1 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
5 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
6 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
7 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
8 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
9 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
10 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
11 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
12 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
14 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
15 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
16 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
17 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
18 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
19 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
20 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
21 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
22 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
24 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
25 file, closes: Bug#65764
27 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
29 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
32 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
33 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
34 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
35 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
36 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
37 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
38 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
39 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
40 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
41 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
42 details. closes: Bug#133030
43 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
44 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
47 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
49 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
51 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
52 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
53 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
54 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
55 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
56 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
57 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
58 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
59 not. closes: Bug#139820
60 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
61 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
62 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
63 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
64 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
65 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
66 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
67 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
68 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
69 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
71 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
73 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
74 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
75 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
76 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
77 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
78 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
79 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
80 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
81 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
82 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
83 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
84 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
85 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
86 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
87 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
88 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
89 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
90 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
91 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
92 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
94 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
95 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
96 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
97 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
98 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
99 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
100 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
102 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
103 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
104 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
105 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
106 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
107 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
108 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
109 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
110 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
112 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
114 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
116 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
117 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
118 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
119 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
120 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
121 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
122 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
123 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
124 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
125 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
126 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
127 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
128 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
129 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
130 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
131 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
132 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
133 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
134 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
135 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
136 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
137 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
138 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
140 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
142 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
144 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
145 medium, high, emergency.
146 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
147 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
148 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
149 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
150 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
153 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
154 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
155 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
157 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
158 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
159 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
160 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
161 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
162 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
163 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
166 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
168 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
170 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
171 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
172 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
173 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
175 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
176 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
177 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
178 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
179 debian/rules to do this
180 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
181 patches are incorporated upstream
182 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
183 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
184 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
185 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
186 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
187 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
189 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
190 system closes: Bug#91249
191 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
192 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
193 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
194 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
195 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
196 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
197 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
198 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
199 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
200 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
201 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
202 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
203 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
205 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
207 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
209 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
210 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
211 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
212 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
214 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
215 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
216 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
218 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
221 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
223 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
225 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
226 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
227 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
228 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
229 package for the time being
230 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
231 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
232 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
233 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
234 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
235 * Rename all .text files as .txt
236 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
237 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
238 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
239 Build-Depends arch syntax
240 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
242 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
243 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
245 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
246 from policy maintenance duties.
247 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
248 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
250 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
252 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
254 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
256 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
258 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
260 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
261 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
262 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
263 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
264 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
265 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
266 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
267 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
268 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
269 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
270 minor version number for this
271 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
272 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
273 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
274 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
275 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
276 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
277 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
278 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
279 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
281 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
283 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
285 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
286 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
287 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
288 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
289 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
291 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
293 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
294 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
295 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
296 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
297 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
298 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
299 xutils closes: Bug#82966
300 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
301 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
302 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
303 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
304 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
305 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
306 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
307 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
308 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
311 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
313 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
315 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
316 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
318 * Document the Enhances relationship
319 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
320 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
321 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
322 policy. closes: Bug#53496
323 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
324 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
326 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
328 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
329 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
330 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
331 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
333 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
334 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
335 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
336 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
337 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
339 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
341 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
343 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
344 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
345 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
347 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
348 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
349 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
350 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
351 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
352 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
353 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
354 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
355 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
357 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
359 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
361 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
363 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
364 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
365 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
366 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
367 policy. closes: Bug#64437
368 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
369 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
370 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
371 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
372 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
373 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
374 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
375 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
376 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
377 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
378 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
379 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
380 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
381 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
382 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
383 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
384 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
386 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
387 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
389 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
391 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
393 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
394 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
395 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
396 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
397 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
398 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
399 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
400 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
401 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
402 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
403 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
404 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
405 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
406 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
407 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
408 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
409 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
410 alternative closes: Bug#53755
411 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
412 list closes: Bug#53756
413 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
414 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
415 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
416 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
417 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
418 policy closes: Bug#53760
419 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
420 policy closes: Bug#53761
421 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
422 that use X closes: Bug#53762
423 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
424 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
425 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
426 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
427 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
428 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
429 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
430 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
431 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
433 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
434 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
435 to install with older fileutils.
