1 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
4 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
5 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
6 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
7 package for the time being
8 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
9 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
10 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
11 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
12 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
13 * Rename all .text files as .txt
14 * Fixed the to to typo in policy. closes: Bug#87007
15 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
16 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
17 Build-Depends arch syntax
18 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
21 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
23 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
25 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
27 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
29 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
32 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
33 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
34 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
35 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
36 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
37 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
38 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
39 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
40 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
41 minor version number for this
42 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
43 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
44 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
45 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
46 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
47 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
48 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
49 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
50 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
52 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
54 debian-policy (3.5.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Richard Braakman and Micheal Dorman have exressed their resignation
57 from policy maintenance duties.
58 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
59 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
61 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 11:24:51 -0500
63 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
65 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
66 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
67 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
68 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
69 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
71 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
73 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
74 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
75 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
76 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
77 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
78 * document the fact that x font utilities have moved to the package
79 xutils, closes: Bug#82966
80 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
81 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
82 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
83 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
84 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
85 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
86 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
87 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
88 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
91 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
93 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
95 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
96 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
98 * Document the Enhances relationship
99 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
100 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
101 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
102 policy. closes: Bug#53496
103 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
104 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
106 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
108 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
109 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
110 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
111 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
113 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
114 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
115 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
116 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
117 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
119 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
121 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
123 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
124 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
125 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
127 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
128 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
129 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
130 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
131 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
132 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
133 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
134 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
135 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
137 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
139 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
141 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
143 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
144 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
145 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
146 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
147 policy. closes: Bug#64437
148 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
149 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
150 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
151 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
152 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
153 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
154 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
155 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
156 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
157 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
158 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
159 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
160 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
161 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
162 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
163 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
164 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
166 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
167 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
169 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
171 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
173 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
174 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
175 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
176 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
177 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
178 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
179 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
180 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
181 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
182 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
183 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
184 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
185 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
186 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
187 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
188 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
189 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
190 alternative closes: Bug#53755
191 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
192 list closes: Bug#53756
193 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
194 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
195 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
196 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
197 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
198 policy closes: Bug#53760
199 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
200 policy closes: Bug#53761
201 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
202 that use X closes: Bug#53762
203 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
204 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
205 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
206 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
207 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
208 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
209 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
210 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
211 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
213 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
214 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
215 to install with older fileutils.
216 * Installed FHS version 2.1
217 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
218 * Added FHS details to copyright file
219 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
221 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
222 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
224 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
226 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
228 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
229 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
231 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
233 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
235 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
236 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
238 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
241 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
243 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
244 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
246 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
248 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
250 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
252 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
253 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
255 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
257 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
259 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
260 #45561, #42447, #48570)
261 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
262 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
263 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
264 directoried (closes: #41547)
265 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
266 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
267 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
268 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
269 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
270 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
271 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
272 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
273 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
274 package criteria (closes: #45318)
275 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
277 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
278 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
279 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
280 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
281 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
282 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
283 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
285 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
286 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
287 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
288 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
290 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
292 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
294 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
295 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
297 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
299 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
301 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
302 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
304 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
306 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
308 * A few typos and omissions corrected
309 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
311 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
312 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
313 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
314 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
315 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
316 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
317 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
318 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
319 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
320 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
321 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
322 this closes: Bug#38612
323 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
324 before. closes: Bug#40864
326 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
328 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
330 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
332 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
334 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
335 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
336 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
338 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
339 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
340 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
341 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
342 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
343 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
345 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
346 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
347 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
349 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
351 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
352 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
353 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
354 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
355 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
357 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
359 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
361 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
362 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
363 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
364 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
365 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
366 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
367 there). closes: Bug#34233
368 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
369 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
370 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
371 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
372 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
374 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
376 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
378 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
379 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
380 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
381 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
384 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
385 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
386 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
387 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
388 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
391 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
392 number. closes: BUG#25911
394 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
395 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
396 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
397 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
398 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
399 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
401 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
402 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
403 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
406 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
407 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
408 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
410 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
411 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
412 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
413 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
415 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
416 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
417 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
419 * Make the package optional, not extra.
