1 debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
20 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
22 Proposed by Santiago Vila
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
30 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
31 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
32 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
35 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
42 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
43 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
46 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
48 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
49 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
52 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
54 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
55 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
58 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
60 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
61 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
62 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
65 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
66 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
71 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
72 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
76 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
77 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
81 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
82 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
87 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
88 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
92 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
93 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
94 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
95 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
96 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
97 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
98 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
99 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
100 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
101 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
102 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
103 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
104 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
105 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
106 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
107 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
108 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
109 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
110 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
111 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
112 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
113 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
114 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
115 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
116 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
117 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
118 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
119 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
120 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
121 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
122 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
123 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
126 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
128 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
131 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
132 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
134 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
135 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
139 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
142 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
143 Wording: Steve Langasek.
144 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
145 Seconded: Julien Cristau
146 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
149 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
150 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
151 Seconded: Russ Allbery
152 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
155 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
156 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
157 Seconded: Russ Allbery
159 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
160 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
161 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
162 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
163 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
164 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
165 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
166 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
169 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
170 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
171 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
172 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
173 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
174 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
175 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
177 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
178 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
179 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
180 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
181 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
182 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
183 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
186 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
187 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
188 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
189 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
190 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
192 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
195 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
196 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
199 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
200 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
203 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
205 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
208 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
212 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
213 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
217 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
218 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
219 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
222 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
223 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
226 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
227 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
229 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
230 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
235 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
236 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
240 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
241 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
245 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
246 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
248 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
250 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
251 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
255 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
256 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
260 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
261 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
262 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
263 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
264 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
265 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
266 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
267 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
268 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
269 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
270 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
271 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
272 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
273 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
274 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
276 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
277 Source field descriptions.
278 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
279 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
280 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
281 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
282 description says otherwise.
284 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
286 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
289 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
290 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
293 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
294 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
296 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
297 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
301 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
302 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
306 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
307 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
309 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
311 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
312 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
313 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
314 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
318 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
319 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
320 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
321 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
322 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
324 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
325 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
329 * Add myself to Uploaders.
332 * Add myself to Uploaders.
333 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
335 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
336 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
337 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
339 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
341 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
343 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
344 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
348 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
349 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
351 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
353 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
354 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
358 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
359 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
361 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
363 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
364 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
365 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
368 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
369 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
373 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
374 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
376 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
378 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
379 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
381 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
383 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
384 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
385 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
388 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
389 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
393 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
394 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
397 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
399 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
400 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
401 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
402 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
403 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
404 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
405 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
406 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
407 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
408 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
409 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
410 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
411 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
412 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
413 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
414 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
415 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
416 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
417 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
418 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
419 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
420 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
421 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
422 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
423 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
424 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
425 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
426 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
427 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
428 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
430 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
431 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
432 links was completed long ago.
433 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
435 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
437 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
439 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
440 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
442 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
444 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
446 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
447 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
448 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
449 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
450 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
451 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
452 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
453 Millan (Closes: #209008).
454 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
455 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
457 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
459 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
461 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
462 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
463 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
464 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
465 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
466 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
467 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
469 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
470 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
471 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
472 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
474 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
475 Küster (Closes: #403391).
476 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
477 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
478 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
479 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
480 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
481 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
483 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
485 Closes: #186700, #458910
486 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
487 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
490 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
491 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
492 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
493 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
494 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
495 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
496 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
497 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
499 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
500 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
502 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
503 * Add an md5sums control file.
504 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
505 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
506 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
507 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
508 currently part of policy.
509 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
510 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
511 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
514 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
516 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
518 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
519 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
520 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
521 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
522 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
523 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
524 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
525 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
526 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
527 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
528 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
529 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
530 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
531 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
532 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
533 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
535 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
537 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
538 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
539 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
541 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
542 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
543 list?" (Closes: #412634).
544 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
545 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
546 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
547 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
548 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
549 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
550 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
551 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
552 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
553 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
554 debconf specification.
