1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; 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 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
34 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
35 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
36 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
38 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
40 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
42 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
43 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
45 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
47 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
49 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
50 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
51 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
52 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
53 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
54 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
55 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
56 Millan (Closes: #209008).
57 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
58 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
60 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
62 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
64 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
65 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
66 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
67 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
68 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
69 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
70 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
72 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
73 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
74 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
75 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
77 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
78 Küster (Closes: #403391).
79 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
80 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
81 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
82 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
83 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
84 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
88 Closes: #186700, #458910
89 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
90 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
93 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
94 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
95 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
96 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
97 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
98 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
99 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
100 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
102 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
103 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
105 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
106 * Add an md5sums control file.
107 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
108 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
109 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
110 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
111 currently part of policy.
112 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
113 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
114 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
117 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
119 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
122 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
123 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
124 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
125 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
126 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
127 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
128 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
129 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
130 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
132 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
133 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
134 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
135 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
136 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
138 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
140 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
141 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
142 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
144 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
145 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
146 list?" (Closes: #412634).
147 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
148 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
149 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
150 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
151 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
152 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
153 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
154 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
155 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
156 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
157 debconf specification.
158 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
159 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
161 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
163 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
165 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
166 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
167 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
168 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
169 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
173 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
174 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
175 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
176 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
177 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
179 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
180 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
181 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
182 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
183 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
184 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
185 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
186 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
187 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
188 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
189 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
190 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
191 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
192 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
193 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
199 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
200 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
201 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
203 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
204 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
205 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
207 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
209 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
212 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
213 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
214 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
215 Polo (Closes: #372497).
216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
217 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
219 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
220 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
221 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
222 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
224 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
225 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
226 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
228 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
230 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
231 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
232 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
233 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
234 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
235 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
237 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
239 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
242 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
243 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
244 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
247 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
249 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
251 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
254 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
255 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
256 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
257 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
258 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
259 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
260 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
261 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
262 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
264 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
265 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
267 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
268 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
269 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
271 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
273 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
274 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
277 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
279 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
281 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
282 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
284 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
285 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
286 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
287 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
288 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
289 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
290 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
291 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
292 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
293 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
294 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
295 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
296 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
297 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
298 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
299 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
300 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
302 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
303 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
304 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
305 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
306 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
307 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
308 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
310 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
311 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
312 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
313 Hess (Closes: #362247).
314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
315 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
316 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
317 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
318 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
319 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
320 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
321 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
322 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
323 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
324 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
325 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
328 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
330 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
331 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
332 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
333 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
334 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
335 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
336 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
337 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
338 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
339 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
340 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
342 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
344 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
347 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
348 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
349 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
350 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
351 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
352 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
353 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
354 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
356 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
357 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
358 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
362 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
364 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
365 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
367 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
369 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
371 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
373 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
375 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
376 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
377 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
379 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
382 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
384 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
387 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
388 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
389 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
391 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
392 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
394 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
396 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
398 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
401 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
402 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
403 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
404 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
405 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
406 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
407 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
408 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
409 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
410 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
412 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
413 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
414 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
417 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
418 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
419 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
420 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
421 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
422 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
424 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
425 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
426 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
427 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
429 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
430 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
431 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
432 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
433 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
434 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
435 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
436 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
438 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
439 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
440 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
441 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
443 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
444 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
445 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
446 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
447 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
448 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
449 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
450 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
451 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
452 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
453 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
454 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
456 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
458 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
461 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
462 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
463 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
464 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
465 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
466 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
467 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
468 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
469 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
471 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
472 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
473 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
474 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
475 this section. closes: Bug#248618
476 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
477 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
478 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
479 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
480 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
481 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
482 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
483 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
484 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
485 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
486 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
487 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
489 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
490 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
491 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
494 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
495 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
496 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
498 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
499 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
500 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
501 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
502 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
503 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
505 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
506 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
508 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
509 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
510 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
511 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
512 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
513 Closes: #185943, #237049
515 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
517 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
520 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
523 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
524 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
525 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
526 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
527 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
528 running. closes: Bug#187250
529 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
530 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
531 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
532 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
533 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
534 user closes: Bug#176506
536 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
538 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
541 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
542 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
543 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
544 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
545 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
546 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
547 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
548 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
549 deb-building toolchain.
550 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
551 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
552 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
553 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
554 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
555 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
556 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
557 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
558 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
559 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
560 sections about changelog files.
