1 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
5 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
6 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
7 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
8 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
9 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
10 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
11 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
12 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
13 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
15 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
16 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
17 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
19 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
20 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
21 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
25 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
28 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
29 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
30 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
31 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
32 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
33 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
34 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
35 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
36 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
38 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
39 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
40 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
41 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
42 this section. closes: Bug#248618
43 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
44 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
45 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
46 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
47 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
48 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
49 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
50 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
51 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
52 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
53 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
54 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
56 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
57 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
58 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
61 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
62 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
63 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
65 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
66 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
67 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
68 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
69 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
70 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
72 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
73 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
75 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
76 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
77 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
78 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
79 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
80 Closes: #185943, #237049
82 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
84 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
87 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
90 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
91 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
92 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
93 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
94 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
95 running. closes: Bug#187250
96 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
97 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
98 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
99 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
100 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
101 user closes: Bug#176506
103 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
105 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
108 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
109 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
110 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
111 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
112 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
113 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
114 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
115 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
116 deb-building toolchain.
117 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
118 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
119 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
120 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
121 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
122 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
123 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
124 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
125 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
126 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
127 sections about changelog files.
129 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
130 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
131 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
132 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
133 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
134 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
136 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
137 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
138 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
139 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
140 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
141 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
142 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
143 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
144 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
145 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
146 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
147 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
148 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
149 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
150 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
151 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
152 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
153 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
154 for the restructuring
156 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
158 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
163 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
164 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
165 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
166 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
167 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
168 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
170 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
171 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
172 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
173 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
174 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
175 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
176 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
178 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
179 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
180 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
181 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
183 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
185 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
188 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
189 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
190 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
191 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
192 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
193 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
195 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
196 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
197 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
198 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
200 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
201 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
202 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
203 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
204 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
205 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
206 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
207 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
208 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
210 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
211 script should start it, closes: #60979
212 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
213 "should", closes: #170019
214 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
215 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
216 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
217 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
218 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
219 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
220 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
221 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
224 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
226 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
229 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
230 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
231 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
232 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
233 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
234 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
235 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
236 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
237 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
239 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
240 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
241 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
242 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
243 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
244 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
245 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
246 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
247 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
249 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
250 file, closes: Bug#65764
252 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
254 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
256 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
257 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
258 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
259 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
260 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
261 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
262 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
263 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
264 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
265 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
266 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
267 details. closes: Bug#133030
268 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
269 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
272 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
274 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
276 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
277 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
278 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
279 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
280 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
281 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
282 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
283 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
284 not. closes: Bug#139820
285 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
286 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
287 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
288 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
289 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
290 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
291 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
292 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
293 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
294 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
296 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
298 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
299 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
300 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
301 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
302 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
303 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
304 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
305 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
306 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
307 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
308 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
309 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
310 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
311 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
312 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
313 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
314 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
315 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
316 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
317 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
319 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
320 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
321 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
322 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
323 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
324 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
325 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
327 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
328 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
329 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
330 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
331 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
332 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
333 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
334 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
335 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
337 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
339 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
341 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
342 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
343 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
344 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
345 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
346 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
347 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
348 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
349 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
350 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
351 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
352 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
353 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
354 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
355 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
356 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
357 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
358 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
359 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
360 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
361 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
362 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
363 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
365 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
367 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
369 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
370 medium, high, emergency.
371 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
372 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
373 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
374 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
375 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
378 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
379 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
380 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
382 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
383 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
384 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
385 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
386 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
387 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
388 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
391 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
393 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
395 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
396 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
397 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
398 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
400 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
401 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
402 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
403 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
404 debian/rules to do this
405 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
406 patches are incorporated upstream
407 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
408 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
409 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
410 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
411 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
412 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
414 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
415 system closes: Bug#91249
416 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
417 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
418 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
419 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
420 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
421 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
422 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
423 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
424 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
425 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
426 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
427 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
428 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
430 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
432 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
434 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
435 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
436 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
437 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
439 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
440 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
441 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
443 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
446 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
448 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
450 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
451 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
452 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
453 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
454 package for the time being
455 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
456 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
457 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
458 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
459 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
460 * Rename all .text files as .txt
461 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
462 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
463 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
464 Build-Depends arch syntax
465 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
467 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
468 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
470 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
471 from policy maintenance duties.
