1 debian-policy (3.8.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
22 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
23 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
24 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
26 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
28 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
32 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
34 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
35 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
39 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
42 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
43 Wording: Steve Langasek.
44 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
45 Seconded: Julien Cristau
49 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
50 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
51 Seconded: Russ Allbery
52 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
55 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
56 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
57 Seconded: Russ Allbery
59 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
60 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
61 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
62 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
63 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
64 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
65 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
66 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
69 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
70 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
71 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
72 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
73 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
74 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
75 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
77 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
78 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
79 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
80 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
81 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
82 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
83 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
86 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
87 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
88 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
89 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
90 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
92 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
95 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
96 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
99 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
100 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
103 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
105 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
108 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
112 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
113 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
117 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
118 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
123 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
126 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
127 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
129 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
130 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
135 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
136 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
140 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
141 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
145 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
146 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
150 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
151 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
155 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
156 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
160 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
161 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
162 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
163 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
164 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
165 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
166 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
167 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
168 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
169 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
170 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
171 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
172 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
173 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
174 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
176 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
177 Source field descriptions.
178 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
179 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
180 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
181 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
182 description says otherwise.
184 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
186 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
189 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
190 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
193 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
194 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
196 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
197 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
201 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
202 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
206 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
207 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
211 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
212 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
213 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
214 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
218 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
219 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
220 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
221 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
222 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
224 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
225 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
229 * Add myself to Uploaders.
232 * Add myself to Uploaders.
233 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
235 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
236 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
237 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
239 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
241 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
243 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
244 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
248 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
249 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
251 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
253 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
254 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
258 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
259 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
261 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
263 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
264 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
268 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
269 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
273 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
274 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
276 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
278 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
279 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
281 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
283 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
284 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
285 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
288 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
289 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
293 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
294 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
297 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
299 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
300 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
301 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
302 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
303 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
304 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
305 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
306 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
307 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
308 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
309 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
310 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
311 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
312 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
313 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
314 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
315 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
316 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
317 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
318 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
319 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
320 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
321 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
322 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
323 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
324 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
325 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
326 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
327 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
328 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
330 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
331 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
332 links was completed long ago.
333 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
335 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
337 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
339 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
340 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
342 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
344 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
346 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
347 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
348 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
349 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
350 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
351 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
352 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
353 Millan (Closes: #209008).
354 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
355 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
357 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
359 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
361 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
362 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
363 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
364 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
365 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
366 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
367 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
369 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
370 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
371 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
372 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
374 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
375 Küster (Closes: #403391).
376 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
377 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
378 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
379 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
380 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
381 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
385 Closes: #186700, #458910
386 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
387 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
388 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
390 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
391 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
392 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
393 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
394 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
395 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
396 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
397 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
399 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
400 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
402 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
403 * Add an md5sums control file.
404 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
405 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
406 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
407 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
408 currently part of policy.
409 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
410 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
411 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
414 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
416 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
418 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
419 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
420 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
421 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
422 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
423 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
424 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
425 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
426 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
427 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
428 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
429 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
430 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
431 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
432 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
433 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
435 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
437 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
438 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
439 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
441 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
442 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
443 list?" (Closes: #412634).
444 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
445 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
446 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
447 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
448 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
449 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
450 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
451 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
452 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
453 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
454 debconf specification.
