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: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
72 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
76 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
77 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
82 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
83 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
87 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
88 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
89 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
90 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
91 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
92 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
93 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
94 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
95 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
96 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
97 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
98 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
99 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
100 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
101 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
102 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
103 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
104 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
105 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
106 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
107 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
108 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
109 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
110 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
111 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
112 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
113 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
114 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
115 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
116 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
118 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
120 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
123 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
124 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
126 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
127 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
131 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
134 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
135 Wording: Steve Langasek.
136 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
137 Seconded: Julien Cristau
138 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
141 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
142 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
143 Seconded: Russ Allbery
144 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
147 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
148 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
149 Seconded: Russ Allbery
151 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
152 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
153 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
154 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
155 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
156 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
157 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
158 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
161 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
162 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
163 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
164 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
165 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
166 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
167 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
169 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
170 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
171 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
172 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
173 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
174 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
175 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
178 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
179 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
180 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
181 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
182 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
184 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
187 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
188 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
191 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
192 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
195 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
197 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
199 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
200 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
204 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
205 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
209 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
210 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
214 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
215 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
218 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
219 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
221 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
222 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
227 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
228 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
232 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
233 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
237 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
238 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
242 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
243 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
247 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
248 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
252 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
253 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
254 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
255 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
256 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
257 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
258 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
259 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
260 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
261 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
262 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
263 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
264 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
265 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
266 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
268 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
269 Source field descriptions.
270 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
271 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
272 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
273 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
274 description says otherwise.
276 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
278 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
281 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
282 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
285 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
286 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
288 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
289 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
293 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
294 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
298 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
299 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
303 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
304 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
305 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
306 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
310 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
311 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
312 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
313 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
314 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
316 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
317 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
321 * Add myself to Uploaders.
324 * Add myself to Uploaders.
325 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
327 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
328 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
329 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
331 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
333 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
335 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
336 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
340 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
341 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
343 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
345 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
346 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
350 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
351 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
353 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
355 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
356 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
360 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
361 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
365 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
366 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
368 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
370 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
371 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
373 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
375 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
376 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
377 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
380 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
381 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
385 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
386 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
388 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
389 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
391 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
392 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
393 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
394 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
395 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
396 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
397 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
398 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
399 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
400 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
401 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
402 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
403 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
404 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
405 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
406 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
407 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
408 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
409 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
410 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
411 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
412 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
413 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
414 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
415 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
416 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
417 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
418 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
419 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
420 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
422 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
423 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
424 links was completed long ago.
425 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
427 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
429 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
431 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
432 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
434 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
436 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
438 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
439 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
440 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
441 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
442 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
443 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
444 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
445 Millan (Closes: #209008).
446 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
447 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
449 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
451 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
453 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
454 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
455 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
456 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
457 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
458 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
459 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
461 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
462 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
463 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
464 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
466 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
467 Küster (Closes: #403391).
468 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
469 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
470 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
471 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
472 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
473 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
476 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
477 Closes: #186700, #458910
478 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
479 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
482 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
483 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
484 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
485 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
486 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
487 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
488 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
489 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
491 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
492 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
494 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
495 * Add an md5sums control file.
496 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
497 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
498 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
499 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
500 currently part of policy.
501 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
502 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
503 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
506 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
508 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
510 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
511 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
512 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
513 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
514 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
515 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
516 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
517 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
518 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
519 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
520 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
521 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
522 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
523 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
524 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
525 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
527 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
529 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
530 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
531 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
533 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
534 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
535 list?" (Closes: #412634).
536 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
537 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
538 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
539 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
540 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
541 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
542 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
543 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
544 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
545 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
546 debconf specification.
