1 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
5 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022.
6 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
7 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927.
8 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
9 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
11 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
12 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209.
13 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
14 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
16 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455.
17 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
18 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
19 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510.
20 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
21 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
22 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
23 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
24 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
29 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
32 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
33 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
34 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
35 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
36 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
37 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
38 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
39 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
40 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
42 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
43 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
44 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
45 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
46 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
47 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
48 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
49 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
50 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
52 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
53 file, closes: Bug#65764
55 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
57 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
59 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
60 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
61 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
62 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
63 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
64 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
65 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
66 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
67 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
68 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
69 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
70 details. closes: Bug#133030
71 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
72 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
75 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
77 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
79 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
80 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
81 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
82 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
83 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
84 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
85 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
86 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
87 not. closes: Bug#139820
88 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
89 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
90 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
91 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
92 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
93 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
94 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
95 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
96 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
97 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
99 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
101 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
102 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
103 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
104 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
105 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
106 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
107 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
108 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
109 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
110 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
111 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
112 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
113 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
114 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
115 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
116 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
117 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
118 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
119 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
120 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
122 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
123 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
124 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
125 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
126 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
127 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
128 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
130 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
131 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
132 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
133 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
134 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
135 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
136 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
137 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
138 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
140 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
142 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
144 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
145 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
146 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
147 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
148 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
149 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
150 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
151 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
152 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
153 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
154 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
155 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
156 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
157 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
158 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
159 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
160 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
161 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
162 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
163 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
164 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
165 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
166 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
168 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
170 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
172 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
173 medium, high, emergency.
174 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
175 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
176 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
177 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
178 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
181 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
182 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
183 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
185 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
186 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
187 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
188 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
189 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
190 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
191 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
194 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
196 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
198 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
199 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
200 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
201 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
203 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
204 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
205 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
206 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
207 debian/rules to do this
208 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
209 patches are incorporated upstream
210 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
211 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
212 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
213 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
214 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
215 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
217 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
218 system closes: Bug#91249
219 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
220 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
221 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
222 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
223 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
224 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
225 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
226 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
227 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
228 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
229 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
230 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
231 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
233 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
235 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
237 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
238 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
239 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
240 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
242 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
243 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
244 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
246 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
249 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
251 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
254 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
255 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
256 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
257 package for the time being
258 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
259 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
260 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
261 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
262 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
263 * Rename all .text files as .txt
264 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
265 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
266 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
267 Build-Depends arch syntax
268 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
270 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
271 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
273 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
274 from policy maintenance duties.
275 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
276 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
278 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
280 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
282 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
284 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
286 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
288 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
289 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
290 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
291 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
292 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
293 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
294 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
295 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
296 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
297 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
298 minor version number for this
299 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
300 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
301 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
302 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
303 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
304 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
305 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
306 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
307 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
309 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
311 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
313 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
314 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
315 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
316 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
317 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
319 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
321 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
322 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
323 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
324 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
325 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
326 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
327 xutils closes: Bug#82966
328 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
329 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
330 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
331 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
332 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
333 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
334 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
335 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
336 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
339 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
341 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
343 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
344 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
346 * Document the Enhances relationship
347 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
348 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
349 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
350 policy. closes: Bug#53496
351 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
352 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
354 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
356 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
357 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
358 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
359 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
361 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
362 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
363 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
364 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
365 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
367 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
369 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
371 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
372 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
373 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
375 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
376 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
377 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
378 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
379 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
380 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
381 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
382 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
383 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
385 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
387 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
389 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
391 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
392 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
393 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
394 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
395 policy. closes: Bug#64437
396 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
397 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
398 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
399 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
400 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
401 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
402 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
403 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
404 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
405 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
406 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
407 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
408 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
409 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
410 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
411 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
412 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
414 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
415 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
417 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
419 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
421 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
422 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
423 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
424 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
425 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
426 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
427 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
428 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
429 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
430 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
431 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
432 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
433 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
434 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
435 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
436 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
437 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
438 alternative closes: Bug#53755
439 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
440 list closes: Bug#53756
441 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
442 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
443 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
444 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
445 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
446 policy closes: Bug#53760
447 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
448 policy closes: Bug#53761
449 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
450 that use X closes: Bug#53762
451 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
452 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
453 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
454 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
455 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
456 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
457 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
458 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
459 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
461 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
462 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
463 to install with older fileutils.
