1 debian-policy (3.5.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
4 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
5 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
6 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
8 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
9 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
10 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
11 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
12 debian/rules to do this
13 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
14 patches are incorporated upstream
15 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
16 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
17 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
18 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
19 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
20 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
22 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
23 system closes: Bug#91249
24 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
25 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
26 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
27 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
28 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
29 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
30 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
31 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
32 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
33 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
37 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
39 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
40 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
41 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
42 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
44 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
45 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
46 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
48 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
51 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
53 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
55 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
56 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
57 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
58 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
59 package for the time being
60 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
61 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
62 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
63 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
64 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
65 * Rename all .text files as .txt
66 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
67 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
68 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
69 Build-Depends arch syntax
70 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
72 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
73 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
75 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
76 from policy maintenance duties.
77 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
78 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
80 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
82 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
86 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
88 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
90 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
91 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
92 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
93 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
94 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
95 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
96 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
97 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
98 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
99 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
100 minor version number for this
101 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
102 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
103 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
104 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
105 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
106 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
107 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
108 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
109 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
111 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
113 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
115 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
116 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
117 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
118 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
119 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
121 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
123 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
124 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
125 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
126 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
127 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
128 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
129 xutils closes: Bug#82966
130 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
131 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
132 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
133 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
134 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
135 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
136 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
137 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
138 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
141 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
143 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
145 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
146 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
148 * Document the Enhances relationship
149 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
150 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
151 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
152 policy. closes: Bug#53496
153 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
154 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
156 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
158 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
159 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
160 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
161 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
163 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
164 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
165 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
166 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
167 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
169 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
171 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
173 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
174 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
175 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
177 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
178 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
179 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
180 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
181 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
182 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
183 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
184 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
185 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
187 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
189 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
191 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
193 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
194 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
195 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
196 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
197 policy. closes: Bug#64437
198 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
199 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
200 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
201 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
202 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
203 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
204 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
205 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
206 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
207 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
208 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
209 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
210 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
211 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
212 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
213 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
214 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
216 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
217 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
219 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
221 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
223 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
224 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
225 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
226 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
227 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
228 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
229 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
230 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
231 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
232 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
233 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
234 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
235 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
236 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
237 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
238 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
239 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
240 alternative closes: Bug#53755
241 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
242 list closes: Bug#53756
243 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
244 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
245 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
246 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
247 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
248 policy closes: Bug#53760
249 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
250 policy closes: Bug#53761
251 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
252 that use X closes: Bug#53762
253 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
254 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
255 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
256 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
257 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
258 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
259 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
260 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
261 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
263 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
264 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
265 to install with older fileutils.
266 * Installed FHS version 2.1
267 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
268 * Added FHS details to copyright file
269 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
271 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
272 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
274 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
276 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
279 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
281 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
283 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
285 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
286 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
288 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
291 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
293 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
294 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
296 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
298 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
300 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
302 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
303 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
305 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
307 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
309 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
310 #45561, #42447, #48570)
311 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
312 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
313 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
314 directoried (closes: #41547)
315 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
316 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
317 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
318 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
319 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
320 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
321 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
322 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
323 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
324 package criteria (closes: #45318)
325 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
327 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
328 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
329 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
330 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
331 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
332 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
333 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
335 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
336 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
337 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
338 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
340 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
342 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
344 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
345 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
347 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
349 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
351 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
352 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
354 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
356 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
358 * A few typos and omissions corrected
359 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
361 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
362 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
363 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
364 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
365 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
366 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
367 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
368 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
369 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
370 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
371 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
372 this closes: Bug#38612
373 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
374 before. closes: Bug#40864
376 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
378 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
380 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
382 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
384 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
385 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
386 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
388 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
389 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
390 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
391 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
392 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
393 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
395 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
396 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
397 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
399 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
401 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
402 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
403 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
404 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
405 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
407 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
409 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
411 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
412 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
413 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
414 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
415 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
416 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
417 there). closes: Bug#34233
418 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
419 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
420 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
421 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
422 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
424 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
426 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
428 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
429 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
430 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
431 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
434 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
435 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
436 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
437 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
438 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
441 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
442 number. closes: BUG#25911
444 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
445 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
446 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
447 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
448 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
449 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
451 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
452 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
453 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
456 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
457 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
458 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
460 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
461 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
462 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
463 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
465 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
466 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
467 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
469 * Make the package optional, not extra.