555 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
556 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
558 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
560 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
562 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
563 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
564 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
565 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
566 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
568 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
570 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
571 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
572 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
573 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
574 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
576 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
577 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
578 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
579 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
580 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
581 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
582 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
583 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
584 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
585 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
586 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
587 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
588 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
589 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
590 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
591 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
593 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
595 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
596 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
597 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
598 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
599 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
600 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
601 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
602 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
604 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
606 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
609 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
610 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
611 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
612 Polo (Closes: #372497).
613 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
614 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
616 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
617 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
618 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
619 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
620 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
621 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
622 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
623 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
624 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
625 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
627 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
628 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
629 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
630 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
631 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
632 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
634 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
636 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
638 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
639 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
640 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
641 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
643 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
644 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
646 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
648 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
650 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
651 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
652 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
653 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
654 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
655 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
656 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
657 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
658 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
659 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
661 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
662 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
663 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
664 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
665 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
666 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
667 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
668 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
669 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
670 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
671 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
674 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
676 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
678 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
679 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
680 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
681 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
682 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
683 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
684 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
685 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
686 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
687 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
688 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
689 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
690 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
691 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
692 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
693 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
694 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
695 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
696 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
697 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
698 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
699 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
700 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
701 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
702 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
703 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
704 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
705 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
707 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
708 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
709 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
710 Hess (Closes: #362247).
711 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
712 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
713 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
714 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
715 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
716 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
717 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
718 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
719 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
720 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
721 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
722 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
724 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
725 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
727 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
728 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
729 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
730 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
731 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
732 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
733 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
734 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
735 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
736 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
737 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
739 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
741 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
744 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
745 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
746 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
747 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
748 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
749 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
750 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
751 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
752 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
753 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
754 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
755 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
756 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
758 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
759 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
760 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
761 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
762 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
763 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
764 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
765 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
766 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
767 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
768 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
769 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
770 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
771 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
772 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
773 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
774 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
775 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
776 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
779 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
781 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
783 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
784 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
785 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
786 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
788 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
789 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
790 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
791 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
793 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
795 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
798 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
799 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
800 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
801 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
802 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
803 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
804 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
805 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
806 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
807 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
809 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
810 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
811 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
813 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
814 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
815 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
816 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
817 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
818 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
819 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
821 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
822 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
823 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
824 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
826 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
827 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
828 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
829 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
830 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
831 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
832 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
833 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
835 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
836 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
837 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
838 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
839 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
840 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
841 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
842 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
843 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
844 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
845 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
846 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
847 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
848 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
849 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
850 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
851 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
853 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
855 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
858 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
859 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
860 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
861 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
862 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
863 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
864 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
865 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
866 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
868 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
869 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
870 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
871 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
872 this section. closes: Bug#248618
873 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
874 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
875 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
876 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
877 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
878 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
879 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
880 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
881 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
882 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
883 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
886 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
887 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
888 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
891 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
892 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
893 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
895 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
896 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
897 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
898 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
899 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
900 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
902 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
903 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
905 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
906 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
907 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
908 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
909 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
910 Closes: #185943, #237049
912 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
914 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
917 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
920 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
921 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
922 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
923 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
924 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
925 running. closes: Bug#187250
926 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
927 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
928 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
929 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
930 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
931 user closes: Bug#176506
933 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
935 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
938 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
939 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
940 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
941 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
942 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
943 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
944 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
945 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
946 deb-building toolchain.
947 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
948 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
949 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
950 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
951 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
952 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
953 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
954 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
955 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
956 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
957 sections about changelog files.
959 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
960 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
961 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
962 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
963 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
964 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
966 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
967 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
968 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
969 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
970 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
971 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
972 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
973 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
974 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
975 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
976 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
977 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
978 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
979 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
980 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
981 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
982 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
983 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
984 for the restructuring
986 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
988 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
991 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
993 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
994 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
995 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
996 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
997 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
998 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1000 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1001 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1002 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1003 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1004 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1005 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1006 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1008 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1009 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1010 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1011 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1013 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1015 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1019 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1020 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1021 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1022 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1023 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1025 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1026 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1027 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1028 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1030 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1031 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1032 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1033 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1034 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1035 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1036 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1037 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1038 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1039 offtopic stuff, too.
1040 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1041 script should start it, closes: #60979
1042 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1043 "should", closes: #170019
1044 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1045 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1046 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1047 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1048 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1049 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1050 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1051 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1054 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1056 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1060 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1061 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1062 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1063 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1064 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1065 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1066 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1067 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1069 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1070 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1071 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1072 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1073 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1074 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1075 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1076 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1077 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1079 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1080 file, closes: Bug#65764
1082 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1084 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1087 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1088 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1089 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1090 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1091 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1092 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1093 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1094 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1095 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1096 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1097 details. closes: Bug#133030
1098 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1099 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1100 parts of Bug#161455.
