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