1 debian-policy (3.5.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual closes: Bug#86507
4 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
5 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
6 package for the time being
7 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
8 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
9 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
10 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
14 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
16 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
18 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
20 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
22 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
23 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
24 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
25 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
26 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
27 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
28 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
29 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
30 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
31 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
32 minor version number for this
33 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
34 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
35 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
36 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
37 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
38 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
39 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
40 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
41 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
43 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
45 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
47 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
48 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
49 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
50 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
51 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
53 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
55 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
56 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
57 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
58 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
59 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
60 * document the fact that x font utilities have moved to the package
61 xutils, closes: Bug#82966
62 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
63 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
64 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
65 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
66 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
67 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
68 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
69 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
70 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
73 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
75 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
77 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
78 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
80 * Document the Enhances relationship
81 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
82 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
83 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
84 policy. closes: Bug#53496
85 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
86 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
88 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
90 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
91 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
92 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
93 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
95 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
96 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
97 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
98 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
99 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
101 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
103 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
105 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
106 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
107 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
109 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
110 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
111 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
112 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
113 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
114 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
115 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
116 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
117 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
119 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
121 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
123 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
125 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
126 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
127 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
128 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
129 policy. closes: Bug#64437
130 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
131 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
132 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
133 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
134 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
135 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
136 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
137 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
138 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
139 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
140 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
141 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
142 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
143 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
144 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
145 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
146 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
148 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
149 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
151 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
153 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
155 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
156 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
157 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
158 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
159 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
160 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
161 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
162 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
163 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
164 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
165 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
166 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
167 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
168 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
169 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
170 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
171 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
172 alternative closes: Bug#53755
173 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
174 list closes: Bug#53756
175 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
176 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
177 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
178 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
179 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
180 policy closes: Bug#53760
181 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
182 policy closes: Bug#53761
183 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
184 that use X closes: Bug#53762
185 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
186 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
187 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
188 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
189 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
190 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
191 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
192 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
193 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
195 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
196 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
197 to install with older fileutils.
198 * Installed FHS version 2.1
199 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
200 * Added FHS details to copyright file
201 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
203 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
204 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
206 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
208 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
211 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
215 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
218 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
220 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
223 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
225 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
226 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
228 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
230 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
232 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
234 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
235 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
237 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
239 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
242 #45561, #42447, #48570)
243 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
244 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
245 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
246 directoried (closes: #41547)
247 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
248 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
249 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
250 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
251 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
252 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
253 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
254 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
255 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
256 package criteria (closes: #45318)
257 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
259 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
260 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
261 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
262 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
263 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
264 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
265 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
267 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
268 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
269 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
270 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
272 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
274 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
276 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
277 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
279 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
281 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
283 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
284 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
286 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
288 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
290 * A few typos and omissions corrected
291 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
293 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
294 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
295 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
296 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
297 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
298 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
299 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
300 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
301 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
302 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
303 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
304 this closes: Bug#38612
305 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
306 before. closes: Bug#40864
308 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
310 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
312 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
314 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
316 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
317 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
318 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
320 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
321 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
322 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
323 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
324 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
325 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
327 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
328 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
329 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
331 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
333 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
334 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
335 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
336 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
337 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
339 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
341 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
343 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
344 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
345 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
346 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
347 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
348 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
349 there). closes: Bug#34233
350 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
351 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
352 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
353 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
354 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
356 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
358 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
360 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
361 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
362 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
363 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
366 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
367 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
368 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
369 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
370 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
373 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
374 number. closes: BUG#25911
376 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
377 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
378 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
379 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
380 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
381 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
383 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
384 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
385 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
388 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
389 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
390 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
392 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
393 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
394 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
395 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
397 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
398 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
399 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
401 * Make the package optional, not extra.