547 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
548 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
550 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
552 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
554 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
555 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
556 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
557 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
558 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
560 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
562 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
563 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
564 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
565 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
566 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
568 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
569 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
570 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
571 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
572 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
573 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
574 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
575 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
576 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
577 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
578 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
579 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
580 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
581 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
582 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
583 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
585 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
587 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
588 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
589 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
590 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
591 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
592 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
593 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
594 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
596 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
598 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
600 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
601 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
602 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
603 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
604 Polo (Closes: #372497).
605 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
606 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
608 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
609 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
610 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
611 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
612 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
613 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
614 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
615 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
616 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
617 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
619 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
620 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
621 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
622 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
623 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
624 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
626 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
628 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
630 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
631 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
632 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
633 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
636 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
638 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
640 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
642 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
643 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
644 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
645 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
646 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
647 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
648 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
649 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
650 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
651 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
653 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
654 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
655 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
656 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
657 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
658 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
659 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
660 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
661 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
662 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
663 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
666 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
668 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
670 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
671 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
672 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
673 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
674 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
675 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
676 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
677 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
678 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
679 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
680 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
681 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
682 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
683 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
684 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
685 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
686 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
687 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
688 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
689 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
690 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
691 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
692 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
693 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
694 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
695 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
696 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
697 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
699 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
700 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
701 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
702 Hess (Closes: #362247).
703 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
704 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
705 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
706 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
707 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
708 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
709 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
710 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
711 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
712 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
713 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
714 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
716 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
717 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
719 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
720 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
721 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
722 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
723 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
724 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
725 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
726 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
727 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
728 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
729 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
731 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
733 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
736 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
737 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
738 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
739 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
740 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
741 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
742 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
743 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
744 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
745 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
746 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
747 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
748 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
750 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
751 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
752 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
753 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
754 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
755 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
756 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
757 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
758 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
759 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
760 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
761 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
762 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
763 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
764 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
765 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
766 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
767 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
768 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
771 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
773 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
775 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
776 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
777 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
778 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
780 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
781 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
782 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
783 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
785 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
787 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
790 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
791 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
792 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
793 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
794 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
795 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
796 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
797 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
798 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
799 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
801 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
802 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
803 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
805 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
806 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
807 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
808 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
809 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
810 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
811 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
813 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
814 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
815 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
816 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
818 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
819 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
820 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
821 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
822 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
823 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
824 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
825 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
827 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
828 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
829 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
830 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
831 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
832 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
833 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
834 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
835 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
836 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
837 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
838 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
839 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
840 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
841 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
842 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
843 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
845 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
847 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
850 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
851 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
852 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
853 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
854 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
855 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
856 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
857 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
858 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
860 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
861 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
862 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
863 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
864 this section. closes: Bug#248618
865 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
866 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
867 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
868 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
869 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
870 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
871 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
872 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
873 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
874 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
875 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
876 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
878 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
879 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
880 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
883 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
884 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
885 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
887 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
888 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
889 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
890 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
891 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
892 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
894 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
895 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
897 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
898 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
899 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
900 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
901 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
902 Closes: #185943, #237049
904 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
906 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
909 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
912 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
913 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
914 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
915 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
916 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
917 running. closes: Bug#187250
918 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
919 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
920 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
921 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
922 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
923 user closes: Bug#176506
925 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
927 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
930 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
931 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
932 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
933 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
934 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
935 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
936 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
937 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
938 deb-building toolchain.
939 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
940 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
941 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
942 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
943 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
944 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
945 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
946 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
947 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
948 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
949 sections about changelog files.
951 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
952 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
953 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
954 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
955 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
956 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
958 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
959 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
960 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
961 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
962 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
963 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
964 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
965 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
966 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
967 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
968 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
969 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
970 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
971 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
972 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
973 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
974 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
975 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
976 for the restructuring
978 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
980 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
983 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
985 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
986 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
987 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
988 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
989 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
990 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
992 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
993 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
994 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
995 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
996 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
997 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
998 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1000 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1001 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1002 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1003 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1005 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1007 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1011 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1012 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1013 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1014 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1015 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1017 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1018 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1019 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1020 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1022 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1023 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1024 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1025 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1026 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1027 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1028 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1029 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1030 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1031 offtopic stuff, too.
1032 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1033 script should start it, closes: #60979
1034 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1035 "should", closes: #170019
1036 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1037 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1038 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1039 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1040 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1041 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1042 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1043 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1046 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1048 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1051 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1052 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1053 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1054 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1055 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1056 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1057 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1058 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1059 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1061 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1062 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1063 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1064 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1065 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1066 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1067 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1068 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1069 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1071 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1072 file, closes: Bug#65764
1074 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1076 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1079 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1080 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1081 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1082 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1083 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1084 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1085 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1086 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1087 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1088 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1089 details. closes: Bug#133030
1090 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1091 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1092 parts of Bug#161455.
