1 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
4 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
5 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
6 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
9 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:45:46 -0700
11 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
14 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
21 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
23 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
28 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
38 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
39 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
43 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
44 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
46 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
48 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
49 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
51 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
53 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
54 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
55 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
58 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
59 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
63 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
64 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
67 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
69 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
70 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
71 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
72 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
73 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
74 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
75 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
76 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
77 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
78 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
79 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
80 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
81 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
82 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
83 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
84 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
85 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
86 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
87 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
88 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
89 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
90 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
91 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
92 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
93 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
94 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
95 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
96 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
97 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
98 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
100 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
101 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
102 links was completed long ago.
103 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
105 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
107 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
110 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
112 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
114 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
116 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
117 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
118 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
119 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
120 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
121 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
122 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
123 Millan (Closes: #209008).
124 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
125 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
127 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
129 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
131 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
132 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
133 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
134 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
135 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
136 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
137 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
139 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
140 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
141 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
142 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
144 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
145 Küster (Closes: #403391).
146 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
147 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
148 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
149 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
150 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
151 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
155 Closes: #186700, #458910
156 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
157 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
160 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
161 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
162 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
163 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
164 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
165 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
166 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
167 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
169 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
170 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
172 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
173 * Add an md5sums control file.
174 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
175 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
176 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
177 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
178 currently part of policy.
179 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
180 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
181 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
184 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
186 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
188 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
189 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
190 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
191 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
192 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
193 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
194 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
195 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
196 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
197 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
199 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
200 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
201 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
202 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
203 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
205 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
207 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
208 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
209 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
211 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
212 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
213 list?" (Closes: #412634).
214 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
215 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
216 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
217 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
218 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
219 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
220 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
221 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
222 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
223 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
224 debconf specification.
