1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
18 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
21 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
38 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
39 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
41 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
43 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
44 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
45 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
48 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
49 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
53 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
54 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
57 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
59 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
60 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
61 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
62 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
63 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
64 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
65 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
66 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
67 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
68 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
69 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
70 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
71 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
72 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
73 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
74 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
75 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
76 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
77 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
78 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
79 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
80 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
81 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
82 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
83 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
84 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
85 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
86 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
87 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
88 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
90 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
91 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
92 links was completed long ago.
94 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:46:51 -0700
96 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
98 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
99 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
101 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
103 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
105 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
106 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
107 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
108 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
109 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
110 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
111 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
112 Millan (Closes: #209008).
113 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
114 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
116 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
118 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
120 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
121 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
122 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
123 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
124 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
125 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
126 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
128 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
129 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
130 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
131 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
133 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
134 Küster (Closes: #403391).
135 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
136 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
137 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
138 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
139 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
140 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
144 Closes: #186700, #458910
145 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
146 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
150 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
151 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
152 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
153 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
154 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
155 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
156 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
158 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
159 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
161 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
162 * Add an md5sums control file.
163 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
164 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
165 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
166 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
167 currently part of policy.
168 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
169 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
170 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
173 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
175 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
177 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
178 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
179 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
180 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
181 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
182 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
183 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
184 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
185 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
186 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
187 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
188 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
189 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
190 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
191 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
192 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
194 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
196 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
197 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
198 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
200 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
201 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
202 list?" (Closes: #412634).
203 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
204 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
205 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
206 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
207 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
208 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
209 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
210 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
211 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
212 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
213 debconf specification.
214 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
215 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
217 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
219 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
221 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
222 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
224 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
225 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
230 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
231 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
232 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
233 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
235 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
236 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
237 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
238 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
239 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
240 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
241 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
242 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
243 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
244 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
245 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
246 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
247 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
248 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
249 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
255 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
256 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
257 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
259 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
260 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
261 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
263 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
265 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
268 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
269 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
271 Polo (Closes: #372497).
272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
273 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
276 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
277 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
278 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
280 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
282 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
284 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
286 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
287 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
288 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
289 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
290 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
291 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
293 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
295 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
297 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
298 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
299 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
300 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
303 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
305 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
307 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
309 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
310 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
311 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
312 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
313 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
314 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
315 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
316 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
317 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
318 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
320 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
321 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
323 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
324 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
325 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
326 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
327 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
328 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
329 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
330 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
333 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
335 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
337 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
338 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
340 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
341 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
342 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
343 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
344 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
345 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
346 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
347 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
348 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
349 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
350 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
351 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
352 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
353 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
354 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
355 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
356 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
357 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
358 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
359 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
360 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
361 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
362 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
363 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
364 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
366 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
367 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
368 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
369 Hess (Closes: #362247).
370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
371 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
372 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
373 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
374 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
375 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
376 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
377 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
378 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
379 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
380 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
381 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
383 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
384 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
387 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
388 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
389 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
390 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
391 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
392 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
393 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
394 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
395 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
396 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
398 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
400 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
403 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
404 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
405 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
406 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
407 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
408 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
409 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
410 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
411 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
412 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
413 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
414 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
415 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
417 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
418 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
419 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
420 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
421 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
422 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
423 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
424 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
425 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
426 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
427 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
428 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
429 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
430 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
431 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
432 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
433 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
434 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
435 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
438 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
440 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
443 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
444 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
445 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
447 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
448 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
449 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
450 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
452 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
454 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
457 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
458 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
459 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
460 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
461 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
462 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
463 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
464 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
465 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
466 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
468 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
469 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
470 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
472 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
473 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
474 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
475 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
476 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
477 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
478 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
480 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
481 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
482 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
483 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
485 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
486 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
487 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
488 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
489 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
490 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
491 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
492 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
494 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
495 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
496 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
497 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
498 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
499 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
500 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
501 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
502 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
503 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
504 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
505 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
506 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
507 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
508 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
509 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
510 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
512 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
514 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
517 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
518 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
519 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
520 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
521 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
522 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
523 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
524 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
525 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
527 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
528 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
529 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
530 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
531 this section. closes: Bug#248618
532 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
533 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
534 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
535 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
536 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
537 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
538 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
539 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
540 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
541 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
542 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
543 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
545 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
546 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
547 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
550 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
551 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
552 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
554 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
555 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
556 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
557 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
558 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
559 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
561 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
562 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
564 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
565 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
566 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
567 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
568 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
569 Closes: #185943, #237049
571 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
573 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
576 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
579 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
580 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
581 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
582 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
583 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
584 running. closes: Bug#187250
585 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
586 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
587 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
588 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
589 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
590 user closes: Bug#176506
592 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
594 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
597 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
598 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
599 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
600 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
601 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
602 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
603 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
604 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
605 deb-building toolchain.
606 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
607 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
608 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
609 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
610 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
611 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
612 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
613 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
614 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
615 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
616 sections about changelog files.