455 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
456 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
458 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
460 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
462 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
463 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
464 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
465 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
466 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
468 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
470 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
471 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
472 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
473 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
474 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
476 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
477 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
478 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
479 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
480 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
481 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
482 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
483 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
484 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
485 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
486 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
487 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
488 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
489 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
490 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
491 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
493 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
495 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
496 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
497 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
498 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
499 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
500 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
501 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
502 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
504 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
506 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
508 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
509 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
510 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
511 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
512 Polo (Closes: #372497).
513 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
514 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
516 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
517 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
518 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
519 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
520 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
521 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
522 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
523 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
524 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
525 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
527 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
528 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
529 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
530 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
531 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
532 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
534 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
536 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
538 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
539 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
540 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
541 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
543 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
544 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
546 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
548 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
550 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
551 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
552 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
553 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
554 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
555 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
556 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
557 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
558 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
559 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
561 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
562 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
563 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
564 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
565 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
566 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
567 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
568 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
569 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
570 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
571 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
574 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
576 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
578 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
579 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
580 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
581 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
582 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
583 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
584 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
585 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
586 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
587 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
588 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
589 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
590 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
591 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
592 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
593 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
594 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
595 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
596 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
597 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
598 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
599 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
600 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
601 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
602 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
603 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
604 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
605 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
607 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
608 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
609 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
610 Hess (Closes: #362247).
611 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
612 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
613 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
614 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
615 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
616 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
617 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
618 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
619 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
620 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
621 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
622 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
624 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
625 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
627 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
628 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
629 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
630 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
631 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
632 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
633 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
634 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
635 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
636 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
637 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
639 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
641 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
644 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
645 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
646 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
647 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
648 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
649 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
650 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
651 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
652 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
653 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
654 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
655 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
656 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
658 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
659 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
660 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
661 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
662 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
663 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
664 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
665 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
666 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
667 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
668 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
669 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
670 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
671 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
672 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
673 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
674 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
675 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
676 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
679 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
681 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
683 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
684 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
685 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
686 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
688 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
689 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
690 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
691 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
693 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
695 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
698 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
699 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
700 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
701 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
702 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
703 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
704 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
705 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
706 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
707 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
709 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
710 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
711 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
713 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
714 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
715 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
716 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
717 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
718 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
719 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
721 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
722 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
723 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
724 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
726 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
727 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
728 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
729 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
730 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
731 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
732 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
733 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
735 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
736 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
737 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
738 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
739 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
740 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
741 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
742 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
743 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
744 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
745 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
746 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
747 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
748 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
749 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
750 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
751 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
753 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
755 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
758 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
759 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
760 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
761 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
762 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
763 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
764 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
765 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
766 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
768 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
769 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
770 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
771 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
772 this section. closes: Bug#248618
773 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
774 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
775 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
776 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
777 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
778 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
779 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
780 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
781 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
782 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
783 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
784 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
786 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
787 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
788 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
791 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
792 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
793 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
795 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
796 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
797 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
798 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
799 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
800 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
802 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
803 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
805 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
806 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
807 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
808 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
809 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
810 Closes: #185943, #237049
812 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
814 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
817 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
820 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
821 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
822 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
823 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
824 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
825 running. closes: Bug#187250
826 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
827 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
828 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
829 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
830 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
831 user closes: Bug#176506
833 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
835 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
838 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
839 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
840 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
841 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
842 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
843 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
844 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
845 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
846 deb-building toolchain.
847 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
848 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
849 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
850 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
851 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
852 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
853 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
854 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
855 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
856 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
857 sections about changelog files.
859 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
860 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
861 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
862 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
863 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
864 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
866 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
867 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
868 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
869 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
870 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
871 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
872 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
873 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
874 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
875 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
876 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
877 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
878 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
879 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
880 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
881 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
882 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
883 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
884 for the restructuring
886 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
888 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
891 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
893 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
894 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
895 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
896 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
897 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
898 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
900 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
901 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
902 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
903 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
904 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
905 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
906 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
908 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
909 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
910 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
911 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
913 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
915 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
918 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
919 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
920 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
921 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
922 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
923 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
925 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
926 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
927 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
928 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
930 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
931 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
932 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
933 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
934 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
935 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
936 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
937 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
938 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
940 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
941 script should start it, closes: #60979
942 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
943 "should", closes: #170019
944 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
945 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
946 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
947 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
948 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
949 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
950 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
951 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
954 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
956 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
959 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
960 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
961 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
962 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
963 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
964 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
965 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
966 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
967 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
969 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
970 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
971 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
972 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
973 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
974 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
975 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
976 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
977 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
979 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
980 file, closes: Bug#65764
982 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
984 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
986 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
987 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
988 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
989 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
990 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
991 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
992 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
993 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
994 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
995 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
996 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
997 details. closes: Bug#133030
998 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
999 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1000 parts of Bug#161455.
