1 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
4 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
5 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
6 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
7 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
8 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
9 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
10 Millan (Closes: #209008).
11 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
12 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
14 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
16 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
18 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
19 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
20 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
21 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
22 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
23 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
24 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
26 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
27 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
28 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
29 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
31 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
32 Küster (Closes: #403391).
33 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
34 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
35 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
36 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
37 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
38 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
39 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
40 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
41 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
42 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
43 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
44 * Add an md5sums control file.
45 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
46 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
47 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
48 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
49 currently part of policy.
50 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
51 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
52 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
57 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
59 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
60 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
61 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
62 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
63 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
64 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
65 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
66 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
67 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
68 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
69 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
70 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
71 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
72 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
73 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
74 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
76 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
78 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
79 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
80 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
82 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
83 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
84 list?" (Closes: #412634).
85 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
86 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
87 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
88 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
89 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
90 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
91 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
92 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
93 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
94 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
95 debconf specification.
96 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
97 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
99 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
101 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
103 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
104 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
105 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
106 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
107 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
109 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
111 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
112 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
113 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
114 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
115 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
117 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
118 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
119 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
120 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
121 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
122 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
123 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
124 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
125 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
126 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
127 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
128 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
129 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
130 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
131 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
132 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
134 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
136 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
137 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
138 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
139 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
140 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
141 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
142 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
143 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
145 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
147 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
150 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
151 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
153 Polo (Closes: #372497).
154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
155 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
157 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
158 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
159 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
160 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
161 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
162 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
164 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
166 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
168 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
169 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
170 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
171 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
172 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
173 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
175 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
177 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
180 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
181 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
182 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
184 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
185 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
187 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
189 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
191 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
192 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
193 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
194 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
195 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
196 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
197 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
198 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
199 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
200 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
202 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
203 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
205 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
206 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
207 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
208 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
209 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
210 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
211 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
212 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
215 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
217 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
219 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
220 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
222 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
223 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
224 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
225 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
226 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
227 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
228 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
229 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
230 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
231 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
232 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
233 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
234 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
235 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
236 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
237 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
238 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
240 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
241 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
242 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
243 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
244 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
245 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
246 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
248 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
249 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
250 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
251 Hess (Closes: #362247).
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
253 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
254 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
255 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
256 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
257 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
258 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
259 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
260 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
261 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
262 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
263 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
266 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
268 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
269 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
271 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
272 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
273 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
274 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
275 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
276 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
277 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
278 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
280 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
282 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
285 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
286 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
288 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
290 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
291 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
292 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
294 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
295 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
296 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
300 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
302 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
303 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
305 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
307 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
308 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
309 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
311 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
312 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
313 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
314 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
315 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
317 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
320 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
322 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
325 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
326 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
327 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
329 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
330 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
331 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
332 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
334 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
336 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
339 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
340 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
341 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
342 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
343 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
344 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
345 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
346 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
347 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
348 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
351 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
352 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
355 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
356 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
357 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
358 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
359 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
360 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
362 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
363 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
364 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
365 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
368 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
369 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
370 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
372 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
373 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
374 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
377 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
378 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
379 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
381 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
382 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
383 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
384 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
385 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
386 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
387 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
388 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
389 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
390 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
391 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
392 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
394 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
396 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
399 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
400 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
401 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
402 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
403 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
404 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
405 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
406 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
407 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
409 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
410 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
411 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
412 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
413 this section. closes: Bug#248618
414 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
415 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
416 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
417 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
418 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
419 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
420 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
421 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
422 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
423 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
424 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
425 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
427 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
428 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
429 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
432 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
433 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
434 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
436 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
437 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
438 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
439 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
440 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
441 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
443 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
444 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
446 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
447 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
448 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
449 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
450 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
451 Closes: #185943, #237049
453 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
455 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
458 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
461 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
462 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
463 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
464 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
465 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
466 running. closes: Bug#187250
467 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
468 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
469 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
470 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
471 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
472 user closes: Bug#176506
474 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
476 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
479 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
480 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
481 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
482 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
483 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
484 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
485 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
486 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
487 deb-building toolchain.
488 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
489 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
490 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
491 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
492 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
493 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
494 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
495 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
496 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
497 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
498 sections about changelog files.
