1 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
7 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
8 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
9 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
10 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
11 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
12 running. closes: Bug#187250
13 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
14 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
15 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
16 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
17 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
18 user closes: Bug#176506
20 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
22 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
25 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
26 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
27 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
28 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
29 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
30 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
31 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
32 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
33 deb-building toolchain.
34 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
35 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
36 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
37 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
38 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
39 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
40 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
41 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
42 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
43 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
44 sections about changelog files.
46 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
47 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
48 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
49 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
50 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
51 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
53 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
54 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
55 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
56 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
57 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
58 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
59 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
60 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
61 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
62 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
63 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
64 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
65 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
66 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
67 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
68 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
69 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
70 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
73 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
75 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
78 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
80 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
81 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
82 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
83 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
84 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
85 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
87 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
88 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
89 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
90 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
91 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
92 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
93 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
95 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
96 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
97 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
98 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
100 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
102 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
105 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
106 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
107 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
108 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
109 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
110 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
112 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
113 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
114 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
115 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
117 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
118 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
119 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
120 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
121 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
122 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
123 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
124 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
125 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
127 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
128 script should start it, closes: #60979
129 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
130 "should", closes: #170019
131 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
132 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
133 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
134 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
135 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
136 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
137 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
138 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
141 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
143 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
146 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
147 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
148 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
149 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
150 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
151 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
152 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
153 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
154 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
156 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
157 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
158 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
159 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
160 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
161 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
162 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
163 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
164 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
166 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
167 file, closes: Bug#65764
169 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
171 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
173 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
174 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
175 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
176 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
177 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
178 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
179 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
180 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
181 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
182 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
183 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
184 details. closes: Bug#133030
185 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
186 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
189 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
191 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
193 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
194 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
195 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
196 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
197 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
198 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
199 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
200 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
201 not. closes: Bug#139820
202 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
203 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
204 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
205 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
206 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
207 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
208 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
209 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
210 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
211 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
213 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
215 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
216 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
217 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
218 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
219 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
220 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
221 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
222 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
223 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
224 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
225 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
226 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
227 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
228 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
229 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
230 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
231 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
232 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
233 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
234 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
236 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
237 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
238 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
239 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
240 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
241 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
242 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
244 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
245 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
246 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
247 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
248 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
249 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
250 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
251 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
252 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
254 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
256 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
258 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
259 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
260 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
261 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
262 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
263 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
264 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
265 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
266 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
267 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
268 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
269 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
270 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
271 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
272 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
273 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
274 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
275 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
276 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
277 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
278 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
279 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
280 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
282 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
284 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
286 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
287 medium, high, emergency.
288 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
289 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
290 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
291 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
292 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
295 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
296 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
297 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
299 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
300 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
301 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
302 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
303 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
304 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
305 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
308 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
310 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
312 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
313 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
314 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
315 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
317 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
318 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
319 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
320 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
321 debian/rules to do this
322 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
323 patches are incorporated upstream
324 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
325 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
326 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
327 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
328 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
329 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
331 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
332 system closes: Bug#91249
333 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
334 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
335 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
336 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
337 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
338 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
339 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
340 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
341 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
342 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
343 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
344 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
345 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
347 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
349 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
351 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
352 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
353 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
354 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
356 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
357 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
358 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
360 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
363 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
365 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
367 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
368 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
369 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
370 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
371 package for the time being
372 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
373 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
374 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
375 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
376 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
377 * Rename all .text files as .txt
378 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
379 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
380 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
381 Build-Depends arch syntax
382 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
384 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
385 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
387 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
388 from policy maintenance duties.
389 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
390 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
394 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
396 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
398 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
400 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
402 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
403 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
404 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
405 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
406 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
407 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
408 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
409 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
410 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
411 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
412 minor version number for this
413 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
414 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
415 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
416 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
417 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
418 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
419 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
420 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
421 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
423 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
425 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
427 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
428 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
429 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
430 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
431 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
433 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
435 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
436 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
437 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
438 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
439 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
440 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
441 xutils closes: Bug#82966
442 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
443 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
444 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
445 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
446 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
447 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
448 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
449 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
450 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
453 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
455 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
457 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
458 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
460 * Document the Enhances relationship
461 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
462 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
463 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
464 policy. closes: Bug#53496
465 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
466 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
468 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
470 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
471 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
472 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
473 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
475 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
476 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
477 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
478 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
479 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
481 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
483 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
485 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
486 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
487 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
489 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
490 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
491 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
492 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
493 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
494 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
495 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
496 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
497 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
499 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
501 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
503 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
505 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
506 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
507 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
508 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
509 policy. closes: Bug#64437
510 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
511 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
512 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
513 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
514 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
515 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
516 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
517 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
518 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
519 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
520 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
521 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
522 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
523 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
524 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
525 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
526 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
528 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
529 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
531 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
533 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
535 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
536 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
537 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
538 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
539 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
540 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
541 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
542 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
543 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
544 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
545 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
546 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
547 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
548 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
549 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
550 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
551 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
552 alternative closes: Bug#53755
553 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
554 list closes: Bug#53756
555 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
556 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
557 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
558 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
559 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
560 policy closes: Bug#53760
561 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
562 policy closes: Bug#53761
563 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
564 that use X closes: Bug#53762
565 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
566 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
567 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
568 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
569 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
570 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
571 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
572 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
573 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
575 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
576 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
577 to install with older fileutils.
