1 debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
20 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
22 Proposed by Santiago Vila
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
30 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
31 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
32 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
33 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
34 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
35 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
36 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
37 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
38 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
40 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
42 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
46 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
48 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
49 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
53 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
56 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
57 Wording: Steve Langasek.
58 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
59 Seconded: Julien Cristau
63 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
64 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
65 Seconded: Russ Allbery
66 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
69 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
70 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
71 Seconded: Russ Allbery
73 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
74 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
75 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
76 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
77 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
78 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
79 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
80 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
83 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
84 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
85 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
86 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
87 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
88 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
89 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
91 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
92 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
93 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
94 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
95 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
96 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
97 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
100 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
101 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
102 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
103 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
104 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
106 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
109 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
110 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
113 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
114 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
117 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
119 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
122 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
126 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
127 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
131 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
132 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
136 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
137 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
140 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
141 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
143 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
144 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
149 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
150 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
154 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
155 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
159 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
160 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
164 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
165 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
169 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
170 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
174 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
175 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
176 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
177 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
178 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
179 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
180 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
181 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
182 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
183 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
184 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
185 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
186 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
187 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
188 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
190 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
191 Source field descriptions.
192 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
193 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
194 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
195 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
196 description says otherwise.
198 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
200 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
204 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
207 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
208 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
210 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
211 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
215 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
216 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
220 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
221 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
225 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
226 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
227 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
228 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
232 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
233 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
234 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
235 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
236 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
238 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
239 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
243 * Add myself to Uploaders.
246 * Add myself to Uploaders.
247 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
249 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
250 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
251 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
253 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
255 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
257 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
258 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
262 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
263 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
265 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
267 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
268 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
272 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
273 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
275 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
277 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
278 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
282 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
283 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
287 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
288 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
290 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
292 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
293 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
295 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
297 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
298 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
299 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
302 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
303 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
305 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
307 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
308 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
309 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
310 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
311 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
313 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
314 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
315 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
316 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
317 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
318 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
319 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
320 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
321 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
322 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
323 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
324 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
325 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
326 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
327 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
328 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
329 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
330 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
331 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
332 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
333 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
334 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
335 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
336 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
337 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
338 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
339 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
340 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
341 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
342 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
344 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
345 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
346 links was completed long ago.
347 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
349 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
351 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
353 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
354 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
356 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
358 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
360 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
361 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
362 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
363 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
364 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
365 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
366 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
367 Millan (Closes: #209008).
368 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
369 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
371 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
373 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
375 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
376 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
377 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
378 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
379 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
380 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
381 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
383 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
384 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
385 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
386 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
388 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
389 Küster (Closes: #403391).
390 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
391 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
392 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
393 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
394 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
395 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
398 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
399 Closes: #186700, #458910
400 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
401 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
404 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
405 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
406 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
407 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
408 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
409 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
410 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
411 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
413 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
414 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
416 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
417 * Add an md5sums control file.
418 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
419 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
420 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
421 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
422 currently part of policy.
423 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
424 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
425 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
428 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
430 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
432 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
433 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
434 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
435 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
436 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
437 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
438 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
439 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
440 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
441 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
443 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
444 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
445 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
446 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
447 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
449 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
451 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
452 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
453 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
455 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
456 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
457 list?" (Closes: #412634).
458 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
459 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
460 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
461 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
462 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
463 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
464 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
465 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
466 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
467 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
468 debconf specification.
