281 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
282 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
283 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
286 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
288 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
292 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
293 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
294 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
297 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
298 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
299 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
301 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
302 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
305 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
308 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
309 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
310 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
313 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
314 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
319 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
320 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
321 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
322 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
325 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
326 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
327 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
330 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
331 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
336 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
338 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
340 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
341 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
344 Closes: #459868, #581011
345 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
346 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
348 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
350 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
351 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
353 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
355 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
356 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
358 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
360 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
361 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
365 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
366 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
369 Closes: #501930, #593909
370 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
371 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
375 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
376 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
377 machine. (Closes: #591857)
378 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
379 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
380 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
381 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
382 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
383 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
384 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
385 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
386 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
387 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
389 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
390 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
391 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
392 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
393 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
394 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
395 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
396 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
397 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
398 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
399 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
400 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
401 than the version in oldstable.
402 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
403 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
404 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
405 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
406 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
407 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
408 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
409 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
410 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
411 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
412 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
413 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
414 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
415 package. (Closes: #609160)
417 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
419 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
421 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
422 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
423 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
427 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
428 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
432 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
433 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
437 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
438 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
442 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
443 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
445 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
447 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
448 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
450 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
452 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
453 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
457 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
458 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
460 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
462 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
463 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
465 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
467 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
468 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
473 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
474 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
476 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
477 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
479 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
480 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
484 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
485 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
486 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
489 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
490 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
491 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
494 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
495 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
496 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
499 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
500 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
504 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
505 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
506 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
509 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
511 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
512 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
513 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
514 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
515 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
516 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
517 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
518 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
519 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
521 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
522 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
523 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
524 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
525 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
526 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
528 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
530 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
533 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
536 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
539 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
540 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
541 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
542 and distribution license' (three times).
543 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
544 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
545 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
546 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
547 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
549 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
551 Proposed by Santiago Vila
552 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
555 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
559 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
560 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
561 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
562 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
564 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
565 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
566 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
568 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
569 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
571 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
572 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
576 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
577 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
578 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
580 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
582 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
583 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
586 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
588 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
589 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
590 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
591 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
592 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
594 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
595 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
596 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
597 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
599 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
600 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
601 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
602 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
605 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
606 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
607 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
610 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
611 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
615 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
616 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
617 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
618 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
619 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
621 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
622 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
623 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
624 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
626 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
627 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
628 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
629 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
632 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
633 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
634 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
635 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
637 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
638 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
639 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
640 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
641 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
642 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
643 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
644 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
645 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
646 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
647 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
648 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
649 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
650 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
651 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
652 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
653 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
654 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
655 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
656 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
657 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
658 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
659 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
660 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
661 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
662 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
663 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
664 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
665 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
666 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
667 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
668 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
670 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
672 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
674 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
677 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
678 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
680 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
681 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
685 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
688 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
689 Wording: Steve Langasek.
690 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
691 Seconded: Julien Cristau
692 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
695 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
696 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
697 Seconded: Russ Allbery
698 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
701 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
702 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
703 Seconded: Russ Allbery
705 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
706 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
707 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
708 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
709 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
710 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
711 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
712 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
713 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
715 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
716 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
717 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
718 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
719 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
720 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
721 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
722 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
723 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
724 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
725 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
726 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
727 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
728 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
729 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
730 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
732 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
733 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
734 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
735 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
736 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
738 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
741 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
742 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
743 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
744 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
745 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
746 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
749 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
751 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
753 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
754 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
755 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
756 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
758 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
759 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
760 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
761 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
763 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
764 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
765 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
766 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
768 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
769 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
770 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
771 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
772 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
773 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
775 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
776 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
777 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
778 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
779 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
781 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
782 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
783 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
784 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
786 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
787 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
788 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
789 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
791 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
792 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
793 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
794 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
796 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
797 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
798 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
799 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
801 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
802 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
803 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
804 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
806 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
807 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
808 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
809 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
810 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
811 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
812 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
813 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
814 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
815 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
816 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
817 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
818 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
819 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
820 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
822 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
823 Source field descriptions.
824 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
825 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
826 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
827 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
828 description says otherwise.