464 * Installed FHS version 2.1
465 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
466 * Added FHS details to copyright file
467 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
469 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
470 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
472 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
474 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
476 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
477 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
479 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
481 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
483 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
484 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
486 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
489 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
491 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
492 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
494 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
496 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
498 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
500 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
501 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
503 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
505 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
507 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
508 #45561, #42447, #48570)
509 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
510 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
511 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
512 directoried (closes: #41547)
513 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
514 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
515 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
516 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
517 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
518 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
519 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
520 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
521 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
522 package criteria (closes: #45318)
523 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
525 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
526 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
527 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
528 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
529 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
530 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
531 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
533 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
534 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
535 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
536 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
538 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
540 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
542 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
543 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
545 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
547 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
549 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
550 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
552 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
554 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
556 * A few typos and omissions corrected
557 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
559 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
560 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
561 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
562 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
563 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
564 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
565 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
566 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
567 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
568 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
569 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
570 this closes: Bug#38612
571 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
572 before. closes: Bug#40864
574 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
576 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
578 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
580 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
582 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
583 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
584 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
586 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
587 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
588 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
589 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
590 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
591 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
593 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
594 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
595 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
597 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
599 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
600 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
601 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
602 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
603 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
605 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
607 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
609 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
610 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
611 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
612 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
613 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
614 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
615 there). closes: Bug#34233
616 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
617 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
618 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
619 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
620 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
622 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
624 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
626 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
627 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
628 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
629 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
632 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
633 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
634 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
635 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
636 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
639 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
640 number. closes: BUG#25911
642 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
643 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
644 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
645 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
646 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
647 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
649 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
650 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
651 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
654 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
655 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
656 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
658 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
659 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
660 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
661 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
663 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
664 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
665 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
667 * Make the package optional, not extra.
669 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
670 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
671 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
672 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
673 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
674 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
675 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
676 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
679 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
681 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
682 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
685 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
687 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
689 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
691 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
693 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
695 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
696 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
697 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
698 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
699 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
700 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
701 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
702 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
704 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
705 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
707 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
709 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
711 * non-maintainer release
712 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
713 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
715 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
716 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
718 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
720 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
722 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
726 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
728 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
730 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
732 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
733 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
734 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
736 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
737 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
739 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
740 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
741 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
742 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
744 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
745 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
746 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
747 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
748 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
749 and restart options and to comply with the console message
750 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
752 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
753 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
754 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
757 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
758 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
759 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
761 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
762 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
763 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
765 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
766 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
768 * New version numbering scheme:
770 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
771 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
772 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
775 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
776 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
777 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
778 differ between the manuals.
780 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
781 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
782 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
783 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
787 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
788 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
790 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
792 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
794 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
796 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
798 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
799 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
800 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
802 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
803 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
806 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
807 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
808 file extension as the referenced file
810 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
811 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
813 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
814 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
815 start, stop, restart, force-reload
816 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
819 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
820 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
821 be installed into /etc/cron.d
823 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
824 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
825 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
826 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
829 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
830 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
833 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
834 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
835 reasonable default configuration
837 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
838 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
839 by all news servers and clients
841 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
842 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
843 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
844 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
845 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
847 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
848 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
851 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
853 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
854 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
856 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
859 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
860 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
862 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
863 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
865 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
867 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
869 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
871 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
872 - X library package is now called xlib6g
873 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
874 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
876 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
878 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
879 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
880 * Don't use debstd anymore
882 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
884 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
886 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
887 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
888 contrib/non-free policy
889 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
890 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
891 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
892 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
893 - new section about `Daemons'
894 - updated section about `Configuration files'
895 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
896 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
897 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
898 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
899 * Paper about libc6 migration:
900 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
901 * SGML source code included in package
902 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
904 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
906 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
908 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
909 - completely reworked structure
910 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
911 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
912 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
913 - removed all those ugly footnotes
914 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
915 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
916 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
917 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
918 - mention "orphaned packages"
919 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
920 distributions' policy
921 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
922 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
923 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
924 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
925 - added section about arch spec strings
926 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
927 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
928 - added section about "menus"
929 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
930 the new documentation policy soon
931 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
932 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
934 - added section about editors and pagers
935 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
936 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
937 - added section about device files
938 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
939 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
940 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
942 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
943 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
944 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
945 - Added new section about obsolete names
946 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
947 * Fixed package's description
949 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
951 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
953 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
955 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
957 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
959 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
960 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
961 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
962 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
964 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
966 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
968 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
969 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
970 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
972 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
973 and upload it "byhand" too.
975 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
977 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
980 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
981 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
982 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
983 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
984 functionality must not have the same name.
985 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
986 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
987 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
988 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
989 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
990 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
991 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
993 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
994 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
995 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
996 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
997 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
998 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
999 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1000 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1003 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1005 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1007 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1009 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1010 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1011 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1012 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1013 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1016 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1018 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1020 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1022 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1023 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1024 description of deb file format.
1025 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1026 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1028 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1030 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1031 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1033 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1035 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1037 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1038 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1039 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1040 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1041 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1042 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1043 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1044 packages in section on Procedure
1045 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1046 a package maintainer
1047 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1048 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1049 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1051 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1052 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1053 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1054 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1055 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1056 on various shlib files
1057 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1058 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1059 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1061 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1063 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1065 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1066 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1067 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1069 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1070 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1071 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1072 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1073 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1075 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1077 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1079 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1081 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1083 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1084 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1085 compatibility go in contrib.
1087 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1088 instructions in policy manual.
1089 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1092 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1094 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1096 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1097 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1098 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1099 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1101 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1102 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1105 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1107 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1109 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1110 * More detail about changelog format names.
1112 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1113 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1117 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1119 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1121 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1123 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1125 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1127 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1129 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1131 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1132 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1133 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1135 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1137 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1139 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1141 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1143 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1147 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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