225 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
226 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
228 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
230 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
232 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
233 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
235 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
236 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
241 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
242 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
243 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
244 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
246 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
247 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
248 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
249 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
250 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
251 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
252 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
253 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
254 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
255 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
256 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
257 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
258 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
259 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
260 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
261 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
263 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
266 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
267 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
268 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
270 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
271 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
272 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
274 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
276 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
279 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
280 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
282 Polo (Closes: #372497).
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
284 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
286 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
287 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
288 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
289 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
291 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
293 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
295 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
297 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
298 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
299 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
300 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
301 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
302 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
304 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
306 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
308 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
309 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
310 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
311 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
313 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
314 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
316 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
318 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
320 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
321 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
322 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
323 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
324 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
325 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
326 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
327 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
328 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
329 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
331 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
332 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
334 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
335 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
336 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
338 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
340 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
341 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
344 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
346 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
348 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
349 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
351 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
352 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
353 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
354 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
355 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
356 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
357 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
358 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
359 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
360 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
361 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
362 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
363 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
364 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
365 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
366 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
367 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
369 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
370 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
371 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
372 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
373 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
374 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
375 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
377 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
378 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
379 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
380 Hess (Closes: #362247).
381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
382 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
383 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
384 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
385 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
386 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
387 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
388 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
389 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
390 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
391 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
392 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
394 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
395 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
398 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
399 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
400 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
401 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
402 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
403 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
404 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
405 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
406 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
407 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
409 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
411 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
414 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
415 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
417 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
418 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
419 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
420 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
421 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
422 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
423 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
424 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
425 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
426 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
428 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
429 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
430 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
431 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
432 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
433 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
434 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
435 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
436 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
437 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
438 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
439 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
440 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
441 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
442 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
443 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
444 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
445 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
446 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
449 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
451 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
453 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
454 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
455 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
456 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
458 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
459 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
460 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
461 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
463 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
465 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
468 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
469 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
470 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
471 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
472 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
473 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
474 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
475 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
476 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
477 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
479 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
480 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
481 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
483 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
484 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
485 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
486 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
487 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
488 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
489 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
491 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
492 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
493 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
494 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
496 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
497 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
498 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
499 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
500 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
501 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
502 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
503 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
505 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
506 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
507 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
508 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
509 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
510 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
511 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
512 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
513 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
514 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
515 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
516 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
517 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
518 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
519 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
520 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
521 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
523 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
525 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
528 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
529 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
530 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
531 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
532 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
533 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
534 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
535 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
536 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
538 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
539 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
540 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
541 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
542 this section. closes: Bug#248618
543 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
544 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
545 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
546 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
547 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
548 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
549 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
550 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
551 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
552 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
553 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
554 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
556 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
557 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
558 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
561 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
562 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
563 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
565 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
566 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
567 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
568 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
569 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
570 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
572 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
573 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
575 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
576 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
577 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
578 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
579 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
580 Closes: #185943, #237049
582 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
584 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
587 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
590 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
591 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
592 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
593 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
594 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
595 running. closes: Bug#187250
596 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
597 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
598 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
599 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
600 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
601 user closes: Bug#176506
603 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
605 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
609 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
610 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
611 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
612 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
613 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
614 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
615 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
616 deb-building toolchain.
617 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
618 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
619 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
620 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
621 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
622 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
623 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
624 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
625 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
626 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
627 sections about changelog files.
629 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
630 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
631 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
632 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
633 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
634 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
636 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
637 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
638 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
639 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
640 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
641 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
642 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
643 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
644 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
645 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
646 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
647 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
648 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
649 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
650 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
651 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
652 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
653 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
654 for the restructuring
656 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
658 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
661 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
663 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
664 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
665 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
666 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
667 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
668 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
670 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
671 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
672 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
673 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
674 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
675 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
676 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
678 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
679 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
680 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
681 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
683 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
685 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
688 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
689 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
690 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
691 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
692 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
693 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
695 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
696 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
697 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
698 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
700 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
701 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
702 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
703 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
704 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
705 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
706 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
707 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
708 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
710 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
711 script should start it, closes: #60979
712 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
713 "should", closes: #170019
714 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
715 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
716 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
717 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
718 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
719 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
720 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
721 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
724 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
726 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
729 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
730 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
731 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
732 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
733 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
734 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
735 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
736 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
737 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
739 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
740 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
741 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
742 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
743 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
744 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
745 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
746 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
747 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
749 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
750 file, closes: Bug#65764
752 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
754 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
756 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
757 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
758 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
759 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
760 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
761 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
762 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
763 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
764 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
765 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
766 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
767 details. closes: Bug#133030
768 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
769 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
772 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
774 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
776 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
777 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
778 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
779 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
780 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
781 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
782 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
783 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
784 not. closes: Bug#139820
785 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
786 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
787 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
788 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
789 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
790 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
791 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
792 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
793 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
794 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
796 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
798 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
799 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
800 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
801 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
802 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
803 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
804 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
805 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
806 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
807 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
808 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
809 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
810 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
811 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
812 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
813 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
814 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
815 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
816 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
817 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
819 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
820 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
821 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
822 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
823 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
824 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
825 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
827 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
828 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
829 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
830 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
831 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
832 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
833 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
834 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
835 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
837 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
839 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
841 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
842 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
843 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
844 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
845 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
846 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
847 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
848 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
849 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
850 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
851 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
852 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
853 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
854 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
855 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
856 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
857 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
858 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
859 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
860 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
861 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
862 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
863 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
865 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
867 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
869 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
870 medium, high, emergency.