469 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
470 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
472 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
474 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
476 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
477 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
478 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
479 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
480 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
482 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
484 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
485 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
486 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
487 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
488 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
490 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
491 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
492 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
493 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
494 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
495 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
496 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
497 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
498 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
499 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
500 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
501 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
502 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
503 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
504 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
505 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
507 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
509 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
510 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
511 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
512 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
513 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
514 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
515 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
516 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
518 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
520 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
522 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
523 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
524 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
525 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
526 Polo (Closes: #372497).
527 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
528 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
530 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
531 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
532 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
533 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
534 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
535 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
536 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
537 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
538 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
539 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
541 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
542 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
543 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
544 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
545 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
546 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
548 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
550 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
552 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
553 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
554 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
555 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
557 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
558 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
560 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
562 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
564 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
565 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
566 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
567 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
568 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
569 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
570 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
571 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
572 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
573 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
575 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
576 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
577 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
578 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
579 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
580 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
581 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
582 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
583 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
584 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
585 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
588 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
590 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
592 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
593 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
594 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
595 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
596 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
597 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
598 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
599 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
600 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
601 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
602 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
603 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
604 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
605 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
606 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
607 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
608 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
609 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
610 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
611 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
612 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
613 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
614 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
615 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
616 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
617 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
618 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
619 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
621 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
622 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
623 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
624 Hess (Closes: #362247).
625 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
626 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
627 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
628 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
629 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
630 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
631 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
632 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
633 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
634 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
635 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
636 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
638 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
639 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
641 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
642 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
643 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
644 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
645 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
646 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
647 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
648 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
649 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
650 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
651 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
653 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
655 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
658 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
659 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
660 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
661 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
662 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
663 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
664 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
665 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
666 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
667 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
668 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
669 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
670 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
672 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
673 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
674 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
675 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
676 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
677 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
678 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
679 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
680 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
681 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
682 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
683 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
684 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
685 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
686 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
687 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
688 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
689 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
690 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
693 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
695 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
698 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
699 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
700 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
702 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
703 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
704 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
705 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
707 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
709 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
712 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
713 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
714 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
715 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
716 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
717 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
718 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
719 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
720 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
721 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
723 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
724 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
725 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
727 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
728 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
729 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
730 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
731 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
732 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
733 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
735 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
736 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
737 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
738 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
740 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
741 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
742 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
743 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
744 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
745 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
746 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
747 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
749 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
750 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
751 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
752 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
753 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
754 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
755 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
756 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
757 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
758 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
759 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
760 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
761 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
762 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
763 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
764 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
765 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
767 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
769 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
772 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
773 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
774 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
775 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
776 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
777 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
778 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
779 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
780 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
782 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
783 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
784 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
785 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
786 this section. closes: Bug#248618
787 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
788 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
789 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
790 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
791 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
792 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
793 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
794 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
795 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
796 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
797 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
798 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
800 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
801 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
802 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
805 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
806 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
807 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
809 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
810 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
811 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
812 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
813 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
814 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
816 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
817 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
819 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
820 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
821 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
822 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
823 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
824 Closes: #185943, #237049
826 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
828 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
831 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
834 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
835 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
836 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
837 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
838 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
839 running. closes: Bug#187250
840 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
841 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
842 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
843 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
844 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
845 user closes: Bug#176506
847 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
849 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
852 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
853 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
854 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
855 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
856 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
857 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
858 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
859 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
860 deb-building toolchain.
861 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
862 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
863 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
864 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
865 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
866 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
867 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
868 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
869 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
870 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
871 sections about changelog files.
873 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
874 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
875 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
876 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
877 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
878 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
880 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
881 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
882 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
883 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
884 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
885 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
886 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
887 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
888 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
889 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
890 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
891 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
892 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
893 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
894 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
895 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
896 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
897 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
898 for the restructuring
900 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
902 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
905 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
907 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
908 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
909 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
910 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
911 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
912 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
914 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
915 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
916 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
917 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
918 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
919 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
920 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
922 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
923 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
924 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
925 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
927 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
929 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
932 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
933 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
934 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
935 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
936 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
937 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
939 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
940 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
941 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
942 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
944 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
945 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
946 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
947 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
948 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
949 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
950 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
951 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
952 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
954 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
955 script should start it, closes: #60979
956 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
957 "should", closes: #170019
958 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
959 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
960 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
961 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
962 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
963 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
964 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
965 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
968 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
970 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
973 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
974 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
975 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
976 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
977 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
978 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
979 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
980 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
981 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
983 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
984 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
985 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
986 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
987 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
988 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
989 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
990 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
991 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
993 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
994 file, closes: Bug#65764
996 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
998 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1001 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1002 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1003 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1004 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1005 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1006 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1007 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1008 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1009 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1010 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1011 details. closes: Bug#133030
1012 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1013 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1014 parts of Bug#161455.