472 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
473 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
475 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
477 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
479 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
481 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
483 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
485 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
486 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
487 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
488 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
489 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
490 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
491 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
492 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
493 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
494 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
495 minor version number for this
496 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
497 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
498 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
499 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
500 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
501 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
502 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
503 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
504 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
506 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
508 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
510 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
511 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
512 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
513 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
514 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
516 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
518 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
519 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
520 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
521 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
522 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
523 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
524 xutils closes: Bug#82966
525 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
526 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
527 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
528 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
529 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
530 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
531 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
532 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
533 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
536 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
538 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
540 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
541 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
543 * Document the Enhances relationship
544 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
545 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
546 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
547 policy. closes: Bug#53496
548 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
549 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
551 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
553 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
554 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
555 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
556 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
558 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
559 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
560 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
561 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
562 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
564 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
566 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
568 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
569 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
570 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
572 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
573 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
574 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
575 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
576 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
577 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
578 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
579 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
580 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
582 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
584 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
586 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
588 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
589 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
590 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
591 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
592 policy. closes: Bug#64437
593 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
594 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
595 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
596 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
597 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
598 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
599 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
600 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
601 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
602 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
603 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
604 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
605 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
606 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
607 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
608 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
609 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
611 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
612 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
614 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
616 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
618 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
619 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
620 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
621 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
622 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
623 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
624 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
625 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
626 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
627 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
628 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
629 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
630 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
631 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
632 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
633 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
634 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
635 alternative closes: Bug#53755
636 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
637 list closes: Bug#53756
638 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
639 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
640 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
641 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
642 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
643 policy closes: Bug#53760
644 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
645 policy closes: Bug#53761
646 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
647 that use X closes: Bug#53762
648 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
649 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
650 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
651 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
652 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
653 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
654 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
655 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
656 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
658 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
659 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
660 to install with older fileutils.
661 * Installed FHS version 2.1
662 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
663 * Added FHS details to copyright file
664 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
666 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
667 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
669 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
671 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
673 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
674 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
676 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
678 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
680 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
681 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
683 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
686 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
688 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
689 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
691 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
693 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
695 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
698 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
700 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
702 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
704 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
705 #45561, #42447, #48570)
706 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
707 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
708 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
709 directoried (closes: #41547)
710 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
711 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
712 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
713 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
714 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
715 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
716 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
717 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
718 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
719 package criteria (closes: #45318)
720 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
722 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
723 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
724 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
725 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
726 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
727 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
728 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
730 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
731 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
732 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
733 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
735 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
737 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
739 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
740 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
742 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
744 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
746 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
747 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
749 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
751 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
753 * A few typos and omissions corrected
754 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
756 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
757 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
758 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
759 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
760 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
761 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
762 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
763 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
764 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
765 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
766 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
767 this closes: Bug#38612
768 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
769 before. closes: Bug#40864
771 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
773 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
775 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
777 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
779 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
780 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
781 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
783 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
784 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
785 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
786 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
787 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
788 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
790 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
791 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
792 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
794 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
796 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
797 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
798 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
799 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
800 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
802 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
804 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
806 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
807 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
808 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
809 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
810 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
811 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
812 there). closes: Bug#34233
813 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
814 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
815 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
816 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
817 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
819 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
821 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
823 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
824 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
825 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
826 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
829 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
830 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
831 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
832 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
833 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
836 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
837 number. closes: BUG#25911
839 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
840 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
841 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
842 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
843 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
844 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
846 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
847 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
848 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
851 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
852 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
853 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
855 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
856 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
857 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
858 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
860 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
861 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
862 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
864 * Make the package optional, not extra.