830 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
832 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
835 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
836 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
837 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
838 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
839 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
840 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
842 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
843 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
844 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
845 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
847 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
848 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
849 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
850 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
852 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
853 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
854 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
855 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
857 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
858 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
859 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
860 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
864 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
865 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
866 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
867 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
868 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
870 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
871 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
872 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
873 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
875 * Add myself to Uploaders.
878 * Add myself to Uploaders.
879 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
881 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
882 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
883 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
885 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
887 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
889 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
890 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
891 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
892 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
894 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
895 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
896 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
897 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
899 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
900 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
901 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
902 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
904 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
905 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
906 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
907 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
909 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
910 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
911 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
912 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
914 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
915 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
916 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
917 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
919 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
920 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
921 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
922 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
924 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
925 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
926 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
927 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
929 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
930 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
931 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
932 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
934 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
935 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
936 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
937 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
939 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
940 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
941 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
942 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
943 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
945 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
946 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
947 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
948 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
949 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
950 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
951 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
952 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
953 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
954 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
955 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
956 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
957 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
958 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
959 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
960 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
961 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
962 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
963 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
964 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
965 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
966 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
967 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
968 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
969 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
970 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
971 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
972 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
973 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
974 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
976 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
977 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
978 links was completed long ago.
979 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
981 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
983 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
985 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
986 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
988 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
990 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
992 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
993 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
994 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
995 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
996 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
997 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
998 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
999 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1000 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1001 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1003 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1005 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1007 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1008 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1009 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1010 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1011 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1012 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1013 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1015 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1016 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1017 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1018 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1020 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1021 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1022 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1023 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1024 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1025 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1026 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1027 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1028 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1029 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1030 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1031 Closes: #186700, #458910
1032 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1033 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1034 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1036 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1037 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1038 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1039 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1040 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1041 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1042 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1043 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1045 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1046 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1048 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1049 * Add an md5sums control file.
1050 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1051 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1052 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1053 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1054 currently part of policy.
1055 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1056 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1057 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1060 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1062 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1065 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1066 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1067 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1068 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1069 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1070 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1071 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1072 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1073 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1074 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1075 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1076 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1077 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1078 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1079 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1081 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1083 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1084 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1085 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1087 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1088 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1089 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1090 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1091 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1092 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1093 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1094 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1095 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1096 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1097 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1098 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1099 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1100 debconf specification.
1101 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1102 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1104 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1106 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1109 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1110 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1111 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1112 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1114 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1116 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1117 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1118 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1119 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1120 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1122 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1123 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1124 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1125 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1126 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1127 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1128 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1129 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1130 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1131 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1132 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1133 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1134 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1136 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1142 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1143 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1144 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1145 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1146 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1147 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1148 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1150 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1152 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1155 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1156 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1157 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1158 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1159 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1160 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1163 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1164 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1165 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1166 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1167 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1168 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1169 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1170 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1171 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1173 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1174 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1175 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1176 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1177 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1178 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1180 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1182 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1184 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1185 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1186 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1187 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1189 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1190 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1192 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1194 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1196 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1197 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1198 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1199 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1200 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1201 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1202 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1203 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1204 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1205 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1207 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1208 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1210 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1211 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1212 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1214 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1215 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1216 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1217 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1220 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1222 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1225 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1227 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1228 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1229 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1230 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1231 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1232 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1233 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1234 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1235 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1236 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1237 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1238 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1239 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1240 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1241 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1242 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1243 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1245 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1246 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1247 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1248 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1249 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1250 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1251 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1253 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1254 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1255 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1256 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1257 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1258 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1259 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1260 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1261 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1262 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1263 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1264 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1265 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1266 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1267 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1268 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1271 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1273 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1274 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1276 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1277 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1278 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1279 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1280 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1281 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1282 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1283 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1285 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1287 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1290 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1291 