1016 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1018 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1021 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1022 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1023 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1024 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1025 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1026 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1027 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1028 not. closes: Bug#139820
1029 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1030 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1031 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1032 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1033 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1034 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1035 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1036 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1037 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1038 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1040 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1042 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1043 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1044 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1045 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1046 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1047 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1048 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1049 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1050 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1051 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1052 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1053 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1054 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1055 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1056 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1057 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1058 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1059 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1060 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1061 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1063 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1064 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1065 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1066 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1067 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1068 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1069 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1071 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1072 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1073 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1074 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1075 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1076 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1077 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1078 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1079 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1081 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1083 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1086 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1087 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1088 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1089 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1090 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1091 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1092 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1093 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1094 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1095 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1096 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1097 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1098 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1099 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1100 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1101 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1102 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1103 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1104 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1105 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1106 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1107 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1109 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1111 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1114 medium, high, emergency.
1115 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1116 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1117 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1118 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1119 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1122 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1123 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1124 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1126 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1127 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1128 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1129 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1130 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1131 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1132 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1135 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1137 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1140 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1141 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1142 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1144 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1145 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1146 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1147 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1148 debian/rules to do this
1149 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1150 patches are incorporated upstream
1151 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1152 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1153 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1154 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1155 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1156 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1158 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1159 system closes: Bug#91249
1160 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1161 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1162 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1163 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1164 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1165 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1166 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1167 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1168 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1169 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1170 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1171 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1172 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1174 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1176 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1179 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1180 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1181 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1183 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1184 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1185 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1187 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1190 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1192 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1195 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1196 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1197 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1198 package for the time being
1199 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1200 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1201 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1202 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1203 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1204 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1205 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1206 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1207 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1208 Build-Depends arch syntax
1209 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1211 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1212 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1214 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1215 from policy maintenance duties.
1216 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1217 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1219 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1221 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1225 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1227 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1230 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1231 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1232 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1233 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1234 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1235 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1236 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1237 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1238 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1239 minor version number for this
1240 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1241 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1242 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1243 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1244 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1245 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1246 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1247 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1248 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1250 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1252 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1255 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1256 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1257 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1258 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1260 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1262 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1263 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1264 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1265 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1266 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1267 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1268 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1269 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1270 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1271 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1272 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1273 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1274 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1275 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1276 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1277 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1280 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1282 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1285 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1287 * Document the Enhances relationship
1288 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1289 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1290 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1291 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1292 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1293 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1295 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1297 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1298 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1299 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1300 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1302 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1303 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1304 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1305 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1306 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1308 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1310 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1312 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1313 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1314 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1316 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1317 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1318 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1319 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1320 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1321 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1322 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1323 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1324 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1326 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1328 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1330 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1333 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1334 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1335 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1336 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1337 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1338 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1339 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1340 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1341 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1342 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1343 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1344 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1345 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1346 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1347 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1348 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1349 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1350 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1351 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1352 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1353 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1355 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1356 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1358 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1360 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1363 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1364 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1365 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1366 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1367 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1368 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1369 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1370 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1371 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1372 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1373 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1374 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1375 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1376 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1377 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1378 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1379 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1380 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1381 list closes: Bug#53756
1382 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1383 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1384 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1385 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1386 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1387 policy closes: Bug#53760
1388 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1389 policy closes: Bug#53761
1390 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1391 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1392 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1393 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1394 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1395 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1396 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1397 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1398 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1399 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1400 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1402 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1403 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1404 to install with older fileutils.
1405 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1406 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1407 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1408 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1410 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1411 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1413 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1415 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1417 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1418 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1420 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1422 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1424 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1425 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1427 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1430 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1432 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1433 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1435 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1437 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1439 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1441 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1442 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1444 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1446 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1448 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1449 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1450 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1451 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1452 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1453 directoried (closes: #41547)
1454 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1455 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1456 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1457 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1458 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1459 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1460 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1461 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1462 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1463 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1464 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1466 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1467 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1468 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1469 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1470 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1471 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1472 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1474 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1475 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1476 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1477 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1479 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1481 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1483 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1484 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1486 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1488 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1490 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1491 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1493 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1495 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1497 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1498 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1500 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1501 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1502 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1503 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1504 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1505 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1506 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1507 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1508 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1509 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1510 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1511 this closes: Bug#38612
1512 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1513 before. closes: Bug#40864
1515 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1517 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1519 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1520 officially uploaded.