1094 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1096 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1098 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1099 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1100 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1101 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1102 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1103 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1104 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1105 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1106 not. closes: Bug#139820
1107 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1108 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1109 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1110 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1111 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1112 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1113 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1114 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1115 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1116 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1118 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1120 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1121 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1122 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1123 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1124 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1125 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1126 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1127 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1128 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1129 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1130 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1131 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1132 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1133 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1134 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1135 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1136 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1137 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1138 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1139 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1141 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1142 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1143 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1144 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1145 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1146 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1147 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1149 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1150 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1151 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1152 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1153 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1154 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1155 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1156 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1157 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1159 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1161 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1163 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1164 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1165 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1166 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1167 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1168 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1169 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1170 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1171 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1172 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1173 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1174 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1175 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1176 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1177 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1178 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1179 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1180 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1181 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1182 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1183 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1184 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1185 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1187 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1189 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1192 medium, high, emergency.
1193 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1194 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1195 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1196 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1197 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1200 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1201 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1202 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1204 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1205 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1206 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1207 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1208 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1209 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1210 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1215 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1218 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1219 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1220 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1222 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1223 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1224 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1225 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1226 debian/rules to do this
1227 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1228 patches are incorporated upstream
1229 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1230 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1231 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1232 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1233 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1234 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1236 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1237 system closes: Bug#91249
1238 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1239 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1240 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1241 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1242 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1243 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1244 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1245 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1246 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1247 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1248 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1249 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1250 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1252 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1254 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1257 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1258 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1259 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1261 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1262 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1263 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1265 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1268 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1270 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1273 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1274 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1275 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1276 package for the time being
1277 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1278 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1279 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1280 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1281 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1282 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1283 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1284 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1285 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1286 Build-Depends arch syntax
1287 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1289 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1290 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1292 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1293 from policy maintenance duties.
1294 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1295 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1297 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1299 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1301 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1303 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1305 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1307 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1308 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1309 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1310 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1311 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1312 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1313 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1314 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1315 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1316 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1317 minor version number for this
1318 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1319 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1320 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1321 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1322 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1323 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1324 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1325 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1326 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1328 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1330 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1333 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1334 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1335 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1336 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1338 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1340 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1341 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1342 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1343 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1344 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1345 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1346 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1347 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1348 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1349 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1350 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1351 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1352 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1353 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1354 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1355 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1358 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1360 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1363 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1365 * Document the Enhances relationship
1366 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1367 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1368 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1369 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1370 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1371 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1373 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1375 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1376 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1377 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1378 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1380 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1381 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1382 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1383 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1384 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1386 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1388 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1390 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1391 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1392 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1394 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1395 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1396 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1397 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1398 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1399 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1400 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1401 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1402 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1404 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1406 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1408 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1410 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1411 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1412 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1413 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1414 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1415 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1416 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1417 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1418 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1419 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1420 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1421 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1422 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1423 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1424 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1425 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1426 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1427 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1428 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1429 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1430 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1431 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1433 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1434 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1436 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1438 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1440 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1441 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1442 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1443 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1444 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1445 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1446 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1447 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1448 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1449 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1450 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1451 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1452 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1453 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1454 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1455 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1456 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1457 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1458 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1459 list closes: Bug#53756
1460 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1461 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1462 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1463 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1464 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1465 policy closes: Bug#53760
1466 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1467 policy closes: Bug#53761
1468 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1469 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1470 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1471 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1472 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1473 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1474 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1475 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1476 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1477 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1478 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1480 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1481 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1482 to install with older fileutils.
1483 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1484 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1485 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1486 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1488 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1489 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1491 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1493 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1495 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1496 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1498 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1500 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1502 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1503 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1505 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1508 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1510 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1511 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1513 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1515 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1517 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1519 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1520 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1522 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1524 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1526 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1527 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1528 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1529 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1530 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1531 directoried (closes: #41547)
1532 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1533 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1534 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1535 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1536 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1537 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1538 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1539 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1540 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1541 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1542 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1544 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1545 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1546 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1547 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1548 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1549 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1550 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1552 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1553 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1554 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1555 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1557 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1559 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1561 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1562 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1564 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1566 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1568 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1569 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1571 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1573 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1575 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1576 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1578 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1579 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1580 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1581 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1582 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1583 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1584 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1585 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1586 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1587 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1588 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1589 this closes: Bug#38612
1590 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1591 before. closes: Bug#40864
1593 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1595 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1597 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1598 officially uploaded.