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1293 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1295 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1296 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1297 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1299 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1300 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1301 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1305 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1307 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1308 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1310 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1312 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1313 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1314 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1315 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1316 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1317 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1318 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1319 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1320 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1321 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1322 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1325 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1327 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1330 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1331 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1332 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1334 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1335 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1336 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1337 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1339 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1341 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1345 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1346 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1347 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1348 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1349 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1350 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1351 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1352 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1353 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1356 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1357 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1360 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1361 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1362 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1363 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1364 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1365 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1367 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1368 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1369 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1370 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1373 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1374 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1375 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1377 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1378 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1379 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1382 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1383 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1384 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1385 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1386 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1387 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1388 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1389 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1390 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1391 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1392 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1393 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1394 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1395 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1396 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1397 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1399 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1401 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1404 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1405 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1406 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1407 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1408 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1409 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1410 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1411 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1412 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1414 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1415 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1416 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1417 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1418 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1419 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1420 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1421 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1422 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1423 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1424 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1425 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1426 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1427 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1428 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1429 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1430 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1432 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1433 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1434 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1437 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1438 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1439 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1441 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1442 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1443 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1444 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1445 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1446 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1448 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1449 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1451 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1452 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1453 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1454 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1455 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1456 Closes: #185943, #237049
1458 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1460 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1463 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1466 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1467 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1468 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1469 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1470 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1471 running. closes: Bug#187250
1472 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1473 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1474 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1475 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1476 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1477 user closes: Bug#176506
1479 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1481 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1484 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1485 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1486 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1487 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1488 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1489 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1490 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1491 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1492 deb-building toolchain.
1493 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1494 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1495 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1496 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1497 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1498 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1499 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1500 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1501 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1502 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1503 sections about changelog files.
1505 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1506 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1507 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1508 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1509 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1510 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1512 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1513 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1514 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1515 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1516 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1517 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1518 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1519 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1520 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1521 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1522 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1523 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1524 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1525 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1526 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1527 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1528 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1529 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1530 for the restructuring
1532 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1534 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1537 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1539 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1540 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1541 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1542 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1543 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1544 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1546 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1547 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1548 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1549 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1550 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1551 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1552 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1554 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1555 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1556 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1557 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1559 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1561 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1564 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1565 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1566 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1567 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1568 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1569 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1571 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1572 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1573 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1574 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1576 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1577 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1578 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1579 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1580 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1581 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1582 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1583 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1584 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1585 offtopic stuff, too.
1586 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1587 script should start it, closes: #60979
1588 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1589 "should", closes: #170019
1590 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1591 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1592 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1593 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1594 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1595 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1596 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1597 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1600 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1602 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1605 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1606 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1607 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1608 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1609 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1610 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1611 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1612 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1613 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1615 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1616 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1617 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1618 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1619 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1620 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1621 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1622 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1623 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1625 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1626 file, closes: Bug#65764
1628 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1630 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1632 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1633 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1634 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1635 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1636 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1637 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1638 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1639 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1640 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1641 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1642 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1643 details. closes: Bug#133030
1644 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1645 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1646 parts of Bug#161455.
1648 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1650 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1652 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1653 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1654 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1655 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1656 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1657 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1658 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1659 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1660 not. closes: Bug#139820
1661 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1662 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1663 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1664 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1665 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1666 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1667 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1668 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1669 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1670 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1672 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1674 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1675 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1676 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1677 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1678 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1679 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1680 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1681 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1682 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1683 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1684 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1685 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1686 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1687 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1688 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1689 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1690 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1691 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1692 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1693 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1695 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1696 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1697 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1698 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1699 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1700 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1701 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1703 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1704 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1705 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1706 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1707 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1708 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1709 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1710 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1711 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1713 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1715 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1717 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1718 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1719 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1720 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1721 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1722 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1723 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1724 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1725 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1726 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1727 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1728 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1729 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1730 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1731 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1732 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1733 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1734 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1735 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1736 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1737 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1738 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1739 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1741 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1743 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1745 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1746 medium, high, emergency.