436 * Installed FHS version 2.1
437 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
438 * Added FHS details to copyright file
439 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
441 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
442 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
444 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
446 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
448 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
449 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
451 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
453 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
455 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
456 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
458 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
461 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
463 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
464 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
466 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
468 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
470 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
472 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
473 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
475 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
477 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
479 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
480 #45561, #42447, #48570)
481 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
482 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
483 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
484 directoried (closes: #41547)
485 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
486 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
487 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
488 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
489 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
490 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
491 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
492 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
493 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
494 package criteria (closes: #45318)
495 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
497 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
498 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
499 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
500 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
501 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
502 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
503 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
505 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
506 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
507 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
508 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
510 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
512 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
514 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
515 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
517 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
519 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
522 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
524 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
526 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
528 * A few typos and omissions corrected
529 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
531 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
532 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
533 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
534 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
535 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
536 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
537 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
538 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
539 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
540 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
541 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
542 this closes: Bug#38612
543 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
544 before. closes: Bug#40864
546 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
548 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
550 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
552 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
554 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
555 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
556 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
558 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
559 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
560 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
561 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
562 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
563 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
565 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
566 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
567 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
569 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
571 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
572 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
573 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
574 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
575 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
577 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
579 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
581 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
582 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
583 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
584 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
585 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
586 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
587 there). closes: Bug#34233
588 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
589 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
590 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
591 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
592 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
594 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
596 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
598 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
599 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
600 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
601 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
604 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
605 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
606 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
607 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
608 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
611 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
612 number. closes: BUG#25911
614 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
615 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
616 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
617 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
618 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
619 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
621 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
622 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
623 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
626 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
627 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
628 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
630 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
631 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
632 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
633 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
635 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
636 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
637 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
639 * Make the package optional, not extra.
641 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
642 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
643 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
644 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
645 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
646 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
647 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
648 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
651 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
653 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
654 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
657 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
659 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
661 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
663 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
665 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
667 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
668 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
669 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
670 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
671 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
672 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
673 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
674 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
676 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
677 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
679 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
681 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
683 * non-maintainer release
684 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
685 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
687 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
688 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
690 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
692 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
694 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
698 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
700 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
702 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
704 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
705 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
706 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
708 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
709 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
711 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
712 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
713 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
714 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
716 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
717 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
718 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
719 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
720 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
721 and restart options and to comply with the console message
722 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
724 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
725 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
726 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
729 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
730 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
731 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
733 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
734 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
735 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
737 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
738 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
740 * New version numbering scheme:
742 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
743 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
744 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
747 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
748 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
749 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
750 differ between the manuals.
752 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
753 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
754 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
755 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
759 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
760 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
762 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
764 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
766 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
768 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
770 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
771 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
772 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
774 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
775 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
778 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
779 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
780 file extension as the referenced file
782 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
783 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
785 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
786 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
787 start, stop, restart, force-reload
788 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
791 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
792 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
793 be installed into /etc/cron.d
795 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
796 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
797 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
798 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
801 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
802 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
805 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
806 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
807 reasonable default configuration
809 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
810 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
811 by all news servers and clients
813 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
814 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
815 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
816 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
817 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
819 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
820 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
823 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
825 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
826 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
828 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
831 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
832 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
834 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
835 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
837 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
839 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
841 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
843 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
844 - X library package is now called xlib6g
845 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
846 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
848 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
850 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
851 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
852 * Don't use debstd anymore
854 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
856 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
858 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
859 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
860 contrib/non-free policy
861 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
862 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
863 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
864 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
865 - new section about `Daemons'
866 - updated section about `Configuration files'
867 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
868 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
869 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
870 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
871 * Paper about libc6 migration:
872 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
873 * SGML source code included in package
874 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
876 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
878 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
880 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
881 - completely reworked structure
882 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
883 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
884 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
885 - removed all those ugly footnotes
886 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
887 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
888 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
889 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
890 - mention "orphaned packages"
891 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
892 distributions' policy
893 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
894 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
895 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
896 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
897 - added section about arch spec strings
898 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
899 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
900 - added section about "menus"
901 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
902 the new documentation policy soon
903 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
904 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
906 - added section about editors and pagers
907 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
908 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
909 - added section about device files
910 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
911 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
912 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
914 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
915 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
916 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
917 - Added new section about obsolete names
918 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
919 * Fixed package's description
921 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
923 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
925 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
927 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
929 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
931 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
932 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
933 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
934 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
936 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
938 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
940 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
941 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
942 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
944 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
945 and upload it "byhand" too.
947 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
949 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
952 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
953 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
954 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
955 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
956 functionality must not have the same name.
957 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
958 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
959 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
960 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
961 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
962 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
963 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
965 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
966 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
967 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
968 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
969 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
970 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
971 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
972 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
975 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
977 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
979 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
981 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
982 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
983 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
984 a package into. (Guy Maor)
985 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
988 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
990 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
992 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
994 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
995 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
996 description of deb file format.
997 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
998 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1000 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1002 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1003 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1005 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1007 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1009 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1010 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1011 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1012 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1013 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1014 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1015 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1016 packages in section on Procedure
1017 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1018 a package maintainer
1019 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1020 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1021 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1023 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1024 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1025 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1026 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1027 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1028 on various shlib files
1029 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1030 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1031 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1033 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1035 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1037 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1038 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1039 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1041 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1042 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1043 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1044 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1045 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1047 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1049 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1051 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1053 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1055 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1056 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1057 compatibility go in contrib.
1059 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1060 instructions in policy manual.
1061 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1064 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1066 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1068 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1069 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1070 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1071 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1073 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1074 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1077 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1079 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1081 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1082 * More detail about changelog format names.
1084 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1085 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1089 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1091 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1093 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1095 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1097 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1099 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1101 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1103 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1104 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1105 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1107 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1109 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1111 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1113 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1115 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1119 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100