1102 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1104 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1107 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1108 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1109 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1110 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1111 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1112 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1113 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1114 not. closes: Bug#139820
1115 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1116 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1117 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1118 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1119 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1120 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1121 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1122 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1123 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1124 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1126 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1128 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1129 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1130 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1131 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1132 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1133 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1134 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1135 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1136 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1137 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1138 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1139 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1140 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1141 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1142 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1143 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1144 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1145 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1146 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1147 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1149 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1150 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1151 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1152 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1153 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1154 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1155 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1157 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1158 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1159 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1160 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1161 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1162 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1163 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1164 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1165 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1167 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1169 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1171 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1172 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1173 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1174 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1175 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1176 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1177 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1178 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1179 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1180 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1181 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1182 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1183 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1184 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1185 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1186 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1187 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1188 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1189 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1190 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1191 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1192 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1193 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1195 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1197 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1199 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1200 medium, high, emergency.
1201 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1202 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1203 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1204 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1205 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1208 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1209 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1210 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1212 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1213 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1214 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1215 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1216 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1217 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1218 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1221 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1223 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1226 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1227 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1228 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1230 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1231 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1232 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1233 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1234 debian/rules to do this
1235 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1236 patches are incorporated upstream
1237 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1238 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1239 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1240 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1241 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1242 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1244 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1245 system closes: Bug#91249
1246 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1247 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1248 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1249 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1250 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1251 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1252 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1253 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1254 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1255 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1256 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1257 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1258 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1260 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1262 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1265 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1266 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1267 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1269 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1270 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1271 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1273 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1276 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1278 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1281 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1282 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1283 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1284 package for the time being
1285 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1286 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1287 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1288 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1289 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1290 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1291 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1292 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1293 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1294 Build-Depends arch syntax
1295 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1297 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1298 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1300 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1301 from policy maintenance duties.
1302 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1303 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1305 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1307 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1309 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1311 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1313 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1315 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1316 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1317 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1318 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1319 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1320 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1321 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1322 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1323 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1324 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1325 minor version number for this
1326 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1327 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1328 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1329 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1330 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1331 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1332 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1333 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1334 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1336 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1338 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1340 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1341 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1342 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1343 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1344 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1346 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1348 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1349 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1350 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1351 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1352 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1353 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1354 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1355 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1356 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1357 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1358 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1359 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1360 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1361 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1362 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1363 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1366 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1368 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1371 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1373 * Document the Enhances relationship
1374 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1375 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1376 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1377 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1378 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1379 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1381 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1383 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1384 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1385 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1386 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1388 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1389 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1390 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1391 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1392 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1394 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1396 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1399 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1400 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1402 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1403 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1404 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1405 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1406 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1407 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1408 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1409 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1410 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1412 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1414 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1416 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1419 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1420 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1421 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1422 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1423 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1424 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1425 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1426 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1427 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1428 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1429 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1430 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1431 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1432 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1433 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1434 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1435 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1436 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1437 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1438 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1439 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1441 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1442 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1444 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1446 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1448 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1449 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1450 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1451 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1452 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1453 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1454 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1455 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1456 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1457 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1458 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1459 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1460 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1461 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1462 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1463 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1464 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1465 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1466 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1467 list closes: Bug#53756
1468 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1469 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1470 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1471 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1472 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1473 policy closes: Bug#53760
1474 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1475 policy closes: Bug#53761
1476 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1477 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1478 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1479 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1480 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1481 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1482 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1483 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1484 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1485 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1486 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1488 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1489 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1490 to install with older fileutils.
1491 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1492 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1493 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1494 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1496 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1497 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1499 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1501 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1503 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1504 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1506 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1508 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1510 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1511 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1513 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1516 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1518 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1519 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1521 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1523 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1525 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1527 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1528 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1530 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1532 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1534 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1535 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1536 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1537 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1538 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1539 directoried (closes: #41547)
1540 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1541 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1542 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1543 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1544 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1545 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1546 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1547 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1548 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1549 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1550 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1552 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1553 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1554 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1555 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1556 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1557 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1558 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1560 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1561 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1562 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1563 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1565 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1567 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1569 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1570 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1572 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1574 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1576 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1577 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1579 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1581 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1583 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1584 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1586 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1587 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1588 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1589 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1590 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1591 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1592 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1593 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1594 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1595 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1596 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1597 this closes: Bug#38612
1598 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1599 before. closes: Bug#40864
1601 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1603 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1605 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1606 officially uploaded.
