1 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
9 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:47:47 -0700
11 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
25 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
29 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
34 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
35 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
39 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
44 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
45 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
49 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
50 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
52 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
54 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
55 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
57 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
59 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
60 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
65 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
66 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
71 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
72 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
76 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
77 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
81 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
82 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
86 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
87 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
91 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
92 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
96 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
97 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
101 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
103 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
104 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
105 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
106 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
107 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
108 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
109 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
110 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
111 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
113 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
114 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
115 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
116 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
117 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
118 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
120 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
122 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
125 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
128 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
131 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
132 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
133 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
134 and distribution license' (three times).
135 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
136 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
141 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
143 Proposed by Santiago Vila
144 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
151 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
152 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
156 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
157 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
158 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
161 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
163 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
164 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
168 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
169 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
172 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
174 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
175 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
178 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
180 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
181 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
183 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
184 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
186 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
187 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
188 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
191 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
192 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
197 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
198 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
202 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
203 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
207 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
208 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
209 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
213 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
214 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
215 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
218 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
219 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
224 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
225 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
229 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
230 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
231 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
232 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
233 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
234 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
235 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
236 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
237 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
238 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
239 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
240 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
241 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
242 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
243 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
244 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
245 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
246 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
247 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
248 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
249 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
250 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
251 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
252 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
253 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
254 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
255 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
256 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
257 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
258 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
259 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
260 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
262 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
264 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
266 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
270 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
272 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
273 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
277 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
280 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
281 Wording: Steve Langasek.
282 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
283 Seconded: Julien Cristau
284 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
287 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
288 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
289 Seconded: Russ Allbery
290 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
293 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
294 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
295 Seconded: Russ Allbery
297 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
298 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
299 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
300 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
301 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
302 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
303 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
304 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
305 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
307 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
308 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
309 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
310 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
311 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
312 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
313 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
315 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
316 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
317 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
318 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
319 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
320 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
321 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
324 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
325 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
326 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
327 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
328 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
330 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
333 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
334 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
336 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
337 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
338 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
341 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
343 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
345 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
346 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
350 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
351 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
355 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
356 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
360 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
361 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
364 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
365 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
367 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
368 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
373 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
374 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
378 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
379 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
383 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
384 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
388 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
389 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
393 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
394 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
398 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
399 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
400 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
401 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
402 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
403 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
404 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
405 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
406 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
407 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
408 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
409 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
410 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
411 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
412 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
414 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
415 Source field descriptions.
416 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
417 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
418 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
419 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
420 description says otherwise.
422 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
424 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
427 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
428 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
431 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
432 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
434 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
435 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
439 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
440 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
444 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
445 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
449 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
450 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
451 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
452 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
456 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
457 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
458 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
459 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
460 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
462 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
463 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
467 * Add myself to Uploaders.
470 * Add myself to Uploaders.
471 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
473 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
474 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
475 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
477 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
479 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
481 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
482 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
483 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
486 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
487 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
489 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
491 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
492 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
494 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
496 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
497 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
499 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
501 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
502 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
504 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
506 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
507 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
511 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
512 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
514 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
516 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
517 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
519 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
521 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
522 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
523 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
526 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
527 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
528 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
529 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
531 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
532 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
533 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
534 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
535 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
537 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
538 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
539 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
540 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
541 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
542 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
543 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
544 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
545 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
546 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
547 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
548 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
549 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
550 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
551 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
552 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
553 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
554 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
555 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
556 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
557 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
558 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
559 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
560 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
561 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
562 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
563 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
564 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
565 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
566 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
568 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
569 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
570 links was completed long ago.
571 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
573 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
575 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
577 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
578 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
580 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
582 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
584 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
585 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
586 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
587 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
588 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
589 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
590 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
591 Millan (Closes: #209008).
592 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
593 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
595 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
597 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
599 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
600 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
601 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
602 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
603 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
604 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
605 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
607 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
608 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
609 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
610 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
612 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
613 Küster (Closes: #403391).
614 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
615 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
616 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
617 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
618 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
619 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
620 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
621 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
622 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
623 Closes: #186700, #458910
624 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
625 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
626 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
628 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
629 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
630 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
631 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
632 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
633 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
634 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
635 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
637 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
638 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
640 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
641 * Add an md5sums control file.
642 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
643 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
644 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
645 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
646 currently part of policy.
647 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
648 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
649 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
652 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
654 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
656 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
657 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
658 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
659 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
660 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
661 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
662 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
663 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
664 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
665 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
666 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
667 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
668 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
669 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
670 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
671 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
673 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
675 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
676 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
677 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
679 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
680 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
681 list?" (Closes: #412634).
682 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
683 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
684 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
685 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
686 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
687 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
688 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
689 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
690 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
691 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
692 debconf specification.
