1 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
4 * Incorporate the packaging manual. The minimal change in version number
5 i because I suspect that this version is going to be buggy.
6 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
7 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
8 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
9 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
10 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
11 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
12 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
13 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
14 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
16 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
18 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
20 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
22 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
23 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
24 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
25 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
26 policy. closes: Bug#64437
27 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
28 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
29 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
30 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
31 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
32 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
33 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
34 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
35 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
36 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
37 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
38 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
39 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
40 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
41 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
42 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
43 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
45 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
46 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
48 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
50 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
52 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
53 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
54 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
55 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
56 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
57 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
58 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
59 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
60 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
61 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
62 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
63 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
64 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
65 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
66 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
67 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
68 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
69 alternative closes: Bug#53755
70 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
71 list closes: Bug#53756
72 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
73 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
74 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
75 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
76 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
77 policy closes: Bug#53760
78 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
79 policy closes: Bug#53761
80 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
81 that use X closes: Bug#53762
82 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
83 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
84 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
85 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
86 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
87 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
88 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
89 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
90 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
92 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
93 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
94 to install with older fileutils.
95 * Installed FHS version 2.1
96 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
97 * Added FHS details to copyright file
98 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
100 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
101 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
103 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
105 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
108 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
110 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
112 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
114 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
115 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
117 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
120 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
122 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
123 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
125 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
127 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
129 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
131 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
132 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
134 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
136 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
138 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
139 #45561, #42447, #48570)
140 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
141 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
142 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
143 directoried (closes: #41547)
144 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
145 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
146 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
147 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
148 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
149 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
150 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
151 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
152 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
153 package criteria (closes: #45318)
154 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
156 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
157 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
158 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
159 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
160 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
161 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
162 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
164 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
165 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
166 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
167 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
169 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
171 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
173 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
174 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
176 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
178 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
181 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
183 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
185 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
187 * A few typos and omissions corrected
188 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
190 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
191 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
192 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
193 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
194 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
195 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
196 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
197 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
198 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
199 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
200 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
201 this closes: Bug#38612
202 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
203 before. closes: Bug#40864
205 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
207 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
209 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
211 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
213 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
214 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
215 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
217 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
218 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
219 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
220 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
221 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
222 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
224 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
225 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
226 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
228 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
230 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
231 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
232 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
233 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
234 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
236 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
238 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
240 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
241 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
242 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
243 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
244 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
245 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
246 there). closes: Bug#34233
247 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
248 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
249 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
250 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
251 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
253 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
255 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
257 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
258 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
259 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
260 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
263 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
264 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
265 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
266 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
267 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
270 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
271 number. closes: BUG#25911
273 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
274 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
275 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
276 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
277 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
278 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
280 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
281 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
282 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
285 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
286 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
287 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
289 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
290 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
291 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
292 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
294 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
295 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
296 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
298 * Make the package optional, not extra.
300 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
301 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
302 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
303 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
304 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
305 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
306 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
307 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
310 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
312 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
313 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
316 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
318 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
320 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
322 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
324 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
326 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
327 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
328 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
329 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
330 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
331 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
332 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
333 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
335 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
336 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
338 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
340 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
342 * non-maintainer release
343 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
344 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
346 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
347 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
349 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
351 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
353 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
357 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
359 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
361 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
363 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
364 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
365 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
367 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
368 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
370 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
371 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
372 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
373 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
375 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
376 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
377 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
378 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
379 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
380 and restart options and to comply with the console message
381 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
383 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
384 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
385 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
388 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
389 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
390 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
392 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
393 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
394 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
396 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
397 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
399 * New version numbering scheme:
401 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
402 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
403 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
406 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
407 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
408 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
409 differ between the manuals.
411 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
412 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
413 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
414 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
418 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
419 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
421 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
423 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
425 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
427 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
429 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
430 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
431 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
433 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
434 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
437 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
438 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
439 file extension as the referenced file
441 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
442 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
444 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
445 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
446 start, stop, restart, force-reload
447 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
450 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
451 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
452 be installed into /etc/cron.d
454 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
455 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
456 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
457 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
460 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
461 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
464 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
465 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
466 reasonable default configuration
468 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
469 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
470 by all news servers and clients
472 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
473 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
474 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
475 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
476 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
478 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
479 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
482 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
484 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
485 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
487 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
490 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
491 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
493 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
494 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
496 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
498 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
500 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
502 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
503 - X library package is now called xlib6g
504 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
505 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
507 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
509 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
510 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
511 * Don't use debstd anymore
513 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
515 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
517 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
518 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
519 contrib/non-free policy
520 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
521 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
522 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
523 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
524 - new section about `Daemons'
525 - updated section about `Configuration files'
526 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
527 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
528 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
529 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
530 * Paper about libc6 migration:
531 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
532 * SGML source code included in package
533 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
535 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
537 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
539 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
540 - completely reworked structure
541 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
542 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
543 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
544 - removed all those ugly footnotes
545 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
546 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
547 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
548 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
549 - mention "orphaned packages"
550 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
551 distributions' policy
552 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
553 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
554 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
555 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
556 - added section about arch spec strings
557 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
558 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
559 - added section about "menus"
560 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
561 the new documentation policy soon
562 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
563 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
565 - added section about editors and pagers
566 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
567 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
568 - added section about device files
569 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
570 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
571 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
573 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
574 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
575 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
576 - Added new section about obsolete names
577 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
578 * Fixed package's description
580 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
582 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
584 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
586 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
588 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
590 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
591 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
592 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
593 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
595 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
597 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
599 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
600 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
601 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
603 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
604 and upload it "byhand" too.
606 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
608 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
611 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
612 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
613 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
614 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
615 functionality must not have the same name.
616 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
617 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
618 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
619 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
620 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
621 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
622 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
624 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
625 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
626 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
627 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
628 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
629 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
630 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
631 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
634 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
636 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
638 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
640 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
641 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
642 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
643 a package into. (Guy Maor)
644 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
647 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
649 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
651 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
653 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
654 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
655 description of deb file format.
656 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
657 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
659 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
661 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
662 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
664 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
666 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
668 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
669 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
670 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
671 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
672 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
673 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
674 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
675 packages in section on Procedure
676 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
678 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
679 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
680 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
682 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
683 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
684 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
685 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
686 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
687 on various shlib files
688 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
689 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
690 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
692 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
694 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
696 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
697 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
698 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
700 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
701 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
702 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
703 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
704 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
706 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
708 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
710 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
712 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
714 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
715 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
716 compatibility go in contrib.
718 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
719 instructions in policy manual.
720 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
723 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
725 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
727 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
728 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
729 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
730 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
732 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
733 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
736 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
738 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
740 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
741 * More detail about changelog format names.
743 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
744 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
748 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
750 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
752 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
754 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
756 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
758 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
760 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
762 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
763 * More verbosity about netiquette.
764 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
766 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
768 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
770 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
772 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
774 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
778 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
781 mode: debian-changelog