500 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
501 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
502 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
503 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
504 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
505 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
507 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
508 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
509 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
510 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
511 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
512 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
513 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
514 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
515 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
516 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
517 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
518 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
519 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
520 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
521 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
522 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
523 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
524 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
525 for the restructuring
527 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
529 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
532 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
534 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
535 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
536 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
537 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
538 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
539 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
541 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
542 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
543 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
544 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
545 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
546 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
547 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
549 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
550 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
551 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
552 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
554 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
556 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
559 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
560 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
561 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
562 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
563 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
564 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
566 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
567 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
568 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
569 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
571 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
572 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
573 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
574 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
575 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
576 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
577 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
578 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
579 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
581 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
582 script should start it, closes: #60979
583 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
584 "should", closes: #170019
585 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
586 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
587 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
588 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
589 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
590 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
591 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
592 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
595 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
597 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
600 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
601 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
602 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
603 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
604 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
605 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
606 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
607 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
608 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
610 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
611 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
612 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
613 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
614 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
615 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
616 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
617 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
618 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
620 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
621 file, closes: Bug#65764
623 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
625 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
627 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
628 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
629 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
630 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
631 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
632 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
633 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
634 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
635 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
636 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
637 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
638 details. closes: Bug#133030
639 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
640 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
643 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
645 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
647 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
648 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
649 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
650 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
651 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
652 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
653 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
654 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
655 not. closes: Bug#139820
656 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
657 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
658 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
659 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
660 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
661 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
662 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
663 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
664 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
665 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
667 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
669 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
670 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
671 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
672 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
673 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
674 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
675 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
676 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
677 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
678 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
679 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
680 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
681 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
682 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
683 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
684 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
685 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
686 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
687 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
688 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
690 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
691 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
692 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
693 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
694 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
695 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
696 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
698 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
699 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
700 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
701 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
702 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
703 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
704 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
705 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
706 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
708 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
710 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
712 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
713 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
714 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
715 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
716 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
717 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
718 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
719 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
720 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
721 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
722 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
723 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
724 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
725 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
726 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
727 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
728 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
729 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
730 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
731 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
732 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
733 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
734 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
736 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
738 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
740 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
741 medium, high, emergency.
742 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
743 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
744 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
745 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
746 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
749 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
750 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
751 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
753 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
754 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
755 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
756 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
757 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
758 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
759 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
762 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
764 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
766 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
767 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
768 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
769 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
771 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
772 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
773 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
774 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
775 debian/rules to do this
776 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
777 patches are incorporated upstream
778 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
779 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
780 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
781 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
782 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
783 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
785 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
786 system closes: Bug#91249
787 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
788 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
789 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
790 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
791 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
792 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
793 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
794 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
795 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
796 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
797 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
798 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
799 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
801 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
803 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
805 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
806 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
807 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
808 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
810 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
811 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
812 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
814 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
817 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
819 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
821 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
822 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
823 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
824 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
825 package for the time being
826 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
827 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
828 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
829 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
830 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
831 * Rename all .text files as .txt
832 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
833 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
834 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
835 Build-Depends arch syntax
836 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
838 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
839 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
841 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
842 from policy maintenance duties.
843 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
844 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
846 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
848 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
850 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
852 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
854 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
856 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
857 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
858 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
859 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
860 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
861 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
862 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
863 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
864 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
865 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
866 minor version number for this
867 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
868 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
869 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
870 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
871 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
872 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
873 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
874 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
875 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
877 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
879 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
881 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
882 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
883 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
884 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
885 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
887 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
889 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
890 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
891 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
892 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
893 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
894 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
895 xutils closes: Bug#82966
896 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
897 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
898 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
899 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
900 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
901 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
902 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
903 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
904 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
907 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
909 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
911 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
912 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
914 * Document the Enhances relationship
915 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
916 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
917 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
918 policy. closes: Bug#53496
919 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
920 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
922 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
924 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
925 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
926 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
927 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
929 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
930 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
931 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
932 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
933 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
935 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
937 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
939 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
940 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
941 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
943 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
944 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
945 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
946 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
947 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
948 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
949 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
950 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
951 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
953 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
955 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
957 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
959 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
960 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
961 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
962 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
963 policy. closes: Bug#64437
964 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
965 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
966 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
967 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
968 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
969 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
970 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
971 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
972 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
973 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
974 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
975 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
976 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
977 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
978 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
979 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
980 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
982 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
983 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
985 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
987 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
989 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
990 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
991 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
992 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
993 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
994 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
995 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
996 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
997 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
998 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
999 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1000 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1001 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1002 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1003 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1004 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1005 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1006 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1007 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1008 list closes: Bug#53756
1009 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1010 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1011 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1012 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1013 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1014 policy closes: Bug#53760
1015 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1016 policy closes: Bug#53761
1017 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1018 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1019 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1020 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1021 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1022 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1023 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1024 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1025 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1026 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1027 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1029 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1030 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1031 to install with older fileutils.
1032 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1033 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1034 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1035 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1037 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1038 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1040 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1042 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1045 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1047 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1049 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1051 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1052 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1054 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1057 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1060 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1062 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1064 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1066 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1069 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1071 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1073 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1076 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1077 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1078 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1079 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1080 directoried (closes: #41547)
1081 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1082 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1083 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1084 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1085 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1086 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1087 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1088 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1089 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1090 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1091 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1093 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1094 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1095 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1096 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1097 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1098 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1099 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1101 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1102 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1103 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1104 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1106 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1108 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1110 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1111 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1113 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1115 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1118 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1120 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1122 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1125 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1127 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1128 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1129 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1130 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1131 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1132 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1133 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1134 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1135 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1136 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1137 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1138 this closes: Bug#38612
1139 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1140 before. closes: Bug#40864
1142 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1144 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1146 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1147 officially uploaded.
