1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
4 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
5 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
6 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
7 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
8 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
9 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
10 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
11 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
12 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
13 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
14 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
15 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
16 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
17 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
18 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
20 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
22 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
23 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
24 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
29 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
32 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
33 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
34 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
35 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
37 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
39 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
40 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
41 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
42 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
43 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
45 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
46 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
47 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
48 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
49 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
50 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
51 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
52 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
53 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
54 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
55 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
56 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
57 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
58 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
59 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
60 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
62 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
64 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
65 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
66 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
67 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
68 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
69 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
70 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
71 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
73 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
75 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
77 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
78 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
79 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
80 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
81 Polo (Closes: #372497).
82 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
83 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
85 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
86 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
87 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
88 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
89 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
90 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
91 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
92 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
93 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
94 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
96 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
97 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
98 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
99 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
100 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
101 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
103 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
105 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
108 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
109 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
110 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
112 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
113 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
117 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
120 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
121 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
122 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
123 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
124 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
125 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
126 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
127 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
128 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
130 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
131 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
132 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
133 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
134 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
135 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
136 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
137 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
138 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
139 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
140 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
143 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
145 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
147 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
148 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
150 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
151 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
152 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
153 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
154 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
155 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
156 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
157 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
158 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
159 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
160 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
161 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
162 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
163 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
164 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
165 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
166 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
167 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
168 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
169 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
170 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
171 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
172 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
173 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
174 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
176 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
177 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
178 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
179 Hess (Closes: #362247).
180 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
181 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
182 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
183 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
184 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
185 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
186 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
187 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
188 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
189 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
190 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
191 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
193 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
194 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
197 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
199 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
200 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
201 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
202 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
203 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
204 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
205 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
206 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
208 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
210 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
213 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
214 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
215 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
216 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
218 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
219 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
220 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
222 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
223 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
224 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
225 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
228 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
230 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
231 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
233 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
235 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
237 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
239 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
241 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
242 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
243 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
245 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
250 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
253 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
254 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
255 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
257 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
258 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
259 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
260 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
262 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
264 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
267 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
268 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
269 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
270 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
271 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
273 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
274 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
275 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
276 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
278 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
279 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
280 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
282 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
283 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
284 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
286 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
287 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
288 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
290 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
291 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
292 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
293 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
295 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
296 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
297 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
298 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
300 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
301 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
302 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
305 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
306 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
307 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
308 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
309 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
310 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
311 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
312 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
313 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
314 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
315 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
316 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
317 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
318 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
319 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
320 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
322 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
324 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
327 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
328 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
329 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
330 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
331 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
332 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
333 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
334 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
335 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
337 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
338 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
339 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
340 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
341 this section. closes: Bug#248618
342 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
343 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
344 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
345 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
346 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
347 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
348 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
349 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
350 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
351 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
352 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
353 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
356 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
357 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
360 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
361 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
362 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
364 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
365 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
366 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
367 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
368 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
369 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
371 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
372 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
374 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
375 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
376 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
377 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
378 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
379 Closes: #185943, #237049
381 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
383 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
389 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
390 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
391 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
392 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
393 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
394 running. closes: Bug#187250
395 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
396 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
397 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
398 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
399 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
400 user closes: Bug#176506
402 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
404 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
407 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
408 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
409 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
410 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
411 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
412 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
413 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
414 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
415 deb-building toolchain.
416 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
417 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
418 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
419 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
420 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
421 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
422 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
423 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
424 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
425 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
426 sections about changelog files.
428 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
429 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
430 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
431 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
432 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
433 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
435 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
436 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
437 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
438 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
439 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
440 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
441 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
442 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
443 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
444 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
445 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
446 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
447 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
448 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
449 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
450 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
451 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
452 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
453 for the restructuring
455 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
457 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
460 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
462 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
463 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
464 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
465 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
466 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
467 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
469 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
470 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
471 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
472 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
473 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
474 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
475 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
477 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
478 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
479 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
480 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
482 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
484 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
487 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
488 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
489 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
490 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
491 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
492 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
494 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
495 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
496 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
497 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
499 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
500 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
501 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
502 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
503 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
504 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
505 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
506 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
507 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
509 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
510 script should start it, closes: #60979
511 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
512 "should", closes: #170019
513 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
514 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
515 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
516 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
517 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
518 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
519 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
520 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
523 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
525 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
528 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
529 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
530 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
531 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
532 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
533 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
534 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
535 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
536 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
538 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
539 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
540 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
541 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
542 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
543 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
544 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
545 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
546 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
548 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
549 file, closes: Bug#65764
551 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
553 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
555 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
556 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
557 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
558 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
559 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
560 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
561 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
562 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
563 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
564 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
565 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
566 details. closes: Bug#133030
567 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
568 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
571 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
573 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
575 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
576 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
577 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
578 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
579 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
580 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
581 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
582 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
583 not. closes: Bug#139820
584 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
585 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
586 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
587 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
588 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
589 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
590 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
591 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
592 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
593 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
595 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
597 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
598 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
599 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
600 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
601 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
602 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
603 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
604 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
605 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
606 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
607 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
608 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
609 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
610 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
611 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
612 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
613 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
614 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
615 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
616 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
618 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
619 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
620 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
621 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
622 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
623 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
624 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
626 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
627 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
628 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
629 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
630 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
631 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
632 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
633 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
634 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
636 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
638 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
640 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
641 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
642 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
643 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
644 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
645 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
646 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
647 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
648 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
649 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
650 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
651 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
652 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
653 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
654 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
655 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
656 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
657 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
658 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
659 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
660 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
661 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
662 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
664 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
666 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
668 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
669 medium, high, emergency.