1521 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1523 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1524 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1525 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1527 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1528 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1529 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1530 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1531 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1532 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1534 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1535 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1536 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1538 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1540 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1541 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1542 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1543 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1544 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1546 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1548 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1550 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1551 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1552 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1553 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1554 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1555 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1556 there). closes: Bug#34233
1557 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1558 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1559 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1560 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1561 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1563 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1565 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1567 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1568 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1569 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1570 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1573 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1574 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1575 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1576 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1577 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1580 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1581 number. closes: BUG#25911
1583 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1584 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1585 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1586 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1587 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1588 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1590 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1591 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1592 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1595 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1596 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1597 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1599 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1600 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1601 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1602 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1604 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1605 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1606 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1608 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1610 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1611 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1612 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1613 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1614 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1615 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1616 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1617 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1620 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1622 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1623 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1626 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1628 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1630 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1632 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1634 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1636 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1637 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1638 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1639 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1640 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1641 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1642 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1643 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1645 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1646 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1648 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1650 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1652 * non-maintainer release
1653 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1654 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1656 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1657 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1658 * no content changes
1659 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1661 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1663 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1667 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1669 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1671 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1673 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1674 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1675 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1677 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1678 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1680 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1681 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1682 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1683 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1685 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1686 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1687 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1688 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1689 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1690 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1691 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1693 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1694 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1695 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1698 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1699 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1700 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1702 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1703 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1704 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1706 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1707 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1709 * New version numbering scheme:
1711 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1712 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1713 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1716 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1717 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1718 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1719 differ between the manuals.
1721 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1722 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1723 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1724 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1726 * Packaging changes:
1728 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1729 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1731 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1733 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1735 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1737 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1739 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1740 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1741 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1743 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1744 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1747 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1748 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1749 file extension as the referenced file
1751 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1752 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1754 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1755 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1756 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1757 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1760 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1761 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1762 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1764 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1765 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1766 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1767 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1770 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1771 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1774 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1775 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1776 reasonable default configuration
1778 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1779 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1780 by all news servers and clients
1782 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1783 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1784 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1785 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1786 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1788 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1789 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1792 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1794 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1795 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1797 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1800 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1801 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1803 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1804 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1806 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1808 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1810 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1812 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1813 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1814 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1815 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1817 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1819 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1820 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1821 * Don't use debstd anymore
1823 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1825 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1827 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1828 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1829 contrib/non-free policy
1830 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1831 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1832 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1833 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1834 - new section about `Daemons'
1835 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1836 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1837 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1838 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1839 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1840 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1841 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1842 * SGML source code included in package
1843 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1845 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1847 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1849 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1850 - completely reworked structure
1851 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1852 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1853 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1854 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1855 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1856 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1857 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1858 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1859 - mention "orphaned packages"
1860 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1861 distributions' policy
1862 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1863 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1864 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1865 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1866 - added section about arch spec strings
1867 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1868 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1869 - added section about "menus"
1870 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1871 the new documentation policy soon
1872 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1873 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1875 - added section about editors and pagers
1876 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1877 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1878 - added section about device files
1879 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1880 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1881 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1883 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1884 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1885 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1886 - Added new section about obsolete names
1887 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1888 * Fixed package's description
1890 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1892 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1894 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1896 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1898 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1900 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1901 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1902 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1903 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1905 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1907 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1909 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1910 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1911 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1913 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1914 and upload it "byhand" too.
1916 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1918 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1921 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1922 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1923 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1924 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1925 functionality must not have the same name.
1926 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1927 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1928 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1929 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1930 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1931 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1932 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1934 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1935 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1936 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1937 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1938 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1939 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1940 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1941 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1944 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1946 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1948 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1950 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1951 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1952 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1953 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1954 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1957 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1959 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1961 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1963 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1964 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1965 description of deb file format.
1966 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1967 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1969 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1971 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1972 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1974 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1976 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1978 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1979 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1980 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1981 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1982 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1983 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1984 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1985 packages in section on Procedure
1986 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1987 a package maintainer
1988 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1989 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1990 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1992 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1993 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1994 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1995 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1996 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1997 on various shlib files
1998 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1999 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2000 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2002 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2004 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2006 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2007 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2008 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2010 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2011 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2012 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2013 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2014 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2016 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2018 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2020 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2022 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2024 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2025 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2026 compatibility go in contrib.
2028 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2029 instructions in policy manual.
2030 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2033 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2035 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2037 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2038 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2039 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2040 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2042 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2043 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2046 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2048 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2050 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2051 * More detail about changelog format names.
2053 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2054 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2058 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2060 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2062 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2064 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2066 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2068 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2070 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2072 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2073 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2074 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2076 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2078 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2080 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2082 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2084 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2088 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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