578 * Installed FHS version 2.1
579 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
580 * Added FHS details to copyright file
581 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
583 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
584 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
586 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
588 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
590 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
591 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
593 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
595 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
597 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
598 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
600 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
603 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
606 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
608 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
610 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
612 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
614 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
615 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
617 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
619 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
621 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
622 #45561, #42447, #48570)
623 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
624 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
625 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
626 directoried (closes: #41547)
627 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
628 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
629 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
630 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
631 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
632 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
633 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
634 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
635 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
636 package criteria (closes: #45318)
637 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
639 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
640 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
641 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
642 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
643 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
644 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
645 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
647 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
648 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
649 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
650 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
652 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
654 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
656 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
657 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
659 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
661 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
663 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
664 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
666 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
668 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
670 * A few typos and omissions corrected
671 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
673 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
674 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
675 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
676 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
677 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
678 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
679 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
680 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
681 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
682 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
683 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
684 this closes: Bug#38612
685 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
686 before. closes: Bug#40864
688 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
690 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
692 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
694 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
696 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
697 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
698 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
700 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
701 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
702 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
703 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
704 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
705 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
707 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
708 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
709 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
711 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
713 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
714 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
715 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
716 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
717 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
719 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
721 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
723 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
724 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
725 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
726 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
727 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
728 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
729 there). closes: Bug#34233
730 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
731 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
732 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
733 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
734 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
736 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
738 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
740 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
741 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
742 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
743 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
746 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
747 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
748 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
749 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
750 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
753 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
754 number. closes: BUG#25911
756 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
757 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
758 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
759 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
760 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
761 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
763 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
764 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
765 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
768 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
769 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
770 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
772 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
773 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
774 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
775 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
777 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
778 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
779 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
781 * Make the package optional, not extra.
783 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
784 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
785 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
786 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
787 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
788 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
789 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
790 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
793 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
795 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
796 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
799 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
801 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
803 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
805 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
807 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
809 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
810 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
811 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
812 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
813 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
814 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
815 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
816 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
818 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
819 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
821 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
823 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
825 * non-maintainer release
826 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
827 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
829 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
830 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
832 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
834 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
836 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
840 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
842 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
844 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
846 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
847 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
848 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
850 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
851 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
853 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
854 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
855 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
856 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
858 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
859 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
860 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
861 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
862 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
863 and restart options and to comply with the console message
864 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
866 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
867 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
868 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
871 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
872 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
873 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
875 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
876 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
877 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
879 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
880 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
882 * New version numbering scheme:
884 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
885 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
886 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
889 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
890 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
891 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
892 differ between the manuals.
894 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
895 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
896 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
897 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
901 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
902 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
904 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
906 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
908 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
912 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
913 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
914 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
916 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
917 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
920 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
921 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
922 file extension as the referenced file
924 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
925 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
927 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
928 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
929 start, stop, restart, force-reload
930 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
933 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
934 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
935 be installed into /etc/cron.d
937 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
938 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
939 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
940 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
943 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
944 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
947 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
948 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
949 reasonable default configuration
951 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
952 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
953 by all news servers and clients
955 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
956 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
957 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
958 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
959 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
961 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
962 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
965 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
967 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
968 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
970 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
973 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
974 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
976 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
977 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
979 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
981 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
983 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
985 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
986 - X library package is now called xlib6g
987 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
988 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
990 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
992 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
993 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
994 * Don't use debstd anymore
996 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
998 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1001 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1002 contrib/non-free policy
1003 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1004 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1005 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1006 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1007 - new section about `Daemons'
1008 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1009 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1010 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1011 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1012 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1013 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1014 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1015 * SGML source code included in package
1016 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1018 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1020 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1023 - completely reworked structure
1024 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1025 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1026 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1027 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1028 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1029 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1030 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1031 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1032 - mention "orphaned packages"
1033 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1034 distributions' policy
1035 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1036 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1037 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1038 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1039 - added section about arch spec strings
1040 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1041 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1042 - added section about "menus"
1043 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1044 the new documentation policy soon
1045 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1046 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1048 - added section about editors and pagers
1049 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1050 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1051 - added section about device files
1052 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1053 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1054 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1056 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1057 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1058 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1059 - Added new section about obsolete names
1060 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1061 * Fixed package's description
1063 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1065 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1067 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1069 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1071 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1073 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1074 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1075 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1076 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1078 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1080 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1082 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1083 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1084 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1086 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1087 and upload it "byhand" too.
1089 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1091 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1094 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1095 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1096 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1097 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1098 functionality must not have the same name.
1099 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1100 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1101 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1102 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1103 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1104 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1105 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1107 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1108 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1109 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1110 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1111 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1112 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1113 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1114 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1117 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1119 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1121 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1123 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1124 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1125 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1126 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1127 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1130 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1132 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1134 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1136 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1137 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1138 description of deb file format.
1139 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1140 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1142 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1144 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1145 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1147 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1149 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1151 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1152 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1153 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1154 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1155 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1156 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1157 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1158 packages in section on Procedure
1159 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1160 a package maintainer
1161 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1162 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1163 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1165 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1166 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1167 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1168 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1169 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1170 on various shlib files
1171 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1172 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1173 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1175 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1177 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1179 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1180 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1181 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1183 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1184 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1185 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1186 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1187 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1189 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1191 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1193 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1195 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1197 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1198 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1199 compatibility go in contrib.
1201 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1202 instructions in policy manual.
1203 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1206 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1208 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1210 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1211 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1212 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1213 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1215 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1216 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1219 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1221 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1223 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1224 * More detail about changelog format names.
1226 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1227 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1231 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1233 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1235 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1237 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1239 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1241 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1243 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1245 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1246 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1247 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1249 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1251 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1253 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1255 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1257 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1261 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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