1607 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1609 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1610 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1611 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1613 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1614 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1615 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1616 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1617 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1618 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1620 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1621 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1622 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1624 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1626 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1627 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1628 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1629 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1630 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1632 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1634 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1636 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1637 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1638 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1639 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1640 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1641 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1642 there). closes: Bug#34233
1643 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1644 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1645 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1646 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1647 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1649 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1651 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1653 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1654 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1655 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1656 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1659 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1660 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1661 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1662 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1663 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1666 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1667 number. closes: BUG#25911
1669 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1670 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1671 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1672 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1673 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1674 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1676 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1677 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1678 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1681 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1682 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1683 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1685 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1686 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1687 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1688 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1690 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1691 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1692 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1694 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1696 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1697 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1698 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1699 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1700 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1701 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1702 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1703 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1706 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1708 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1709 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1712 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1714 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1716 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1718 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1720 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1722 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1723 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1724 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1725 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1726 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1727 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1728 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1729 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1731 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1732 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1734 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1736 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1738 * non-maintainer release
1739 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1740 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1742 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1743 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1744 * no content changes
1745 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1747 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1749 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1753 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1755 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1757 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1759 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1760 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1761 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1763 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1764 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1766 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1767 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1768 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1769 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1771 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1772 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1773 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1774 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1775 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1776 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1777 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1779 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1780 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1781 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1784 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1785 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1786 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1788 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1789 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1790 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1792 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1793 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1795 * New version numbering scheme:
1797 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1798 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1799 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1802 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1803 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1804 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1805 differ between the manuals.
1807 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1808 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1809 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1810 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1812 * Packaging changes:
1814 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1815 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1817 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1819 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1821 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1823 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1825 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1826 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1827 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1829 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1830 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1833 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1834 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1835 file extension as the referenced file
1837 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1838 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1840 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1841 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1842 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1843 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1846 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1847 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1848 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1850 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1851 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1852 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1853 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1856 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1857 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1860 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1861 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1862 reasonable default configuration
1864 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1865 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1866 by all news servers and clients
1868 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1869 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1870 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1871 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1872 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1874 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1875 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1878 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1880 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1881 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1883 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1886 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1887 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1889 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1890 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1892 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1894 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1896 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1898 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1899 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1900 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1901 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1903 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1905 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1906 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1907 * Don't use debstd anymore
1909 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1911 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1913 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1914 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1915 contrib/non-free policy
1916 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1917 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1918 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1919 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1920 - new section about `Daemons'
1921 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1922 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1923 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1924 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1925 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1926 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1927 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1928 * SGML source code included in package
1929 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1931 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1933 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1935 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1936 - completely reworked structure
1937 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1938 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1939 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1940 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1941 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1942 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1943 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1944 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1945 - mention "orphaned packages"
1946 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1947 distributions' policy
1948 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1949 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1950 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1951 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1952 - added section about arch spec strings
1953 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1954 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1955 - added section about "menus"
1956 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1957 the new documentation policy soon
1958 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1959 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1961 - added section about editors and pagers
1962 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1963 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1964 - added section about device files
1965 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1966 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1967 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1969 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1970 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1971 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1972 - Added new section about obsolete names
1973 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1974 * Fixed package's description
1976 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1978 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1980 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1982 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1984 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1986 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1987 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1988 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1989 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1991 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1993 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1995 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1996 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1997 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1999 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2000 and upload it "byhand" too.
2002 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2004 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2007 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2008 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2009 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2010 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2011 functionality must not have the same name.
2012 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2013 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2014 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2015 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2016 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2017 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2018 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2020 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2021 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2022 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2023 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2024 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2025 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2026 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2027 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2030 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2032 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2034 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2036 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2037 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2038 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2039 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2040 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2043 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2045 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2047 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2049 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2050 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2051 description of deb file format.
2052 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2053 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2055 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2057 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2058 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2060 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2062 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2064 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2065 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2066 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2067 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2068 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2069 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2070 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2071 packages in section on Procedure
2072 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2073 a package maintainer
2074 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2075 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2076 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2078 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2079 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2080 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2081 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2082 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2083 on various shlib files
2084 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2085 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2086 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2088 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2090 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2092 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2093 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2094 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2096 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2097 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2098 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2099 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2100 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2102 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2104 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2106 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2108 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2110 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2111 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2112 compatibility go in contrib.
2114 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2115 instructions in policy manual.
2116 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2119 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2121 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2123 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2124 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2125 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2126 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2128 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2129 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2132 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2134 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2136 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2137 * More detail about changelog format names.
2139 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2140 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2144 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2146 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2148 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2150 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2152 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2154 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2156 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2158 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2159 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2160 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2162 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2164 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2166 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2168 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2170 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2174 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100