866 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
867 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
868 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
869 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
870 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
871 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
872 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
873 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
876 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
878 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
879 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
882 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
884 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
886 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
888 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
890 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
892 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
893 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
894 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
895 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
896 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
897 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
898 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
899 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
901 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
902 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
904 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
906 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
908 * non-maintainer release
909 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
910 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
912 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
913 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
915 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
917 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
919 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
923 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
925 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
927 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
929 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
930 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
931 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
933 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
934 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
936 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
937 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
938 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
939 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
941 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
942 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
943 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
944 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
945 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
946 and restart options and to comply with the console message
947 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
949 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
950 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
951 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
954 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
955 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
956 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
958 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
959 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
960 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
962 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
963 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
965 * New version numbering scheme:
967 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
968 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
969 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
972 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
973 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
974 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
975 differ between the manuals.
977 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
978 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
979 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
980 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
984 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
985 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
987 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
989 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
991 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
995 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
996 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
997 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
999 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1000 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1003 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1004 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1005 file extension as the referenced file
1007 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1008 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1010 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1011 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1012 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1013 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1016 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1017 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1018 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1020 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1021 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1022 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1023 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1026 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1027 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1030 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1031 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1032 reasonable default configuration
1034 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1035 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1036 by all news servers and clients
1038 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1039 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1040 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1041 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1042 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1044 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1045 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1048 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1050 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1051 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1053 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1056 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1057 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1059 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1060 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1062 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1064 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1066 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1069 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1070 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1071 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1073 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1075 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1076 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1077 * Don't use debstd anymore
1079 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1081 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1084 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1085 contrib/non-free policy
1086 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1087 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1088 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1089 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1090 - new section about `Daemons'
1091 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1092 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1093 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1094 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1095 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1096 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1097 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1098 * SGML source code included in package
1099 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1101 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1103 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1106 - completely reworked structure
1107 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1108 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1109 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1110 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1111 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1112 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1113 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1114 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1115 - mention "orphaned packages"
1116 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1117 distributions' policy
1118 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1119 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1120 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1121 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1122 - added section about arch spec strings
1123 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1124 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1125 - added section about "menus"
1126 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1127 the new documentation policy soon
1128 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1129 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1131 - added section about editors and pagers
1132 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1133 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1134 - added section about device files
1135 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1136 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1137 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1139 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1140 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1141 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1142 - Added new section about obsolete names
1143 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1144 * Fixed package's description
1146 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1148 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1150 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1152 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1154 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1156 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1157 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1158 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1159 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1161 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1163 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1165 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1166 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1167 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1169 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1170 and upload it "byhand" too.
1172 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1174 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1178 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1179 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1180 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1181 functionality must not have the same name.
1182 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1183 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1184 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1185 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1186 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1187 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1188 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1190 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1191 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1192 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1193 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1194 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1195 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1196 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1197 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1200 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1202 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1204 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1206 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1207 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1208 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1209 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1210 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1213 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1215 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1217 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1219 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1220 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1221 description of deb file format.
1222 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1223 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1225 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1227 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1228 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1230 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1232 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1234 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1235 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1236 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1237 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1238 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1239 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1240 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1241 packages in section on Procedure
1242 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1243 a package maintainer
1244 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1245 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1246 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1248 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1249 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1250 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1251 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1252 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1253 on various shlib files
1254 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1255 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1256 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1258 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1260 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1262 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1263 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1264 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1266 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1267 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1268 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1269 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1270 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1272 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1274 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1276 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1278 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1280 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1281 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1282 compatibility go in contrib.
1284 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1285 instructions in policy manual.
1286 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1289 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1291 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1293 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1294 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1295 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1296 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1298 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1299 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1302 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1304 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1306 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1307 * More detail about changelog format names.
1309 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1310 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1314 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1316 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1318 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1320 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1322 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1324 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1326 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1328 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1329 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1330 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1332 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1334 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1336 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1338 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1340 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1344 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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