1 debian-policy (4.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
4 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
5 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
6 alternative closes: Bug#53755
7 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
9 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
10 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
11 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
12 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
13 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
14 policy closes: Bug#53760
15 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
16 policy closes: Bug#53761
17 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
18 that use X closes: Bug#53762
19 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
20 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
21 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
22 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
23 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack (which dependend
24 on file system specific kinks to work) is no longer required by newer
25 versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
26 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
27 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
28 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
29 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
30 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
31 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since that is where they
32 belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
33 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
34 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
35 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
36 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
38 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 17 Mar 2000 20:29:39 -0600
40 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
42 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
43 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
45 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
47 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
49 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
50 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
52 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
54 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
57 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
59 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
61 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
63 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
66 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
68 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
70 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
73 #45561, #42447, #48570)
74 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
75 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
76 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
77 directoried (closes: #41547)
78 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
79 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
80 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
81 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
82 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
83 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
84 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
85 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
86 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
87 package criteria (closes: #45318)
88 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
90 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
91 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
92 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
93 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
94 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
95 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
96 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
98 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
99 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
100 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
101 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
103 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
105 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
107 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
108 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
110 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
112 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
114 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
115 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
117 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
119 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
121 * A few typos and omissions corrected
122 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
124 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
125 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
126 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
127 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
128 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
129 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
130 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
131 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
132 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
133 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
134 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
135 this closes: Bug#38612
136 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
137 before. closes: Bug#40864
139 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
141 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
143 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
145 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
147 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
148 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
149 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
151 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
152 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
153 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
154 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
155 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
156 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
158 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
159 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
160 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
162 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
164 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
165 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
166 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
167 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
168 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
170 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
172 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
174 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
175 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
176 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
177 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
178 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
179 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
180 there). closes: Bug#34233
181 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
182 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
183 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
184 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
185 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
187 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
189 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
191 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
192 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
193 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
194 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
197 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
198 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
199 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
200 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
201 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
204 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
205 number. closes: BUG#25911
207 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
208 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
209 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
210 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
211 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
212 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
214 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
215 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
216 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
219 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
220 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
221 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
223 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
224 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
225 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
226 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
228 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
229 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
230 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
232 * Make the package optional, not extra.
234 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
235 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
236 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
237 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
238 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
239 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
240 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
241 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
244 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
246 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
247 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
250 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
252 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
254 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
256 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
258 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
260 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
261 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
262 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
263 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
264 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
265 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
266 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
267 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
269 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
270 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
272 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
274 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
276 * non-maintainer release
277 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
278 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
280 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
281 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
283 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
285 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
287 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
291 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
293 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
295 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
297 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
298 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
299 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
301 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
302 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
304 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
305 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
306 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
307 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
309 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
310 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
311 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
312 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
313 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
314 and restart options and to comply with the console message
315 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
317 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
318 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
319 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
322 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
323 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
324 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
326 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
327 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
328 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
330 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
331 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
333 * New version numbering scheme:
335 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
336 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
337 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
340 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
341 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
342 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
343 differ between the manuals.
345 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
346 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
347 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
348 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
352 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
353 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
355 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
357 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
359 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
361 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
363 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
364 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
365 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
367 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
368 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
371 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
372 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
373 file extension as the referenced file
375 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
376 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
378 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
379 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
380 start, stop, restart, force-reload
381 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
384 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
385 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
386 be installed into /etc/cron.d
388 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
389 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
390 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
391 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
394 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
395 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
398 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
399 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
400 reasonable default configuration
402 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
403 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
404 by all news servers and clients
406 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
407 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
408 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
409 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
410 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
412 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
413 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
416 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
418 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
419 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
421 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
424 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
425 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
427 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
428 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
430 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
432 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
434 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
436 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
437 - X library package is now called xlib6g
438 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
439 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
441 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
443 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
444 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
445 * Don't use debstd anymore
447 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
449 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
452 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
453 contrib/non-free policy
454 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
455 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
456 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
457 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
458 - new section about `Daemons'
459 - updated section about `Configuration files'
460 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
461 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
462 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
463 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
464 * Paper about libc6 migration:
465 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
466 * SGML source code included in package
467 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
469 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
471 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
473 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
474 - completely reworked structure
475 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
476 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
477 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
478 - removed all those ugly footnotes
479 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
480 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
481 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
482 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
483 - mention "orphaned packages"
484 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
485 distributions' policy
486 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
487 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
488 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
489 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
490 - added section about arch spec strings
491 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
492 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
493 - added section about "menus"
494 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
495 the new documentation policy soon
496 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
497 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
499 - added section about editors and pagers
500 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
501 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
502 - added section about device files
503 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
504 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
505 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
507 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
508 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
509 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
510 - Added new section about obsolete names
511 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
512 * Fixed package's description
514 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
516 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
518 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
520 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
522 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
524 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
525 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
526 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
527 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
529 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
531 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
533 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
534 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
535 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
537 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
538 and upload it "byhand" too.
540 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
542 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
545 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
546 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
547 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
548 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
549 functionality must not have the same name.
550 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
551 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
552 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
553 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
554 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
555 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
556 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
558 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
559 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
560 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
561 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
562 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
563 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
564 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
565 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
568 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
570 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
572 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
574 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
575 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
576 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
577 a package into. (Guy Maor)
578 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
581 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
583 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
585 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
587 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
588 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
589 description of deb file format.
590 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
591 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
593 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
595 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
596 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
598 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
600 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
602 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
603 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
604 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
605 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
606 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
607 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
608 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
609 packages in section on Procedure
610 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
612 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
613 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
614 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
616 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
617 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
618 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
619 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
620 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
621 on various shlib files
622 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
623 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
624 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
626 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
628 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
630 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
631 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
632 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
634 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
635 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
636 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
637 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
638 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
640 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
642 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
644 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
646 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
648 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
649 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
650 compatibility go in contrib.
652 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
653 instructions in policy manual.
654 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
657 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
659 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
661 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
662 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
663 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
664 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
666 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
667 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
670 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
672 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
674 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
675 * More detail about changelog format names.
677 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
678 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
682 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
684 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
686 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
688 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
690 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
692 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
694 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
696 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
697 * More verbosity about netiquette.
698 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
700 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
702 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
704 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
706 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
708 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
712 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
715 mode: debian-changelog