670 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
671 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
672 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
673 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
674 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
677 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
678 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
679 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
681 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
682 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
683 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
684 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
685 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
686 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
687 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
690 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
692 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
694 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
695 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
696 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
697 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
699 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
700 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
701 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
702 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
703 debian/rules to do this
704 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
705 patches are incorporated upstream
706 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
707 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
708 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
709 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
710 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
711 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
713 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
714 system closes: Bug#91249
715 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
716 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
717 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
718 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
719 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
720 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
721 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
722 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
723 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
724 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
725 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
726 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
727 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
729 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
731 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
733 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
734 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
735 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
736 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
738 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
739 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
740 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
742 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
745 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
747 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
749 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
750 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
751 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
752 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
753 package for the time being
754 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
755 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
756 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
757 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
758 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
759 * Rename all .text files as .txt
760 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
761 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
762 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
763 Build-Depends arch syntax
764 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
766 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
767 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
769 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
770 from policy maintenance duties.
771 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
772 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
774 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
776 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
778 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
780 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
782 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
784 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
785 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
786 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
787 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
788 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
789 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
790 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
791 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
792 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
793 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
794 minor version number for this
795 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
796 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
797 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
798 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
799 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
800 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
801 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
802 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
803 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
805 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
807 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
809 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
810 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
811 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
812 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
813 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
815 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
817 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
818 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
819 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
820 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
821 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
822 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
823 xutils closes: Bug#82966
824 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
825 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
826 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
827 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
828 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
829 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
830 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
831 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
832 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
835 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
837 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
839 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
840 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
842 * Document the Enhances relationship
843 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
844 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
845 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
846 policy. closes: Bug#53496
847 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
848 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
850 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
852 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
853 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
854 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
855 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
857 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
858 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
859 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
860 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
861 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
863 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
865 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
867 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
868 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
869 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
871 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
872 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
873 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
874 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
875 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
876 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
877 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
878 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
879 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
881 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
883 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
885 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
887 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
888 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
889 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
890 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
891 policy. closes: Bug#64437
892 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
893 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
894 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
895 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
896 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
897 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
898 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
899 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
900 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
901 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
902 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
903 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
904 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
905 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
906 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
907 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
908 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
910 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
911 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
913 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
915 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
917 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
918 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
919 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
920 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
921 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
922 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
923 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
924 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
925 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
926 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
927 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
928 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
929 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
930 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
931 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
932 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
933 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
934 alternative closes: Bug#53755
935 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
936 list closes: Bug#53756
937 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
938 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
939 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
940 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
941 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
942 policy closes: Bug#53760
943 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
944 policy closes: Bug#53761
945 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
946 that use X closes: Bug#53762
947 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
948 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
949 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
950 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
951 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
952 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
953 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
954 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
955 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
957 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
958 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
959 to install with older fileutils.
960 * Installed FHS version 2.1
961 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
962 * Added FHS details to copyright file
963 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
965 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
966 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
968 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
970 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
972 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
973 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
975 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
977 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
979 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
980 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
982 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
985 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
988 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
990 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
992 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
994 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
996 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
997 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
999 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1001 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1004 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1005 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1006 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1007 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1008 directoried (closes: #41547)
1009 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1010 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1011 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1012 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1013 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1014 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1015 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1016 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1017 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1018 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1019 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1021 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1022 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1023 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1024 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1025 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1026 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1027 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1029 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1030 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1031 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1032 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1034 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1036 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1038 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1039 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1041 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1043 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1045 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1046 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1048 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1050 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1053 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1055 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1056 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1057 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1058 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1059 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1060 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1061 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1062 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1063 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1064 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1065 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1066 this closes: Bug#38612
1067 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1068 before. closes: Bug#40864
1070 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1072 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1075 officially uploaded.