693 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
694 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
696 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
698 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
700 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
701 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
702 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
703 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
704 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
706 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
708 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
709 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
710 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
711 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
712 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
714 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
715 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
716 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
717 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
718 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
719 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
720 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
721 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
722 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
723 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
724 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
725 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
726 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
727 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
728 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
729 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
731 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
733 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
734 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
735 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
736 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
737 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
738 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
739 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
740 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
742 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
744 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
746 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
747 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
748 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
749 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
750 Polo (Closes: #372497).
751 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
752 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
754 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
755 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
756 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
757 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
758 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
759 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
760 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
761 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
762 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
763 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
765 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
766 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
767 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
768 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
769 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
770 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
772 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
774 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
776 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
777 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
778 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
779 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
781 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
782 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
784 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
786 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
788 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
789 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
790 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
791 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
792 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
793 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
794 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
795 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
796 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
797 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
799 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
800 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
801 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
802 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
803 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
804 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
805 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
806 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
807 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
808 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
809 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
812 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
814 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
816 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
817 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
818 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
819 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
820 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
821 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
822 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
823 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
824 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
825 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
826 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
827 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
828 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
829 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
830 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
831 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
832 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
833 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
834 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
835 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
836 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
837 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
838 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
839 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
840 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
841 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
842 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
843 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
845 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
846 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
847 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
848 Hess (Closes: #362247).
849 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
850 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
851 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
852 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
853 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
854 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
855 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
856 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
857 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
858 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
859 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
860 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
862 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
863 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
865 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
866 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
867 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
868 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
869 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
870 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
871 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
872 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
873 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
874 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
875 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
877 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
879 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
882 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
883 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
885 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
886 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
887 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
888 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
889 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
890 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
891 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
892 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
893 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
894 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
896 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
897 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
898 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
899 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
900 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
901 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
902 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
903 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
904 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
905 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
906 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
907 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
908 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
909 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
910 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
911 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
912 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
913 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
914 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
917 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
919 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
921 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
922 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
923 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
924 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
926 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
927 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
928 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
929 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
931 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
933 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
936 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
937 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
938 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
939 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
940 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
941 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
942 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
943 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
944 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
945 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
947 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
948 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
949 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
951 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
952 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
953 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
954 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
955 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
956 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
957 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
959 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
960 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
961 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
962 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
964 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
965 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
966 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
967 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
968 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
969 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
970 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
971 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
973 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
974 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
975 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
976 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
977 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
978 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
979 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
980 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
981 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
982 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
983 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
984 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
985 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
986 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
987 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
988 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
989 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
991 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
993 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
996 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
997 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
998 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
999 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1000 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1001 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1002 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1003 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1004 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1006 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1007 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1008 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1009 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1010 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1011 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1012 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1013 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1014 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1015 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1016 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1017 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1018 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1019 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1020 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1021 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1022 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1024 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1025 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1026 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1029 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1030 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1031 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1033 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1034 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1035 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1036 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1037 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1038 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1040 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1041 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1043 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1044 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1045 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1046 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1047 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1048 Closes: #185943, #237049
1050 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1052 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1058 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1059 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1060 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1061 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1062 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1063 running. closes: Bug#187250
1064 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1065 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1066 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1067 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1068 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1069 user closes: Bug#176506
1071 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1073 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1077 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1078 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1079 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1080 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1081 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1082 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1083 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1084 deb-building toolchain.
1085 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1086 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1087 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1088 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1089 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1090 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1091 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1092 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1093 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1094 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1095 sections about changelog files.
1097 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1098 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1099 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1100 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1101 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1102 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1104 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1105 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1106 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1107 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1108 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1109 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1110 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1111 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1112 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1113 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1114 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1115 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1116 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1117 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1118 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1119 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1120 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1121 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1122 for the restructuring
1124 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1126 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1131 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1132 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1133 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1134 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1135 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1136 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1138 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1139 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1140 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1141 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1142 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1143 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1144 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1146 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1147 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1148 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1149 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1151 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1153 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1157 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1158 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1159 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1160 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1161 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1163 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1164 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1165 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1166 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1168 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1169 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1170 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1171 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1172 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1173 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1174 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1175 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1176 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1177 offtopic stuff, too.
1178 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1179 script should start it, closes: #60979
1180 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1181 "should", closes: #170019
1182 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1183 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1184 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1185 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1186 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1187 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1188 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1189 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1192 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1194 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1198 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1199 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1200 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1201 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1202 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1203 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1204 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1205 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1207 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1208 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1209 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1210 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1211 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1212 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1213 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1214 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1215 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1217 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1218 file, closes: Bug#65764
1220 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1222 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1225 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1226 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1227 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1228 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1229 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1230 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1231 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1232 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1233 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1234 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1235 details. closes: Bug#133030
1236 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1237 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1238 parts of Bug#161455.