403 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
404 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
405 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
406 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
407 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
408 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
409 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
410 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
413 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
415 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
416 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
419 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
421 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
423 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
425 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
427 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
429 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
430 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
431 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
432 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
433 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
434 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
435 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
436 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
438 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
439 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
441 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
443 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
445 * non-maintainer release
446 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
447 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
449 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
450 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
452 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
454 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
456 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
460 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
462 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
464 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
466 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
467 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
468 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
470 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
471 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
473 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
474 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
475 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
476 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
478 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
479 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
480 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
481 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
482 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
483 and restart options and to comply with the console message
484 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
486 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
487 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
488 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
491 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
492 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
493 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
495 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
496 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
497 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
499 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
500 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
502 * New version numbering scheme:
504 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
505 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
506 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
509 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
510 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
511 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
512 differ between the manuals.
514 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
515 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
516 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
517 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
521 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
522 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
524 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
526 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
528 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
530 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
532 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
533 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
534 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
536 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
537 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
540 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
541 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
542 file extension as the referenced file
544 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
545 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
547 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
548 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
549 start, stop, restart, force-reload
550 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
553 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
554 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
555 be installed into /etc/cron.d
557 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
558 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
559 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
560 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
563 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
564 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
567 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
568 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
569 reasonable default configuration
571 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
572 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
573 by all news servers and clients
575 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
576 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
577 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
578 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
579 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
581 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
582 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
585 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
587 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
588 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
590 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
593 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
594 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
596 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
597 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
599 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
601 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
603 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
606 - X library package is now called xlib6g
607 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
608 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
610 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
612 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
613 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
614 * Don't use debstd anymore
616 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
618 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
620 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
621 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
622 contrib/non-free policy
623 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
624 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
625 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
626 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
627 - new section about `Daemons'
628 - updated section about `Configuration files'
629 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
630 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
631 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
632 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
633 * Paper about libc6 migration:
634 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
635 * SGML source code included in package
636 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
638 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
640 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
642 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
643 - completely reworked structure
644 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
645 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
646 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
647 - removed all those ugly footnotes
648 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
649 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
650 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
651 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
652 - mention "orphaned packages"
653 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
654 distributions' policy
655 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
656 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
657 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
658 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
659 - added section about arch spec strings
660 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
661 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
662 - added section about "menus"
663 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
664 the new documentation policy soon
665 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
666 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
668 - added section about editors and pagers
669 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
670 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
671 - added section about device files
672 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
673 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
674 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
676 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
677 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
678 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
679 - Added new section about obsolete names
680 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
681 * Fixed package's description
683 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
685 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
687 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
689 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
691 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
693 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
694 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
695 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
696 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
698 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
700 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
702 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
703 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
704 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
706 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
707 and upload it "byhand" too.
709 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
711 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
714 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
715 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
716 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
717 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
718 functionality must not have the same name.
719 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
720 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
721 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
722 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
723 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
724 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
725 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
727 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
728 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
729 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
730 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
731 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
732 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
733 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
734 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
737 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
739 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
741 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
743 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
744 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
745 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
746 a package into. (Guy Maor)
747 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
750 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
752 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
754 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
756 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
757 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
758 description of deb file format.
759 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
760 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
762 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
764 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
765 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
767 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
769 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
771 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
772 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
773 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
774 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
775 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
776 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
777 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
778 packages in section on Procedure
779 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
781 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
782 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
783 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
785 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
786 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
787 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
788 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
789 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
790 on various shlib files
791 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
792 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
793 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
795 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
797 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
799 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
800 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
801 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
803 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
804 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
805 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
806 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
807 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
809 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
811 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
813 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
815 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
817 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
818 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
819 compatibility go in contrib.
821 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
822 instructions in policy manual.
823 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
826 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
828 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
830 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
831 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
832 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
833 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
835 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
836 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
839 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
841 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
843 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
844 * More detail about changelog format names.
846 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
847 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
851 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
853 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
855 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
857 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
859 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
861 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
863 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
865 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
866 * More verbosity about netiquette.
867 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
869 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
871 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
873 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
875 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
877 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
881 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
884 mode: debian-changelog