1747 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1748 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1749 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1750 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1751 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1754 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1755 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1756 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1758 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1759 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1760 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1761 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1762 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1763 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1764 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1767 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1769 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1771 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1772 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1773 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1774 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1776 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1777 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1778 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1779 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1780 debian/rules to do this
1781 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1782 patches are incorporated upstream
1783 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1784 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1785 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1786 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1787 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1788 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1790 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1791 system closes: Bug#91249
1792 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1793 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1794 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1795 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1796 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1797 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1798 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1799 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1800 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1801 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1802 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1803 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1804 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1806 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1808 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1810 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1811 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1812 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1813 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1815 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1816 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1817 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1819 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1822 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1824 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1826 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1827 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1828 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1829 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1830 package for the time being
1831 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1832 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1833 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1834 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1835 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1836 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1837 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1838 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1839 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1840 Build-Depends arch syntax
1841 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1843 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1844 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1846 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1847 from policy maintenance duties.
1848 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1849 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1851 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1853 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1855 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1857 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1859 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1861 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1862 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1863 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1864 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1865 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1866 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1867 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1868 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1869 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1870 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1871 minor version number for this
1872 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1873 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1874 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1875 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1876 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1877 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1878 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1879 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1880 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1882 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1884 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1886 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1887 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1888 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1889 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1890 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1892 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1894 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1895 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1896 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1897 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1898 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1899 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1900 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1901 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1902 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1903 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1904 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1905 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1906 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1907 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1908 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1909 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1912 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1914 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1916 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1917 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1919 * Document the Enhances relationship
1920 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1921 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1922 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1923 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1924 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1925 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1927 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1929 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1930 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1931 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1932 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1934 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1935 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1936 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1937 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1938 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1940 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1942 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1944 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1945 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1946 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1948 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1949 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1950 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1951 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1952 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1953 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1954 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1955 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1956 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1958 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1960 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1962 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1964 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1965 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1966 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1967 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1968 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1969 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1970 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1971 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1972 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1973 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1974 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1975 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1976 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1977 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1978 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1979 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1980 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1981 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1982 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1983 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1984 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1985 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1987 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1988 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1990 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1992 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1994 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1995 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1996 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1997 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1998 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1999 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2000 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2001 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2002 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2003 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2004 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2005 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2006 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2007 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2008 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2009 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2010 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2011 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2012 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2013 list closes: Bug#53756
2014 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2015 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2016 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2017 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2018 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2019 policy closes: Bug#53760
2020 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2021 policy closes: Bug#53761
2022 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2023 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2024 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2025 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2026 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2027 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2028 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2029 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2030 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2031 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2032 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2034 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2035 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2036 to install with older fileutils.
2037 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2038 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2039 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2040 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2042 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2043 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2045 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2047 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2049 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2050 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2052 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2054 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2056 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2057 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2059 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2062 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2064 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2065 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2067 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2069 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2071 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2073 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2074 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2076 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2078 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2080 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2081 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2082 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2083 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2084 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2085 directoried (closes: #41547)
2086 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2087 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2088 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2089 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2090 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2091 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2092 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2093 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2094 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2095 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2096 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2098 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2099 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2100 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2101 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2102 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2103 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2104 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2106 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2107 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2108 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2109 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2111 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2113 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2115 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2116 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2118 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2120 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2122 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2123 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2125 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2127 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2129 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2130 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2132 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2133 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2134 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2135 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2136 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2137 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2138 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2139 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2140 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2141 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2142 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2143 this closes: Bug#38612
2144 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2145 before. closes: Bug#40864
2147 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2149 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2151 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2152 officially uploaded.