1240 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1242 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1244 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1245 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1246 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1247 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1248 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1249 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1250 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1251 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1252 not. closes: Bug#139820
1253 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1254 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1255 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1256 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1257 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1258 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1259 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1260 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1261 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1262 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1264 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1266 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1267 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1268 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1269 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1270 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1271 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1272 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1273 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1274 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1275 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1276 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1277 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1278 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1279 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1280 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1281 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1282 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1283 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1284 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1285 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1287 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1288 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1289 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1290 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1291 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1292 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1293 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1295 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1296 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1297 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1298 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1299 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1300 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1301 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1302 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1303 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1305 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1307 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1309 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1310 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1311 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1312 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1313 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1314 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1315 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1316 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1317 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1318 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1319 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1320 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1321 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1322 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1323 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1324 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1325 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1326 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1327 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1328 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1329 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1330 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1331 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1333 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1335 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1337 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1338 medium, high, emergency.
1339 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1340 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1341 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1342 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1343 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1346 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1347 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1348 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1350 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1351 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1352 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1353 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1354 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1355 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1356 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1359 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1361 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1363 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1364 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1365 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1366 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1368 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1369 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1370 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1371 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1372 debian/rules to do this
1373 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1374 patches are incorporated upstream
1375 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1376 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1377 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1378 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1379 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1380 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1382 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1383 system closes: Bug#91249
1384 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1385 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1386 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1387 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1388 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1389 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1390 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1391 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1392 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1393 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1394 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1395 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1396 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1398 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1400 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1402 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1403 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1404 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1405 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1407 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1408 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1409 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1411 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1414 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1416 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1419 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1420 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1421 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1422 package for the time being
1423 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1424 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1425 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1426 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1427 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1428 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1429 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1430 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1431 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1432 Build-Depends arch syntax
1433 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1435 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1436 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1438 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1439 from policy maintenance duties.
1440 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1441 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1443 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1445 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1447 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1449 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1451 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1453 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1454 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1455 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1456 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1457 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1458 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1459 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1460 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1461 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1462 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1463 minor version number for this
1464 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1465 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1466 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1467 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1468 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1469 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1470 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1471 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1472 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1474 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1476 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1478 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1479 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1480 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1481 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1482 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1484 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1486 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1487 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1488 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1489 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1490 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1491 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1492 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1493 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1494 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1495 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1496 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1497 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1498 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1499 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1500 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1501 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1504 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1506 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1508 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1509 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1511 * Document the Enhances relationship
1512 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1513 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1514 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1515 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1516 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1517 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1519 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1521 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1522 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1523 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1524 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1526 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1527 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1528 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1529 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1530 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1532 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1534 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1536 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1537 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1538 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1540 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1541 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1542 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1543 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1544 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1545 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1546 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1547 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1548 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1550 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1552 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1554 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1556 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1557 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1558 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1559 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1560 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1561 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1562 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1563 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1564 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1565 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1566 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1567 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1568 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1569 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1570 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1571 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1572 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1573 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1574 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1575 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1576 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1577 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1579 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1580 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1582 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1584 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1586 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1587 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1588 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1589 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1590 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1591 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1592 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1593 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1594 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1595 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1596 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1597 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1598 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1599 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1600 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1601 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1602 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1603 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1604 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1605 list closes: Bug#53756
1606 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1607 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1608 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1609 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1610 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1611 policy closes: Bug#53760
1612 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1613 policy closes: Bug#53761
1614 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1615 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1616 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1617 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1618 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1619 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1620 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1621 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1622 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1623 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1624 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1626 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1627 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1628 to install with older fileutils.
1629 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1630 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1631 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1632 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1634 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1635 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1637 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1639 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1641 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1642 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1644 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1646 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1648 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1649 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1651 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1654 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1656 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1657 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1659 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1661 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1663 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1665 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1666 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1668 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1670 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1672 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1673 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1674 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1675 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1676 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1677 directoried (closes: #41547)
1678 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1679 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1680 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1681 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1682 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1683 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1684 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1685 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1686 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1687 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1688 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1690 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1691 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1692 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1693 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1694 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1695 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1696 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1698 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1699 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1700 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1701 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1703 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1705 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1707 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1708 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1710 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1712 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1714 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1715 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1717 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1719 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1721 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1722 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1724 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1725 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1726 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1727 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1728 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1729 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1730 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1731 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1732 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1733 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1734 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1735 this closes: Bug#38612
1736 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1737 before. closes: Bug#40864
1739 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1741 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1743 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1744 officially uploaded.