871 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
872 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
873 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
874 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
875 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
878 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
879 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
880 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
882 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
883 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
884 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
885 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
886 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
887 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
888 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
891 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
893 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
895 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
896 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
897 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
898 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
900 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
901 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
902 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
903 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
904 debian/rules to do this
905 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
906 patches are incorporated upstream
907 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
908 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
909 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
910 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
911 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
912 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
914 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
915 system closes: Bug#91249
916 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
917 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
918 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
919 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
920 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
921 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
922 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
923 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
924 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
925 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
926 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
927 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
928 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
930 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
932 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
934 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
935 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
936 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
937 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
939 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
940 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
941 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
943 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
946 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
948 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
950 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
951 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
952 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
953 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
954 package for the time being
955 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
956 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
957 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
958 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
959 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
960 * Rename all .text files as .txt
961 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
962 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
963 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
964 Build-Depends arch syntax
965 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
967 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
968 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
970 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
971 from policy maintenance duties.
972 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
973 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
975 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
977 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
979 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
981 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
983 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
985 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
986 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
987 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
988 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
989 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
990 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
991 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
992 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
993 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
994 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
995 minor version number for this
996 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
997 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
998 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
999 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1000 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1001 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1002 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1003 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1004 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1006 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1008 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1011 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1012 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1013 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1014 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1016 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1018 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1019 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1020 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1021 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1022 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1023 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1024 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1025 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1026 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1027 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1028 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1029 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1030 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1031 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1032 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1033 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1036 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1038 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1040 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1041 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1043 * Document the Enhances relationship
1044 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1045 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1046 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1047 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1048 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1049 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1051 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1053 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1054 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1055 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1056 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1058 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1059 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1060 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1061 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1062 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1064 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1066 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1069 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1070 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1072 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1073 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1074 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1075 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1076 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1077 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1078 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1079 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1080 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1082 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1084 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1086 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1089 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1090 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1091 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1092 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1093 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1094 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1095 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1096 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1097 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1098 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1099 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1100 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1101 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1102 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1103 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1104 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1105 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1106 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1107 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1108 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1109 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1111 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1112 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1114 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1116 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1118 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1119 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1120 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1121 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1122 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1123 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1124 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1125 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1126 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1127 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1128 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1129 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1130 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1131 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1132 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1133 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1134 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1135 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1136 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1137 list closes: Bug#53756
1138 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1139 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1140 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1141 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1142 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1143 policy closes: Bug#53760
1144 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1145 policy closes: Bug#53761
1146 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1147 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1148 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1149 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1150 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1151 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1152 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1153 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1154 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1155 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1156 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1158 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1159 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1160 to install with older fileutils.
1161 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1162 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1163 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1164 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1166 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1167 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1169 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1171 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1173 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1174 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1176 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1178 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1181 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1183 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1186 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1189 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1191 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1193 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1195 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1198 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1200 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1202 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1205 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1206 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1207 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1208 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1209 directoried (closes: #41547)
1210 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1211 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1212 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1213 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1214 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1215 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1216 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1217 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1218 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1219 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1220 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1222 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1223 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1224 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1225 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1226 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1227 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1228 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1230 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1231 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1232 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1233 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1235 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1237 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1239 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1240 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1242 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1244 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1247 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1249 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1251 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1253 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1254 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1256 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1257 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1258 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1259 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1260 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1261 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1262 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1263 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1264 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1265 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1266 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1267 this closes: Bug#38612
1268 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1269 before. closes: Bug#40864
1271 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1273 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1276 officially uploaded.
1277 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1279 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1280 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1281 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1283 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1284 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1285 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1286 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1287 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1288 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1290 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1291 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1292 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1294 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1296 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1297 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1298 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1299 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1300 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1302 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1304 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1306 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1307 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1308 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1309 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1310 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1311 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1312 there). closes: Bug#34233
1313 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1314 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1315 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1316 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1317 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1319 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1321 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1324 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1325 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1326 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1329 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1330 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1331 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1332 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1333 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1336 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1337 number. closes: BUG#25911
1339 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1340 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1341 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1342 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1343 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1344 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1346 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1347 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1348 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1351 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1352 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1353 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1355 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1356 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1357 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1358 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1360 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1361 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1362 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1364 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1366 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1367 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1368 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1369 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1370 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1371 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1372 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1373 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1376 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1378 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1379 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1382 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1384 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1386 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1388 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1390 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1392 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1393 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1394 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1395 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1396 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1397 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1398 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1399 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1401 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1402 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1404 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1406 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1408 * non-maintainer release
1409 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1410 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1412 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1413 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1414 * no content changes
1415 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1417 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1419 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1423 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1425 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1427 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1429 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1430 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1431 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1433 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1434 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1436 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1437 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1438 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1439 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1441 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1442 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1443 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1444 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1445 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1446 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1447 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1449 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1450 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1451 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1454 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1455 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1456 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1458 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1459 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1460 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1462 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1463 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1465 * New version numbering scheme:
1467 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1468 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1469 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1472 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1473 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1474 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1475 differ between the manuals.