1148 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1150 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1151 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1152 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1154 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1155 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1156 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1157 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1158 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1159 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1161 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1162 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1163 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1165 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1167 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1168 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1169 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1170 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1171 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1173 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1175 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1178 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1179 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1180 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1181 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1182 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1183 there). closes: Bug#34233
1184 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1185 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1186 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1187 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1188 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1190 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1192 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1195 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1196 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1197 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1200 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1201 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1202 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1203 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1204 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1207 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1208 number. closes: BUG#25911
1210 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1211 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1212 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1213 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1214 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1215 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1217 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1218 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1219 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1222 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1223 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1224 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1226 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1227 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1228 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1229 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1231 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1232 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1233 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1235 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1237 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1238 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1239 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1240 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1241 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1242 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1243 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1244 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1247 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1249 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1250 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1253 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1255 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1259 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1261 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1263 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1264 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1265 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1266 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1267 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1268 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1269 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1270 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1272 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1273 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1275 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1277 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1279 * non-maintainer release
1280 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1281 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1283 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1284 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1285 * no content changes
1286 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1288 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1290 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1294 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1296 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1298 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1300 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1301 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1302 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1304 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1305 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1307 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1308 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1309 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1310 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1312 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1313 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1314 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1315 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1316 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1317 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1318 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1320 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1321 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1322 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1325 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1326 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1327 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1329 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1330 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1331 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1333 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1334 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1336 * New version numbering scheme:
1338 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1339 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1340 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1343 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1344 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1345 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1346 differ between the manuals.
1348 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1349 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1350 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1351 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1353 * Packaging changes:
1355 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1356 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1358 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1360 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1362 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1366 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1367 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1368 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1370 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1371 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1374 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1375 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1376 file extension as the referenced file
1378 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1379 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1381 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1382 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1383 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1384 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1387 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1388 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1389 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1391 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1392 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1393 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1394 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1397 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1398 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1401 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1402 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1403 reasonable default configuration
1405 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1406 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1407 by all news servers and clients
1409 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1410 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1411 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1412 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1413 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1415 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1416 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1419 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1421 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1422 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1424 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1427 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1428 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1430 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1431 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1433 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1435 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1437 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1439 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1440 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1441 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1442 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1444 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1446 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1447 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1448 * Don't use debstd anymore
1450 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1452 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1454 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1455 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1456 contrib/non-free policy
1457 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1458 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1459 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1460 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1461 - new section about `Daemons'
1462 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1463 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1464 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1465 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1466 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1467 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1468 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1469 * SGML source code included in package
1470 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1472 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1474 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1476 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1477 - completely reworked structure
1478 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1479 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1480 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1481 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1482 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1483 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1484 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1485 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1486 - mention "orphaned packages"
1487 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1488 distributions' policy
1489 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1490 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1491 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1492 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1493 - added section about arch spec strings
1494 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1495 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1496 - added section about "menus"
1497 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1498 the new documentation policy soon
1499 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1500 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1502 - added section about editors and pagers
1503 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1504 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1505 - added section about device files
1506 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1507 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1508 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1510 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1511 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1512 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1513 - Added new section about obsolete names
1514 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1515 * Fixed package's description
1517 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1519 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1521 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1523 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1525 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1527 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1528 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1529 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1530 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1532 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1534 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1536 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1537 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1538 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1540 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1541 and upload it "byhand" too.
1543 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1545 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1548 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1549 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1550 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1551 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1552 functionality must not have the same name.
1553 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1554 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1555 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1556 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1557 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1558 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1559 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1561 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1562 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1563 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1564 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1565 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1566 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1567 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1568 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1571 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1573 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1575 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1577 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1578 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1579 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1580 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1581 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1584 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1586 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1588 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1590 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1591 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1592 description of deb file format.
1593 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1594 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1596 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1598 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1599 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1601 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1603 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1605 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1606 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1607 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1608 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1609 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1610 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1611 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1612 packages in section on Procedure
1613 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1614 a package maintainer
1615 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1616 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1617 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1619 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1620 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1621 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1622 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1623 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1624 on various shlib files
1625 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1626 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1627 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1629 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1631 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1633 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1634 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1635 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1637 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1638 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1639 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1640 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1641 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1643 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1645 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1647 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1649 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1651 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1652 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1653 compatibility go in contrib.
1655 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1656 instructions in policy manual.
1657 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1660 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1662 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1664 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1665 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1666 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1667 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1669 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1670 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1673 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1675 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1677 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1678 * More detail about changelog format names.
1680 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1681 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1685 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1687 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1689 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1691 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1693 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1695 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1697 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1699 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1700 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1701 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1703 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1705 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1707 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1709 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1711 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1715 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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