1745 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1747 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1748 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1749 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1751 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1752 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1753 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1754 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1755 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1756 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1758 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1759 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1760 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1762 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1764 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1765 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1766 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1767 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1768 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1770 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1772 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1774 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1775 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1776 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1777 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1778 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1779 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1780 there). closes: Bug#34233
1781 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1782 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1783 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1784 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1785 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1787 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1789 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1791 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1792 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1793 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1794 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1797 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1798 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1799 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1800 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1801 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1804 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1805 number. closes: BUG#25911
1807 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1808 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1809 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1810 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1811 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1812 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1814 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1815 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1816 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1819 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1820 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1821 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1823 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1824 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1825 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1826 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1828 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1829 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1830 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1832 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1834 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1835 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1836 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1837 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1838 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1839 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1840 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1841 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1844 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1846 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1847 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1850 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1852 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1854 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1856 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1858 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1860 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1861 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1862 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1863 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1864 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1865 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1866 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1867 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1869 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1870 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1872 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1874 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1876 * non-maintainer release
1877 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1878 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1880 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1881 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1882 * no content changes
1883 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1885 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1887 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1891 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1893 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1895 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1897 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1898 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1899 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1901 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1902 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1904 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1905 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1906 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1907 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1909 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1910 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1911 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1912 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1913 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1914 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1915 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1917 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1918 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1919 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1922 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1923 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1924 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1926 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1927 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1928 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1930 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1931 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1933 * New version numbering scheme:
1935 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1936 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1937 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1940 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1941 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1942 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1943 differ between the manuals.
1945 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1946 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1947 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1948 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1950 * Packaging changes:
1952 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1953 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1955 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1957 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1959 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1961 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1963 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1964 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1965 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1967 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1968 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1971 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1972 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1973 file extension as the referenced file
1975 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1976 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1978 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1979 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1980 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1981 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1984 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1985 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1986 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1988 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1989 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1990 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1991 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1994 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1995 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1998 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1999 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2000 reasonable default configuration
2002 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2003 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2004 by all news servers and clients
2006 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2007 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2008 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2009 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2010 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2012 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2013 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2016 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2018 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2019 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2021 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2024 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2025 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2027 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2028 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2030 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2032 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2034 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2036 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2037 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2038 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2039 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2041 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2043 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2044 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2045 * Don't use debstd anymore
2047 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2049 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2051 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2052 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2053 contrib/non-free policy
2054 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2055 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2056 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2057 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2058 - new section about `Daemons'
2059 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2060 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2061 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2062 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2063 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2064 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2065 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2066 * SGML source code included in package
2067 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2069 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2071 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2073 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2074 - completely reworked structure
2075 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2076 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2077 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2078 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2079 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2080 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2081 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2082 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2083 - mention "orphaned packages"
2084 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2085 distributions' policy
2086 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2087 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2088 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2089 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2090 - added section about arch spec strings
2091 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2092 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2093 - added section about "menus"
2094 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2095 the new documentation policy soon
2096 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2097 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2099 - added section about editors and pagers
2100 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2101 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2102 - added section about device files
2103 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2104 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2105 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2107 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2108 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2109 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2110 - Added new section about obsolete names
2111 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2112 * Fixed package's description
2114 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2116 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2118 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2120 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2122 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2124 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2125 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2126 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2127 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2129 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2131 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2133 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2134 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2135 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2137 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2138 and upload it "byhand" too.
2140 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2142 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2145 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2146 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2147 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2148 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2149 functionality must not have the same name.
2150 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2151 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2152 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2153 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2154 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2155 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2156 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2158 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2159 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2160 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2161 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2162 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2163 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2164 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2165 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2168 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2170 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2172 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2174 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2175 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2176 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2177 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2178 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2181 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2183 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2185 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2187 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2188 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2189 description of deb file format.
2190 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2191 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2193 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2195 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2196 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2198 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2200 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2202 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2203 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2204 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2205 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2206 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2207 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2208 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2209 packages in section on Procedure
2210 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2211 a package maintainer
2212 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2213 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2214 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2216 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2217 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2218 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2219 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2220 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2221 on various shlib files
2222 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2223 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2224 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2226 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2228 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2230 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2231 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2232 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2234 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2235 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2236 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2237 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2238 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2240 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2242 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2244 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2246 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2248 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2249 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2250 compatibility go in contrib.
2252 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2253 instructions in policy manual.
2254 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2257 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2259 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2261 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2262 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2263 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2264 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2266 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2267 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2270 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2272 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2274 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2275 * More detail about changelog format names.
2277 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2278 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2282 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2284 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2286 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2288 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2290 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2292 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2294 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2296 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2297 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2298 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2300 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2302 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2304 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2306 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2308 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2312 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100