618 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
619 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
620 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
621 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
622 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
623 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
625 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
626 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
627 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
628 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
629 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
630 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
631 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
632 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
633 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
634 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
635 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
636 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
637 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
638 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
639 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
640 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
641 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
642 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
643 for the restructuring
645 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
647 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
650 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
652 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
653 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
654 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
655 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
656 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
657 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
659 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
660 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
661 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
662 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
663 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
664 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
665 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
667 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
668 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
669 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
670 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
672 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
674 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
677 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
678 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
679 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
680 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
681 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
682 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
684 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
685 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
686 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
687 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
689 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
690 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
691 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
692 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
693 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
694 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
695 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
696 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
697 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
699 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
700 script should start it, closes: #60979
701 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
702 "should", closes: #170019
703 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
704 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
705 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
706 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
707 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
708 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
709 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
710 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
713 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
715 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
718 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
719 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
720 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
721 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
722 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
723 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
724 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
725 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
726 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
728 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
729 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
730 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
731 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
732 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
733 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
734 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
735 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
736 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
738 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
739 file, closes: Bug#65764
741 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
743 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
745 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
746 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
747 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
748 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
749 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
750 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
751 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
752 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
753 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
754 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
755 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
756 details. closes: Bug#133030
757 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
758 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
761 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
763 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
765 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
766 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
767 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
768 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
769 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
770 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
771 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
772 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
773 not. closes: Bug#139820
774 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
775 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
776 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
777 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
778 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
779 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
780 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
781 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
782 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
783 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
785 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
787 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
788 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
789 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
790 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
791 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
792 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
793 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
794 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
795 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
796 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
797 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
798 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
799 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
800 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
801 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
802 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
803 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
804 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
805 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
806 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
808 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
809 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
810 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
811 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
812 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
813 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
814 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
816 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
817 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
818 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
819 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
820 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
821 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
822 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
823 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
824 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
826 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
828 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
830 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
831 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
832 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
833 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
834 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
835 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
836 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
837 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
838 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
839 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
840 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
841 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
842 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
843 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
844 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
845 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
846 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
847 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
848 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
849 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
850 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
851 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
852 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
854 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
856 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
858 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
859 medium, high, emergency.
860 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
861 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
862 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
863 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
864 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
867 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
868 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
869 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
871 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
872 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
873 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
874 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
875 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
876 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
877 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
880 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
882 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
884 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
885 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
886 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
887 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
889 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
890 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
891 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
892 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
893 debian/rules to do this
894 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
895 patches are incorporated upstream
896 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
897 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
898 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
899 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
900 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
901 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
903 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
904 system closes: Bug#91249
905 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
906 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
907 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
908 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
909 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
910 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
911 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
912 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
913 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
914 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
915 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
916 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
917 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
919 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
921 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
923 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
924 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
925 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
926 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
928 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
929 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
930 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
932 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
935 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
937 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
939 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
940 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
941 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
942 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
943 package for the time being
944 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
945 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
946 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
947 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
948 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
949 * Rename all .text files as .txt
950 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
951 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
952 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
953 Build-Depends arch syntax
954 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
956 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
957 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
959 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
960 from policy maintenance duties.
961 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
962 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
964 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
966 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
968 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
970 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
972 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
974 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
975 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
976 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
977 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
978 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
979 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
980 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
981 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
982 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
983 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
984 minor version number for this
985 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
986 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
987 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
988 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
989 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
990 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
991 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
992 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
993 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
995 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
997 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
999 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1000 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1001 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1002 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1003 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1005 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1007 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1008 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1009 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1010 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1011 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1012 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1013 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1014 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1015 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1016 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1017 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1018 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1019 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1020 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1021 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1022 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1025 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1027 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1030 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1032 * Document the Enhances relationship
1033 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1034 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1035 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1036 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1037 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1038 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1040 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1042 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1043 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1044 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1045 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1047 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1048 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1049 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1050 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1051 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1053 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1055 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1058 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1059 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1061 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1062 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1063 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1064 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1065 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1066 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1067 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1068 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1069 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1071 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1073 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1075 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1078 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1079 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1080 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1081 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1082 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1083 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1084 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1085 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1086 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1087 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1088 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1089 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1090 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1091 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1092 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1093 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1094 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1095 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1096 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1097 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1098 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1100 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1101 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1103 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1105 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1108 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1109 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1110 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1111 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1112 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1113 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1114 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1115 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1116 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1117 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1118 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1119 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1120 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1121 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1122 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1123 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1124 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1125 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1126 list closes: Bug#53756
1127 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1128 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1129 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1130 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1131 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1132 policy closes: Bug#53760
1133 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1134 policy closes: Bug#53761
1135 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1136 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1137 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1138 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1139 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1140 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1141 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1142 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1143 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1144 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1145 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1147 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1148 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1149 to install with older fileutils.
1150 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1151 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1152 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1153 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1155 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1156 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1158 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1160 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1163 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1165 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1167 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1170 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1172 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1175 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1178 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1180 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1182 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1184 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1187 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1189 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1191 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1194 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1195 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1196 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1197 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1198 directoried (closes: #41547)
1199 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1200 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1201 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1202 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1203 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1204 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1205 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1206 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1207 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1208 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1209 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1211 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1212 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1213 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1214 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1215 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1216 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1217 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1219 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1220 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1221 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1222 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1224 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1226 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1228 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1229 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1231 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1233 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1236 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1238 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1240 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1242 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1243 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1245 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1246 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1247 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1248 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1249 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1250 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1251 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1252 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1253 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1254 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1255 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1256 this closes: Bug#38612
1257 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1258 before. closes: Bug#40864
1260 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1262 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1265 officially uploaded.