562 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
563 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
564 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
565 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
566 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
567 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
569 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
570 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
571 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
572 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
573 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
574 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
575 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
576 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
577 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
578 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
579 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
580 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
581 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
582 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
583 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
584 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
585 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
586 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
587 for the restructuring
589 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
591 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
594 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
596 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
597 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
598 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
599 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
600 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
601 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
603 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
604 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
605 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
606 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
607 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
608 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
609 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
611 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
612 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
613 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
614 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
616 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
618 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
621 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
622 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
623 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
624 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
625 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
626 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
628 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
629 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
630 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
631 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
633 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
634 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
635 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
636 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
637 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
638 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
639 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
640 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
641 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
643 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
644 script should start it, closes: #60979
645 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
646 "should", closes: #170019
647 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
648 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
649 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
650 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
651 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
652 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
653 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
654 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
657 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
659 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
662 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
663 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
664 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
665 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
666 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
667 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
668 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
669 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
670 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
672 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
673 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
674 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
675 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
676 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
677 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
678 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
679 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
680 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
682 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
683 file, closes: Bug#65764
685 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
687 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
689 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
690 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
691 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
692 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
693 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
694 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
695 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
696 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
697 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
698 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
699 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
700 details. closes: Bug#133030
701 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
702 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
705 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
707 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
709 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
710 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
711 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
712 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
713 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
714 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
715 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
716 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
717 not. closes: Bug#139820
718 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
719 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
720 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
721 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
722 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
723 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
724 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
725 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
726 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
727 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
729 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
731 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
732 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
733 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
734 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
735 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
736 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
737 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
738 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
739 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
740 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
741 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
742 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
743 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
744 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
745 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
746 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
747 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
748 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
749 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
750 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
752 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
753 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
754 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
755 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
756 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
757 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
758 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
760 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
761 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
762 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
763 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
764 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
765 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
766 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
767 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
768 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
770 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
772 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
774 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
775 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
776 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
777 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
778 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
779 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
780 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
781 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
782 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
783 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
784 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
785 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
786 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
787 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
788 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
789 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
790 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
791 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
792 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
793 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
794 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
795 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
796 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
798 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
800 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
802 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
803 medium, high, emergency.
804 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
805 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
806 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
807 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
808 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
811 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
812 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
813 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
815 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
816 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
817 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
818 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
819 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
820 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
821 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
824 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
826 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
828 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
829 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
830 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
831 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
833 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
834 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
835 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
836 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
837 debian/rules to do this
838 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
839 patches are incorporated upstream
840 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
841 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
842 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
843 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
844 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
845 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
847 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
848 system closes: Bug#91249
849 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
850 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
851 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
852 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
853 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
854 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
855 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
856 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
857 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
858 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
859 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
860 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
861 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
863 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
865 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
867 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
868 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
869 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
870 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
872 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
873 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
874 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
876 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
879 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
881 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
883 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
884 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
885 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
886 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
887 package for the time being
888 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
889 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
890 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
891 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
892 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
893 * Rename all .text files as .txt
894 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
895 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
896 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
897 Build-Depends arch syntax
898 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
900 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
901 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
903 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
904 from policy maintenance duties.
905 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
906 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
908 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
910 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
912 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
914 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
916 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
918 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
919 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
920 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
921 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
922 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
923 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
924 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
925 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
926 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
927 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
928 minor version number for this
929 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
930 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
931 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
932 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
933 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
934 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
935 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
936 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
937 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
939 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
941 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
943 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
944 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
945 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
946 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
947 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
949 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
951 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
952 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
953 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
954 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
955 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
956 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
957 xutils closes: Bug#82966
958 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
959 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
960 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
961 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
962 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
963 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
964 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
965 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
966 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
969 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
971 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
973 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
974 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
976 * Document the Enhances relationship
977 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
978 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
979 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
980 policy. closes: Bug#53496
981 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
982 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
984 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
986 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
987 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
988 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
989 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
991 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
992 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
993 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
994 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
995 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
997 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
999 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1002 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1003 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1005 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1006 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1007 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1008 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1009 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1010 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1011 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1012 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1013 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1015 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1017 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1019 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1022 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1023 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1024 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1025 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1026 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1027 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1028 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1029 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1030 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1031 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1032 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1033 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1034 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1035 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1036 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1037 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1038 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1039 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1040 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1041 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1042 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1044 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1045 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1047 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1049 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1051 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1052 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1053 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1054 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1055 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1056 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1057 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1058 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1059 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1060 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1061 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1062 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1063 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1064 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1065 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1066 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1067 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1068 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1069 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1070 list closes: Bug#53756
1071 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1072 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1073 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1074 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1075 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1076 policy closes: Bug#53760
1077 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1078 policy closes: Bug#53761
1079 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1080 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1081 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1082 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1083 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1084 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1085 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1086 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1087 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1088 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1089 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1091 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1092 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1093 to install with older fileutils.
1094 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1095 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1096 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1097 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1099 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1100 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1102 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1104 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1107 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1109 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1111 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1114 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1116 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1119 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1121 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1122 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1124 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1126 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1128 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1131 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1133 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1135 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1138 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1139 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1140 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1141 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1142 directoried (closes: #41547)
1143 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1144 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1145 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1146 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1147 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1148 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1149 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1150 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1151 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1152 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1153 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1155 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1156 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1157 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1158 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1159 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1160 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1161 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1163 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1164 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1165 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1166 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1168 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1170 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1172 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1173 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1175 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1177 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1180 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1182 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1184 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1187 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1189 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1190 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1191 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1192 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1193 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1194 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1195 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1196 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1197 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1198 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1199 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1200 this closes: Bug#38612
1201 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1202 before. closes: Bug#40864
1204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1206 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1209 officially uploaded.