2153 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2155 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2156 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2157 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2159 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2160 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2161 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2162 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2163 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2164 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2166 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2167 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2168 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2170 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2172 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2173 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2174 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2175 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2176 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2178 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2180 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2182 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2183 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2184 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2185 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2186 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2187 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2188 there). closes: Bug#34233
2189 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2190 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2191 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2192 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2193 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2195 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2197 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2199 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2200 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2201 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2202 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2205 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2206 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2207 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2208 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2209 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2212 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2213 number. closes: BUG#25911
2215 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2216 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2217 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2218 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2219 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2220 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2222 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2223 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2224 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2227 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2228 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2229 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2231 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2232 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2233 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2234 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2236 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2237 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2238 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2240 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2242 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2243 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2244 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2245 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2246 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2247 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2248 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2249 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2252 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2254 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2255 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2258 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2260 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2262 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2264 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2266 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2268 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2269 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2270 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2271 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2272 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2273 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2274 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2275 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2277 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2278 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2280 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2282 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2284 * non-maintainer release
2285 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2286 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2288 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2289 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2290 * no content changes
2291 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2293 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2295 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2299 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2301 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2303 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2305 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2306 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2307 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2309 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2310 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2312 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2313 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2314 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2315 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2317 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2318 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2319 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2320 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2321 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2322 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2323 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2325 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2326 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2327 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2330 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2331 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2332 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2334 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2335 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2336 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2338 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2339 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2341 * New version numbering scheme:
2343 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2344 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2345 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2348 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2349 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2350 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2351 differ between the manuals.
2353 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2354 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2355 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2356 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2358 * Packaging changes:
2360 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2361 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2363 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2365 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2367 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2369 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2371 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2372 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2373 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2375 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2376 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2379 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2380 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2381 file extension as the referenced file
2383 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2384 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2386 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2387 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2388 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2389 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2392 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2393 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2394 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2396 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2397 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2398 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2399 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2402 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2403 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2406 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2407 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2408 reasonable default configuration
2410 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2411 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2412 by all news servers and clients
2414 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2415 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2416 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2417 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2418 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2420 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2421 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2424 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2426 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2427 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2429 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2432 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2433 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2435 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2436 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2438 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2440 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2442 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2444 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2445 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2446 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2447 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2449 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2451 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2452 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2453 * Don't use debstd anymore
2455 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2457 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2459 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2460 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2461 contrib/non-free policy
2462 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2463 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2464 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2465 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2466 - new section about `Daemons'
2467 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2468 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2469 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2470 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2471 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2472 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2473 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2474 * SGML source code included in package
2475 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2477 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2479 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2481 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2482 - completely reworked structure
2483 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2484 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2485 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2486 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2487 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2488 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2489 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2490 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2491 - mention "orphaned packages"
2492 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2493 distributions' policy
2494 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2495 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2496 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2497 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2498 - added section about arch spec strings
2499 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2500 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2501 - added section about "menus"
2502 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2503 the new documentation policy soon
2504 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2505 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2507 - added section about editors and pagers
2508 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2509 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2510 - added section about device files
2511 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2512 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2513 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2515 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2516 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2517 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2518 - Added new section about obsolete names
2519 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2520 * Fixed package's description
2522 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2524 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2526 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2528 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2530 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2532 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2533 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2534 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2535 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2537 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2539 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2541 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2542 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2543 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2545 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2546 and upload it "byhand" too.
2548 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2550 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2553 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2554 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2555 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2556 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2557 functionality must not have the same name.
2558 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2559 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2560 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2561 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2562 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2563 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2564 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2566 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2567 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2568 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2569 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2570 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2571 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2572 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2573 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2576 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2578 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2580 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2582 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2583 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2584 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2585 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2586 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2589 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2591 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2593 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2595 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2596 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2597 description of deb file format.
2598 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2599 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2601 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2603 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2604 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2606 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2608 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2610 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2611 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2612 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2613 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2614 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2615 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2616 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2617 packages in section on Procedure
2618 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2619 a package maintainer
2620 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2621 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2622 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2624 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2625 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2626 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2627 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2628 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2629 on various shlib files
2630 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2631 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2632 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2634 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2636 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2638 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2639 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2640 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2642 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2643 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2644 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2645 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2646 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2648 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2650 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2652 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2654 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2656 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2657 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2658 compatibility go in contrib.
2660 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2661 instructions in policy manual.
2662 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2665 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2667 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2669 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2670 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2671 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2672 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2674 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2675 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2678 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2680 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2682 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2683 * More detail about changelog format names.
2685 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2686 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2690 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2692 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2694 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2696 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2698 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2700 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2702 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2704 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2705 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2706 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2708 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2710 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2712 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2714 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2716 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2720 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100