1477 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1478 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1479 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1480 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1482 * Packaging changes:
1484 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1485 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1487 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1489 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1491 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1493 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1495 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1496 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1497 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1499 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1500 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1503 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1504 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1505 file extension as the referenced file
1507 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1508 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1510 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1511 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1512 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1513 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1516 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1517 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1518 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1520 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1521 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1522 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1523 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1526 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1527 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1530 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1531 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1532 reasonable default configuration
1534 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1535 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1536 by all news servers and clients
1538 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1539 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1540 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1541 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1542 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1544 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1545 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1548 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1550 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1551 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1553 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1556 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1557 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1559 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1560 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1562 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1564 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1566 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1568 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1569 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1570 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1571 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1573 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1575 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1576 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1577 * Don't use debstd anymore
1579 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1581 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1583 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1584 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1585 contrib/non-free policy
1586 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1587 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1588 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1589 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1590 - new section about `Daemons'
1591 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1592 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1593 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1594 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1595 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1596 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1597 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1598 * SGML source code included in package
1599 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1601 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1603 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1605 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1606 - completely reworked structure
1607 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1608 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1609 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1610 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1611 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1612 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1613 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1614 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1615 - mention "orphaned packages"
1616 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1617 distributions' policy
1618 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1619 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1620 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1621 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1622 - added section about arch spec strings
1623 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1624 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1625 - added section about "menus"
1626 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1627 the new documentation policy soon
1628 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1629 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1631 - added section about editors and pagers
1632 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1633 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1634 - added section about device files
1635 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1636 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1637 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1639 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1640 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1641 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1642 - Added new section about obsolete names
1643 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1644 * Fixed package's description
1646 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1648 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1650 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1652 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1654 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1656 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1657 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1658 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1659 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1661 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1663 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1665 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1666 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1667 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1669 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1670 and upload it "byhand" too.
1672 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1674 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1677 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1678 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1679 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1680 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1681 functionality must not have the same name.
1682 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1683 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1684 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1685 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1686 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1687 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1688 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1690 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1691 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1692 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1693 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1694 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1695 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1696 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1697 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1700 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1702 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1704 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1706 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1707 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1708 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1709 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1710 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1713 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1715 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1717 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1719 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1720 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1721 description of deb file format.
1722 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1723 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1725 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1727 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1728 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1730 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1732 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1734 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1735 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1736 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1737 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1738 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1739 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1740 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1741 packages in section on Procedure
1742 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1743 a package maintainer
1744 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1745 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1746 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1748 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1749 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1750 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1751 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1752 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1753 on various shlib files
1754 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1755 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1756 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1758 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1760 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1762 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1763 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1764 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1766 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1767 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1768 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1769 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1770 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1772 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1774 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1776 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1778 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1780 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1781 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1782 compatibility go in contrib.
1784 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1785 instructions in policy manual.
1786 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1789 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1791 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1793 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1794 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1795 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1796 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1798 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1799 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1802 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1804 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1806 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1807 * More detail about changelog format names.
1809 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1810 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1814 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1816 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1818 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1820 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1822 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1824 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1826 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1828 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1829 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1830 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1832 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1834 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1836 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1838 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1840 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1844 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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