1002 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1004 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1007 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1008 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1009 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1010 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1011 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1012 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1013 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1014 not. closes: Bug#139820
1015 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1016 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1017 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1018 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1019 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1020 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1021 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1022 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1023 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1024 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1026 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1028 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1029 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1030 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1031 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1032 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1033 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1034 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1035 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1036 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1037 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1038 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1039 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1040 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1041 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1042 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1043 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1044 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1045 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1046 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1047 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1049 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1050 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1051 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1052 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1053 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1054 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1055 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1057 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1058 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1059 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1060 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1061 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1062 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1063 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1064 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1065 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1067 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1069 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1072 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1073 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1074 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1075 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1076 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1077 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1078 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1079 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1080 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1081 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1082 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1083 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1084 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1085 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1086 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1087 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1088 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1089 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1090 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1091 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1092 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1093 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1095 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1097 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1099 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1100 medium, high, emergency.
1101 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1102 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1103 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1104 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1105 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1108 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1109 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1110 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1112 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1113 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1114 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1115 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1116 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1117 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1118 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1121 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1123 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1126 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1127 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1128 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1130 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1131 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1132 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1133 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1134 debian/rules to do this
1135 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1136 patches are incorporated upstream
1137 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1138 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1139 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1140 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1141 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1142 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1144 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1145 system closes: Bug#91249
1146 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1147 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1148 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1149 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1150 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1151 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1152 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1153 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1154 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1155 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1156 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1157 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1158 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1160 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1162 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1165 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1166 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1167 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1169 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1170 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1171 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1173 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1176 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1178 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1181 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1182 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1183 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1184 package for the time being
1185 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1186 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1187 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1188 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1189 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1190 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1191 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1192 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1193 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1194 Build-Depends arch syntax
1195 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1197 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1198 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1200 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1201 from policy maintenance duties.
1202 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1203 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1205 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1207 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1211 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1213 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1216 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1217 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1218 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1219 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1220 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1221 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1222 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1223 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1224 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1225 minor version number for this
1226 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1227 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1228 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1229 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1230 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1231 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1232 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1233 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1234 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1236 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1238 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1241 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1242 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1243 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1244 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1246 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1248 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1249 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1250 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1251 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1252 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1253 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1254 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1255 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1256 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1257 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1258 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1259 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1260 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1261 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1262 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1263 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1266 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1268 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1271 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1273 * Document the Enhances relationship
1274 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1275 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1276 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1277 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1278 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1279 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1281 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1283 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1284 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1285 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1286 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1288 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1289 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1290 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1291 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1292 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1294 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1296 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1298 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1299 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1300 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1302 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1303 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1304 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1305 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1306 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1307 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1308 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1309 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1310 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1312 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1314 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1316 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1318 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1319 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1320 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1321 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1322 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1323 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1324 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1325 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1326 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1327 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1328 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1329 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1330 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1331 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1332 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1333 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1334 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1335 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1336 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1337 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1338 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1339 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1341 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1342 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1344 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1346 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1349 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1350 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1351 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1352 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1353 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1354 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1355 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1356 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1357 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1358 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1359 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1360 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1361 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1362 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1363 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1364 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1365 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1366 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1367 list closes: Bug#53756
1368 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1369 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1370 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1371 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1372 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1373 policy closes: Bug#53760
1374 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1375 policy closes: Bug#53761
1376 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1377 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1378 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1379 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1380 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1381 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1382 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1383 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1384 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1385 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1386 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1388 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1389 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1390 to install with older fileutils.
1391 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1392 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1393 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1394 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1396 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1397 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1399 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1401 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1403 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1404 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1406 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1408 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1410 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1411 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1413 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1416 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1419 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1421 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1423 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1425 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1428 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1430 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1432 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1435 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1436 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1437 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1438 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1439 directoried (closes: #41547)
1440 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1441 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1442 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1443 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1444 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1445 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1446 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1447 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1448 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1449 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1450 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1452 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1453 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1454 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1455 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1456 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1457 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1458 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1460 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1461 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1462 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1463 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1465 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1467 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1469 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1470 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1472 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1474 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1476 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1477 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1479 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1481 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1483 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1484 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1486 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1487 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1488 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1489 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1490 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1491 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1492 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1493 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1494 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1495 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1496 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1497 this closes: Bug#38612
1498 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1499 before. closes: Bug#40864
1501 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1503 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1505 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1506 officially uploaded.
