1 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
4 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
5 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
6 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
7 alternative closes: Bug#53755
8 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
10 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
11 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
12 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
13 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
14 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
15 policy closes: Bug#53760
16 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
17 policy closes: Bug#53761
18 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
19 that use X closes: Bug#53762
20 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
21 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since that is where they
22 belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
23 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
24 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
25 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
27 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
28 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
29 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
30 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
31 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
32 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
33 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
34 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack (which dependend
35 on file system specific kinks to work) is no longer required by newer
36 versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
37 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
38 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
41 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
42 * Installed FHS version 2.1
43 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
47 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
49 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
50 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
52 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
54 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
57 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
59 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
61 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
64 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
66 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
68 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
70 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
73 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
75 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
77 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
79 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
80 #45561, #42447, #48570)
81 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
82 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
83 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
84 directoried (closes: #41547)
85 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
86 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
87 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
88 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
89 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
90 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
91 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
92 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
93 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
94 package criteria (closes: #45318)
95 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
97 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
98 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
99 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
100 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
101 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
102 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
103 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
105 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
106 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
107 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
108 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
110 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
112 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
114 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
115 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
117 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
119 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
122 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
124 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
126 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
128 * A few typos and omissions corrected
129 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
131 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
132 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
133 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
134 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
135 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
136 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
137 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
138 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
139 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
140 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
141 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
142 this closes: Bug#38612
143 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
144 before. closes: Bug#40864
146 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
148 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
150 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
152 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
154 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
155 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
156 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
158 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
159 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
160 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
161 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
162 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
163 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
165 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
166 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
167 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
169 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
171 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
172 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
173 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
174 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
175 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
177 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
179 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
181 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
182 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
183 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
184 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
185 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
186 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
187 there). closes: Bug#34233
188 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
189 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
190 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
191 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
192 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
194 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
196 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
198 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
199 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
200 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
201 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
204 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
205 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
206 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
207 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
208 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
211 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
212 number. closes: BUG#25911
214 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
215 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
216 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
217 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
218 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
219 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
221 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
222 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
223 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
226 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
227 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
228 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
230 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
231 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
232 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
233 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
235 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
236 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
237 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
239 * Make the package optional, not extra.
241 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
242 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
243 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
244 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
245 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
246 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
247 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
248 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
251 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
253 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
254 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
257 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
259 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
261 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
263 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
265 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
267 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
268 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
269 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
270 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
271 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
272 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
273 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
274 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
276 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
277 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
279 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
281 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
283 * non-maintainer release
284 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
285 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
287 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
288 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
290 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
292 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
294 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
298 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
300 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
302 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
304 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
305 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
306 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
308 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
309 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
311 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
312 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
313 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
314 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
316 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
317 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
318 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
319 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
320 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
321 and restart options and to comply with the console message
322 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
324 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
325 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
326 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
329 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
330 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
331 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
333 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
334 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
335 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
337 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
338 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
340 * New version numbering scheme:
342 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
343 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
344 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
347 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
348 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
349 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
350 differ between the manuals.
352 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
353 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
354 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
355 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
359 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
360 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
362 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
364 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
366 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
368 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
370 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
371 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
372 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
374 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
375 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
378 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
379 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
380 file extension as the referenced file
382 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
383 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
385 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
386 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
387 start, stop, restart, force-reload
388 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
391 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
392 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
393 be installed into /etc/cron.d
395 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
396 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
397 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
398 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
401 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
402 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
405 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
406 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
407 reasonable default configuration
409 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
410 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
411 by all news servers and clients
413 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
414 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
415 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
416 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
417 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
419 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
420 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
423 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
425 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
426 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
428 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
431 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
432 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
434 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
435 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
437 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
439 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
441 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
443 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
444 - X library package is now called xlib6g
445 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
446 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
448 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
450 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
451 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
452 * Don't use debstd anymore
454 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
456 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
458 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
459 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
460 contrib/non-free policy
461 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
462 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
463 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
464 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
465 - new section about `Daemons'
466 - updated section about `Configuration files'
467 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
468 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
469 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
470 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
471 * Paper about libc6 migration:
472 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
473 * SGML source code included in package
474 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
476 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
478 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
480 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
481 - completely reworked structure
482 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
483 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
484 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
485 - removed all those ugly footnotes
486 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
487 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
488 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
489 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
490 - mention "orphaned packages"
491 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
492 distributions' policy
493 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
494 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
495 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
496 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
497 - added section about arch spec strings
498 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
499 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
500 - added section about "menus"
501 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
502 the new documentation policy soon
503 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
504 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
506 - added section about editors and pagers
507 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
508 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
509 - added section about device files
510 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
511 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
512 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
514 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
515 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
516 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
517 - Added new section about obsolete names
518 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
519 * Fixed package's description
521 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
523 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
525 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
527 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
529 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
531 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
532 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
533 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
534 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
536 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
538 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
540 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
541 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
542 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
544 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
545 and upload it "byhand" too.
547 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
549 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
552 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
553 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
554 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
555 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
556 functionality must not have the same name.
557 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
558 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
559 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
560 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
561 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
562 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
563 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
565 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
566 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
567 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
568 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
569 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
570 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
571 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
572 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
575 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
577 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
579 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
581 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
582 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
583 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
584 a package into. (Guy Maor)
585 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
588 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
590 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
592 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
594 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
595 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
596 description of deb file format.
597 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
598 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
600 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
602 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
603 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
605 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
607 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
609 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
610 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
611 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
612 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
613 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
614 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
615 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
616 packages in section on Procedure
617 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
619 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
620 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
621 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
623 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
624 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
625 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
626 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
627 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
628 on various shlib files
629 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
630 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
631 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
633 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
635 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
637 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
638 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
639 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
641 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
642 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
643 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
644 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
645 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
647 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
649 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
651 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
653 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
655 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
656 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
657 compatibility go in contrib.
659 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
660 instructions in policy manual.
661 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
664 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
666 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
668 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
669 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
670 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
671 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
673 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
674 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
677 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
679 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
681 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
682 * More detail about changelog format names.
684 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
685 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
689 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
691 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
693 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
695 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
697 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
699 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
701 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
703 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
704 * More verbosity about netiquette.
705 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
707 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
709 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
711 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
713 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
715 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
719 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
722 mode: debian-changelog