1599 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1601 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1602 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1603 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1605 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1606 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1607 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1608 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1609 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1610 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1612 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1613 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1614 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1616 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1618 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1619 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1620 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1621 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1622 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1624 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1626 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1628 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1629 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1630 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1631 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1632 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1633 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1634 there). closes: Bug#34233
1635 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1636 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1637 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1638 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1639 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1641 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1643 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1645 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1646 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1647 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1648 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1651 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1652 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1653 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1654 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1655 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1658 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1659 number. closes: BUG#25911
1661 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1662 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1663 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1664 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1665 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1666 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1668 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1669 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1670 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1673 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1674 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1675 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1677 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1678 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1679 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1680 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1682 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1683 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1684 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1686 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1688 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1689 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1690 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1691 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1692 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1693 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1694 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1695 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1698 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1700 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1701 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1704 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1706 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1708 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1710 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1712 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1714 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1715 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1716 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1717 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1718 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1719 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1720 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1721 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1723 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1724 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1726 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1728 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1730 * non-maintainer release
1731 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1732 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1734 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1735 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1736 * no content changes
1737 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1739 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1741 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1745 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1747 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1749 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1751 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1752 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1753 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1755 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1756 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1758 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1759 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1760 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1761 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1763 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1764 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1765 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1766 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1767 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1768 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1769 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1771 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1772 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1773 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1776 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1777 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1778 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1780 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1781 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1782 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1784 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1785 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1787 * New version numbering scheme:
1789 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1790 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1791 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1794 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1795 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1796 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1797 differ between the manuals.
1799 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1800 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1801 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1802 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1804 * Packaging changes:
1806 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1807 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1809 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1811 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1813 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1815 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1817 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1818 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1819 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1821 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1822 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1825 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1826 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1827 file extension as the referenced file
1829 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1830 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1832 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1833 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1834 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1835 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1838 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1839 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1840 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1842 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1843 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1844 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1845 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1848 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1849 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1852 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1853 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1854 reasonable default configuration
1856 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1857 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1858 by all news servers and clients
1860 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1861 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1862 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1863 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1864 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1866 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1867 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1870 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1872 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1873 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1875 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1878 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1879 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1881 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1882 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1884 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1886 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1888 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1890 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1891 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1892 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1893 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1895 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1897 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1898 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1899 * Don't use debstd anymore
1901 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1903 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1905 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1906 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1907 contrib/non-free policy
1908 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1909 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1910 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1911 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1912 - new section about `Daemons'
1913 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1914 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1915 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1916 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1917 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1918 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1919 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1920 * SGML source code included in package
1921 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1923 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1925 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1927 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1928 - completely reworked structure
1929 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1930 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1931 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1932 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1933 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1934 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1935 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1936 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1937 - mention "orphaned packages"
1938 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1939 distributions' policy
1940 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1941 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1942 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1943 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1944 - added section about arch spec strings
1945 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1946 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1947 - added section about "menus"
1948 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1949 the new documentation policy soon
1950 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1951 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1953 - added section about editors and pagers
1954 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1955 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1956 - added section about device files
1957 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1958 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1959 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1961 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1962 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1963 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1964 - Added new section about obsolete names
1965 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1966 * Fixed package's description
1968 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1970 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1972 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1974 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1976 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1978 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1979 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1980 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1981 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1983 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1985 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1987 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1988 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1989 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1991 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1992 and upload it "byhand" too.
1994 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1996 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1999 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2000 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2001 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2002 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2003 functionality must not have the same name.
2004 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2005 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2006 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2007 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2008 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2009 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2010 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2012 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2013 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2014 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2015 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2016 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2017 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2018 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2019 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2022 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2024 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2026 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2028 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2029 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2030 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2031 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2032 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2035 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2037 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2039 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2041 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2042 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2043 description of deb file format.
2044 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2045 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2047 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2049 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2050 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2052 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2054 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2056 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2057 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2058 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2059 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2060 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2061 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2062 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2063 packages in section on Procedure
2064 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2065 a package maintainer
2066 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2067 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2068 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2070 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2071 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2072 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2073 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2074 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2075 on various shlib files
2076 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2077 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2078 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2080 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2082 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2084 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2085 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2086 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2088 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2089 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2090 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2091 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2092 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2094 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2096 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2098 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2100 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2102 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2103 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2104 compatibility go in contrib.
2106 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2107 instructions in policy manual.
2108 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2111 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2113 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2115 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2116 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2117 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2118 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2120 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2121 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2124 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2126 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2128 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2129 * More detail about changelog format names.
2131 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2132 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2136 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2138 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2140 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2142 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2144 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2146 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2148 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2150 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2151 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2152 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2154 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2156 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2158 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2160 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2162 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2166 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100