1210 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1212 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1213 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1214 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1216 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1217 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1218 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1219 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1220 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1221 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1223 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1224 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1225 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1227 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1229 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1230 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1231 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1232 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1233 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1235 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1237 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1240 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1241 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1242 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1243 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1244 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1245 there). closes: Bug#34233
1246 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1247 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1248 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1249 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1250 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1252 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1254 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1257 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1258 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1259 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1262 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1263 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1264 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1265 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1266 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1269 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1270 number. closes: BUG#25911
1272 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1273 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1274 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1275 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1276 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1277 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1279 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1280 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1281 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1284 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1285 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1286 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1288 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1289 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1290 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1291 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1293 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1294 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1295 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1297 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1299 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1300 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1301 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1302 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1303 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1304 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1305 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1306 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1309 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1311 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1312 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1315 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1317 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1321 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1323 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1325 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1326 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1327 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1328 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1329 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1330 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1331 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1332 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1334 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1335 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1337 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1339 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1341 * non-maintainer release
1342 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1343 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1345 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1346 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1347 * no content changes
1348 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1350 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1352 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1356 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1358 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1360 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1362 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1363 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1364 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1366 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1367 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1369 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1370 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1371 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1372 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1374 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1375 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1376 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1377 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1378 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1379 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1380 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1382 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1383 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1384 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1387 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1388 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1389 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1391 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1392 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1393 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1395 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1396 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1398 * New version numbering scheme:
1400 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1401 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1402 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1405 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1406 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1407 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1408 differ between the manuals.
1410 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1411 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1412 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1413 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1415 * Packaging changes:
1417 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1418 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1420 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1422 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1424 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1426 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1428 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1429 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1430 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1432 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1433 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1436 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1437 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1438 file extension as the referenced file
1440 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1441 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1443 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1444 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1445 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1446 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1449 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1450 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1451 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1453 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1454 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1455 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1456 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1459 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1460 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1463 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1464 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1465 reasonable default configuration
1467 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1468 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1469 by all news servers and clients
1471 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1472 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1473 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1474 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1475 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1477 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1478 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1481 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1483 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1484 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1486 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1489 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1490 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1492 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1493 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1495 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1497 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1499 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1501 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1502 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1503 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1504 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1506 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1508 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1509 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1510 * Don't use debstd anymore
1512 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1514 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1516 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1517 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1518 contrib/non-free policy
1519 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1520 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1521 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1522 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1523 - new section about `Daemons'
1524 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1525 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1526 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1527 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1528 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1529 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1530 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1531 * SGML source code included in package
1532 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1534 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1536 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1538 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1539 - completely reworked structure
1540 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1541 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1542 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1543 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1544 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1545 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1546 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1547 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1548 - mention "orphaned packages"
1549 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1550 distributions' policy
1551 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1552 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1553 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1554 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1555 - added section about arch spec strings
1556 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1557 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1558 - added section about "menus"
1559 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1560 the new documentation policy soon
1561 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1562 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1564 - added section about editors and pagers
1565 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1566 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1567 - added section about device files
1568 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1569 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1570 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1572 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1573 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1574 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1575 - Added new section about obsolete names
1576 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1577 * Fixed package's description
1579 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1581 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1583 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1585 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1587 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1589 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1590 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1591 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1592 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1594 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1596 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1598 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1599 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1600 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1602 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1603 and upload it "byhand" too.
1605 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1607 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1610 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1611 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1612 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1613 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1614 functionality must not have the same name.
1615 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1616 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1617 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1618 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1619 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1620 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1621 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1623 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1624 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1625 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1626 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1627 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1628 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1629 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1630 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1633 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1635 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1637 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1639 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1640 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1641 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1642 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1643 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1646 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1648 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1650 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1652 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1653 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1654 description of deb file format.
1655 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1656 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1658 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1660 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1661 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1663 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1665 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1667 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1668 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1669 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1670 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1671 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1672 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1673 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1674 packages in section on Procedure
1675 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1676 a package maintainer
1677 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1678 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1679 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1681 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1682 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1683 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1684 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1685 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1686 on various shlib files
1687 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1688 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1689 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1691 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1693 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1695 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1696 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1697 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1699 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1700 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1701 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1702 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1703 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1705 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1707 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1709 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1711 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1713 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1714 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1715 compatibility go in contrib.
1717 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1718 instructions in policy manual.
1719 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1722 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1724 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1726 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1727 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1728 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1729 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1731 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1732 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1735 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1737 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1739 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1740 * More detail about changelog format names.
1742 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1743 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1747 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1749 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1751 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1753 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1755 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1757 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1759 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1761 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1762 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1763 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1765 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1767 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1769 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1771 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1773 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1777 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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