1266 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1268 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1269 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1270 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1272 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1273 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1274 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1275 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1276 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1277 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1279 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1280 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1281 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1283 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1285 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1286 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1287 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1288 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1289 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1291 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1293 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1296 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1297 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1298 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1299 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1300 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1301 there). closes: Bug#34233
1302 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1303 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1304 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1305 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1306 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1308 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1310 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1312 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1313 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1314 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1315 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1318 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1319 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1320 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1321 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1322 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1325 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1326 number. closes: BUG#25911
1328 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1329 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1330 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1331 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1332 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1333 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1335 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1336 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1337 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1340 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1341 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1342 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1344 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1345 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1346 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1347 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1349 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1350 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1351 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1353 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1355 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1356 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1357 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1358 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1359 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1360 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1361 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1362 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1365 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1367 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1368 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1371 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1373 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1375 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1377 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1379 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1381 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1382 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1383 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1384 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1385 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1386 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1387 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1388 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1390 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1391 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1393 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1395 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1397 * non-maintainer release
1398 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1399 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1401 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1402 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1403 * no content changes
1404 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1406 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1408 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1412 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1414 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1416 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1418 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1419 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1420 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1422 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1423 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1425 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1426 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1427 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1428 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1430 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1431 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1432 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1433 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1434 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1435 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1436 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1438 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1439 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1440 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1443 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1444 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1445 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1447 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1448 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1449 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1451 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1452 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1454 * New version numbering scheme:
1456 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1457 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1458 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1461 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1462 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1463 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1464 differ between the manuals.
1466 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1467 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1468 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1469 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1471 * Packaging changes:
1473 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1474 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1476 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1478 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1480 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1482 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1484 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1485 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1486 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1488 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1489 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1492 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1493 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1494 file extension as the referenced file
1496 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1497 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1499 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1500 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1501 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1502 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1505 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1506 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1507 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1509 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1510 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1511 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1512 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1515 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1516 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1519 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1520 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1521 reasonable default configuration
1523 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1524 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1525 by all news servers and clients
1527 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1528 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1529 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1530 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1531 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1533 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1534 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1537 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1539 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1540 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1542 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1545 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1546 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1548 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1549 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1551 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1553 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1555 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1557 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1558 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1559 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1560 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1562 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1564 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1565 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1566 * Don't use debstd anymore
1568 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1570 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1572 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1573 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1574 contrib/non-free policy
1575 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1576 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1577 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1578 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1579 - new section about `Daemons'
1580 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1581 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1582 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1583 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1584 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1585 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1586 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1587 * SGML source code included in package
1588 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1590 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1592 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1594 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1595 - completely reworked structure
1596 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1597 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1598 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1599 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1600 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1601 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1602 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1603 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1604 - mention "orphaned packages"
1605 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1606 distributions' policy
1607 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1608 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1609 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1610 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1611 - added section about arch spec strings
1612 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1613 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1614 - added section about "menus"
1615 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1616 the new documentation policy soon
1617 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1618 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1620 - added section about editors and pagers
1621 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1622 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1623 - added section about device files
1624 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1625 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1626 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1628 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1629 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1630 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1631 - Added new section about obsolete names
1632 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1633 * Fixed package's description
1635 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1637 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1639 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1641 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1643 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1645 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1646 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1647 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1648 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1650 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1652 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1654 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1655 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1656 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1658 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1659 and upload it "byhand" too.
1661 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1663 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1667 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1668 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1669 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1670 functionality must not have the same name.
1671 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1672 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1673 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1674 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1675 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1676 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1677 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1679 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1680 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1681 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1682 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1683 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1684 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1685 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1686 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1689 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1691 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1693 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1695 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1696 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1697 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1698 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1699 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1702 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1704 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1706 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1708 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1709 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1710 description of deb file format.
1711 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1712 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1714 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1716 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1717 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1719 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1721 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1723 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1724 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1725 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1726 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1727 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1728 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1729 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1730 packages in section on Procedure
1731 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1732 a package maintainer
1733 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1734 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1735 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1737 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1738 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1739 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1740 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1741 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1742 on various shlib files
1743 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1744 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1745 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1747 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1749 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1751 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1752 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1753 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1755 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1756 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1757 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1758 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1759 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1761 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1763 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1765 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1767 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1769 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1770 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1771 compatibility go in contrib.
1773 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1774 instructions in policy manual.
1775 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1778 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1780 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1782 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1783 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1784 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1785 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1787 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1788 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1791 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1793 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1795 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1796 * More detail about changelog format names.
1798 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1799 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1803 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1805 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1807 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1809 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1811 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1813 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1815 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1817 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1818 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1819 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1821 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1823 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1825 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1827 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1829 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1833 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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