471 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
472 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
473 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
474 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
475 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
476 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
477 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
478 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
481 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
483 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
484 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
487 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
489 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
491 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
493 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
495 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
497 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
498 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
499 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
500 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
501 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
502 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
503 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
504 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
506 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
507 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
509 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
511 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
513 * non-maintainer release
514 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
515 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
517 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
518 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
520 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
522 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
524 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
528 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
530 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
532 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
534 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
535 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
536 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
538 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
539 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
541 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
542 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
543 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
544 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
546 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
547 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
548 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
549 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
550 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
551 and restart options and to comply with the console message
552 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
554 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
555 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
556 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
559 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
560 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
561 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
563 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
564 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
565 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
567 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
568 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
570 * New version numbering scheme:
572 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
573 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
574 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
577 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
578 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
579 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
580 differ between the manuals.
582 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
583 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
584 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
585 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
589 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
590 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
592 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
594 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
596 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
598 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
600 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
601 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
602 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
604 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
605 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
608 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
609 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
610 file extension as the referenced file
612 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
613 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
615 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
616 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
617 start, stop, restart, force-reload
618 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
621 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
622 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
623 be installed into /etc/cron.d
625 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
626 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
627 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
628 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
631 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
632 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
635 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
636 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
637 reasonable default configuration
639 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
640 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
641 by all news servers and clients
643 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
644 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
645 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
646 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
647 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
649 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
650 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
653 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
655 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
656 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
658 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
661 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
662 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
664 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
665 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
667 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
669 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
671 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
673 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
674 - X library package is now called xlib6g
675 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
676 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
678 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
680 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
681 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
682 * Don't use debstd anymore
684 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
686 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
688 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
689 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
690 contrib/non-free policy
691 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
692 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
693 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
694 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
695 - new section about `Daemons'
696 - updated section about `Configuration files'
697 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
698 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
699 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
700 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
701 * Paper about libc6 migration:
702 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
703 * SGML source code included in package
704 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
706 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
708 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
710 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
711 - completely reworked structure
712 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
713 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
714 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
715 - removed all those ugly footnotes
716 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
717 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
718 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
719 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
720 - mention "orphaned packages"
721 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
722 distributions' policy
723 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
724 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
725 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
726 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
727 - added section about arch spec strings
728 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
729 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
730 - added section about "menus"
731 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
732 the new documentation policy soon
733 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
734 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
736 - added section about editors and pagers
737 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
738 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
739 - added section about device files
740 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
741 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
742 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
744 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
745 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
746 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
747 - Added new section about obsolete names
748 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
749 * Fixed package's description
751 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
753 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
755 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
757 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
759 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
761 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
762 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
763 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
764 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
766 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
768 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
770 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
771 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
772 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
774 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
775 and upload it "byhand" too.
777 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
779 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
782 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
783 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
784 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
785 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
786 functionality must not have the same name.
787 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
788 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
789 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
790 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
791 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
792 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
793 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
795 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
796 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
797 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
798 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
799 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
800 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
801 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
802 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
805 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
807 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
809 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
811 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
812 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
813 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
814 a package into. (Guy Maor)
815 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
818 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
820 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
822 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
824 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
825 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
826 description of deb file format.
827 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
828 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
830 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
832 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
833 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
835 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
837 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
839 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
840 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
841 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
842 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
843 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
844 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
845 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
846 packages in section on Procedure
847 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
849 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
850 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
851 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
853 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
854 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
855 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
856 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
857 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
858 on various shlib files
859 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
860 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
861 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
863 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
865 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
867 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
868 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
869 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
871 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
872 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
873 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
874 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
875 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
877 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
879 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
881 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
883 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
885 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
886 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
887 compatibility go in contrib.
889 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
890 instructions in policy manual.
891 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
894 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
896 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
898 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
899 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
900 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
901 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
903 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
904 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
907 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
909 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
911 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
912 * More detail about changelog format names.
914 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
915 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
919 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
921 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
923 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
925 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
927 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
929 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
931 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
933 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
934 * More verbosity about netiquette.
935 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
937 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
939 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
941 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
943 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
945 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
949 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100