421 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
422 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
423 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
424 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
425 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
426 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
427 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
428 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
431 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
433 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
434 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
437 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
439 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
441 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
443 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
445 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
447 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
448 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
449 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
450 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
451 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
452 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
453 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
454 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
456 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
457 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
459 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
461 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
463 * non-maintainer release
464 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
465 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
467 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
468 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
470 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
472 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
474 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
478 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
480 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
482 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
484 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
485 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
486 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
488 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
489 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
491 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
492 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
493 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
494 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
496 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
497 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
498 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
499 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
500 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
501 and restart options and to comply with the console message
502 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
504 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
505 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
506 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
509 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
510 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
511 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
513 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
514 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
515 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
517 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
518 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
520 * New version numbering scheme:
522 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
523 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
524 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
527 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
528 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
529 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
530 differ between the manuals.
532 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
533 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
534 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
535 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
539 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
540 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
542 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
544 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
546 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
548 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
550 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
551 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
552 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
554 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
555 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
558 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
559 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
560 file extension as the referenced file
562 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
563 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
565 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
566 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
567 start, stop, restart, force-reload
568 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
571 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
572 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
573 be installed into /etc/cron.d
575 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
576 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
577 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
578 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
581 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
582 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
585 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
586 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
587 reasonable default configuration
589 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
590 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
591 by all news servers and clients
593 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
594 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
595 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
596 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
597 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
599 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
600 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
603 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
605 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
606 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
608 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
611 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
612 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
614 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
615 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
617 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
619 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
621 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
623 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
624 - X library package is now called xlib6g
625 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
626 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
628 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
630 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
631 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
632 * Don't use debstd anymore
634 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
636 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
638 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
639 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
640 contrib/non-free policy
641 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
642 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
643 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
644 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
645 - new section about `Daemons'
646 - updated section about `Configuration files'
647 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
648 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
649 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
650 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
651 * Paper about libc6 migration:
652 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
653 * SGML source code included in package
654 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
656 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
658 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
660 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
661 - completely reworked structure
662 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
663 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
664 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
665 - removed all those ugly footnotes
666 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
667 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
668 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
669 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
670 - mention "orphaned packages"
671 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
672 distributions' policy
673 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
674 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
675 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
676 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
677 - added section about arch spec strings
678 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
679 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
680 - added section about "menus"
681 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
682 the new documentation policy soon
683 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
684 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
686 - added section about editors and pagers
687 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
688 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
689 - added section about device files
690 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
691 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
692 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
694 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
695 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
696 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
697 - Added new section about obsolete names
698 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
699 * Fixed package's description
701 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
703 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
705 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
707 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
709 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
711 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
712 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
713 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
714 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
716 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
718 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
720 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
721 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
722 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
724 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
725 and upload it "byhand" too.
727 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
729 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
732 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
733 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
734 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
735 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
736 functionality must not have the same name.
737 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
738 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
739 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
740 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
741 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
742 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
743 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
745 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
746 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
747 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
748 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
749 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
750 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
751 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
752 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
755 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
757 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
759 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
761 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
762 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
763 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
764 a package into. (Guy Maor)
765 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
768 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
770 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
772 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
774 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
775 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
776 description of deb file format.
777 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
778 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
780 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
782 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
783 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
785 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
787 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
789 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
790 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
791 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
792 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
793 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
794 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
795 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
796 packages in section on Procedure
797 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
799 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
800 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
801 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
803 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
804 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
805 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
806 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
807 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
808 on various shlib files
809 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
810 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
811 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
813 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
815 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
817 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
818 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
819 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
821 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
822 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
823 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
824 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
825 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
827 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
829 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
831 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
833 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
835 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
836 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
837 compatibility go in contrib.
839 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
840 instructions in policy manual.
841 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
844 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
846 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
848 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
849 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
850 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
851 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
853 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
854 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
857 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
859 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
861 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
862 * More detail about changelog format names.
864 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
865 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
869 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
871 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
873 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
875 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
877 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
879 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
881 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
883 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
884 * More verbosity about netiquette.
885 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
887 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
889 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
891 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
893 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
895 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
899 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
902 mode: debian-changelog