1076 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1078 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1079 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1080 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1082 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1083 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1084 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1085 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1086 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1087 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1089 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1090 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1091 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1093 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1095 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1096 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1097 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1098 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1099 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1101 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1103 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1106 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1107 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1108 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1109 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1110 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1111 there). closes: Bug#34233
1112 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1113 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1114 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1115 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1116 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1118 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1120 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1123 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1124 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1125 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1128 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1129 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1130 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1131 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1132 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1135 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1136 number. closes: BUG#25911
1138 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1139 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1140 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1141 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1142 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1143 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1145 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1146 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1147 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1150 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1151 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1152 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1154 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1155 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1156 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1157 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1159 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1160 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1161 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1163 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1165 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1166 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1167 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1168 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1169 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1170 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1171 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1172 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1175 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1177 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1178 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1181 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1183 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1187 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1189 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1192 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1193 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1194 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1195 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1196 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1197 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1198 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1200 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1201 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1203 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1205 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1207 * non-maintainer release
1208 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1209 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1211 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1212 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1213 * no content changes
1214 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1216 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1218 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1222 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1224 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1226 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1228 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1229 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1230 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1232 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1233 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1235 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1236 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1237 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1238 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1240 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1241 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1242 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1243 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1244 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1245 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1246 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1248 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1249 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1250 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1253 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1254 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1255 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1257 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1258 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1259 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1261 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1262 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1264 * New version numbering scheme:
1266 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1267 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1268 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1271 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1272 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1273 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1274 differ between the manuals.
1276 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1277 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1278 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1279 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1281 * Packaging changes:
1283 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1284 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1286 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1288 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1290 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1294 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1295 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1296 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1298 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1299 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1302 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1303 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1304 file extension as the referenced file
1306 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1307 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1309 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1310 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1311 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1312 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1315 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1316 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1317 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1319 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1320 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1321 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1322 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1325 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1326 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1329 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1330 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1331 reasonable default configuration
1333 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1334 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1335 by all news servers and clients
1337 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1338 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1339 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1340 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1341 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1343 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1344 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1347 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1349 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1350 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1352 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1355 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1356 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1358 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1359 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1361 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1363 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1365 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1367 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1368 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1369 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1370 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1372 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1374 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1375 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1376 * Don't use debstd anymore
1378 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1380 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1382 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1383 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1384 contrib/non-free policy
1385 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1386 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1387 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1388 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1389 - new section about `Daemons'
1390 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1391 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1392 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1393 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1394 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1395 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1396 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1397 * SGML source code included in package
1398 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1400 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1402 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1404 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1405 - completely reworked structure
1406 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1407 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1408 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1409 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1410 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1411 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1412 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1413 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1414 - mention "orphaned packages"
1415 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1416 distributions' policy
1417 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1418 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1419 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1420 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1421 - added section about arch spec strings
1422 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1423 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1424 - added section about "menus"
1425 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1426 the new documentation policy soon
1427 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1428 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1430 - added section about editors and pagers
1431 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1432 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1433 - added section about device files
1434 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1435 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1436 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1438 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1439 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1440 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1441 - Added new section about obsolete names
1442 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1443 * Fixed package's description
1445 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1447 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1449 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1451 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1453 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1455 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1456 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1457 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1458 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1460 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1462 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1464 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1465 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1466 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1468 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1469 and upload it "byhand" too.
1471 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1473 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1476 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1477 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1478 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1479 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1480 functionality must not have the same name.
1481 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1482 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1483 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1484 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1485 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1486 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1487 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1489 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1490 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1491 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1492 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1493 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1494 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1495 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1496 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1499 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1501 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1503 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1505 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1506 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1507 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1508 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1509 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1512 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1514 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1516 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1518 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1519 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1520 description of deb file format.
1521 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1522 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1524 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1526 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1527 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1529 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1531 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1533 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1534 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1535 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1536 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1537 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1538 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1539 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1540 packages in section on Procedure
1541 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1542 a package maintainer
1543 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1544 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1545 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1547 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1548 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1549 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1550 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1551 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1552 on various shlib files
1553 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1554 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1555 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1557 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1559 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1561 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1562 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1563 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1565 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1566 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1567 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1568 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1569 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1571 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1573 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1575 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1577 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1579 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1580 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1581 compatibility go in contrib.
1583 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1584 instructions in policy manual.
1585 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1588 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1590 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1592 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1593 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1594 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1595 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1597 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1598 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1601 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1603 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1605 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1606 * More detail about changelog format names.
1608 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1609 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1613 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1615 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1617 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1619 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1621 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1623 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1625 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1627 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1628 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1629 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1631 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1633 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1635 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1637 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1639 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1643 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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