1507 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1509 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1510 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1511 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1513 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1514 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1515 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1516 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1517 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1518 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1520 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1521 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1522 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1524 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1526 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1527 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1528 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1529 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1530 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1532 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1534 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1536 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1537 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1538 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1539 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1540 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1541 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1542 there). closes: Bug#34233
1543 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1544 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1545 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1546 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1547 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1549 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1551 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1553 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1554 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1555 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1556 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1559 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1560 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1561 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1562 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1563 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1566 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1567 number. closes: BUG#25911
1569 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1570 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1571 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1572 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1573 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1574 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1576 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1577 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1578 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1581 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1582 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1583 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1585 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1586 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1587 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1588 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1590 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1591 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1592 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1594 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1596 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1597 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1598 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1599 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1600 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1601 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1602 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1603 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1606 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1608 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1609 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1612 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1614 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1616 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1618 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1620 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1622 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1623 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1624 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1625 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1626 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1627 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1628 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1629 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1631 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1632 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1634 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1636 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1638 * non-maintainer release
1639 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1640 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1642 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1643 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1644 * no content changes
1645 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1647 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1649 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1653 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1655 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1657 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1659 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1660 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1661 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1663 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1664 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1666 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1667 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1668 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1669 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1671 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1672 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1673 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1674 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1675 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1676 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1677 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1679 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1680 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1681 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1684 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1685 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1686 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1688 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1689 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1690 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1692 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1693 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1695 * New version numbering scheme:
1697 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1698 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1699 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1702 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1703 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1704 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1705 differ between the manuals.
1707 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1708 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1709 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1710 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1712 * Packaging changes:
1714 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1715 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1717 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1719 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1721 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1723 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1725 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1726 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1727 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1729 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1730 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1733 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1734 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1735 file extension as the referenced file
1737 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1738 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1740 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1741 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1742 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1743 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1746 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1747 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1748 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1750 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1751 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1752 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1753 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1756 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1757 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1760 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1761 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1762 reasonable default configuration
1764 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1765 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1766 by all news servers and clients
1768 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1769 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1770 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1771 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1772 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1774 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1775 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1778 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1780 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1781 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1783 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1786 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1787 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1789 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1790 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1792 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1794 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1796 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1798 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1799 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1800 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1801 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1803 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1805 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1806 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1807 * Don't use debstd anymore
1809 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1811 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1813 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1814 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1815 contrib/non-free policy
1816 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1817 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1818 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1819 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1820 - new section about `Daemons'
1821 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1822 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1823 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1824 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1825 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1826 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1827 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1828 * SGML source code included in package
1829 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1831 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1833 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1835 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1836 - completely reworked structure
1837 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1838 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1839 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1840 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1841 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1842 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1843 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1844 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1845 - mention "orphaned packages"
1846 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1847 distributions' policy
1848 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1849 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1850 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1851 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1852 - added section about arch spec strings
1853 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1854 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1855 - added section about "menus"
1856 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1857 the new documentation policy soon
1858 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1859 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1861 - added section about editors and pagers
1862 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1863 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1864 - added section about device files
1865 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1866 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1867 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1869 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1870 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1871 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1872 - Added new section about obsolete names
1873 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1874 * Fixed package's description
1876 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1878 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1880 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1882 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1884 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1886 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1887 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1888 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1889 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1891 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1893 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1895 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1896 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1897 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1899 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1900 and upload it "byhand" too.
1902 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1904 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1907 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1908 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1909 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1910 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1911 functionality must not have the same name.
1912 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1913 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1914 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1915 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1916 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1917 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1918 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1920 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1921 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1922 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1923 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1924 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1925 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1926 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1927 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1930 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1932 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1934 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1936 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1937 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1938 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1939 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1940 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1943 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1945 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1947 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1949 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1950 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1951 description of deb file format.
1952 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1953 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1955 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1957 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1958 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1960 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1962 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1964 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1965 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1966 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1967 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1968 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1969 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1970 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1971 packages in section on Procedure
1972 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1973 a package maintainer
1974 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1975 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1976 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1978 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1979 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1980 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1981 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1982 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1983 on various shlib files
1984 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1985 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1986 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1988 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1990 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1992 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1993 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1994 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1996 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1997 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1998 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1999 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2000 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2002 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2004 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2006 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2008 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2010 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2011 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2012 compatibility go in contrib.
2014 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2015 instructions in policy manual.
2016 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2019 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2021 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2023 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2024 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2025 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2026 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2028 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2029 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2032 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2034 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2036 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2037 * More detail about changelog format names.
2039 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2040 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2044 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2046 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2048 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2050 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2052 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2054 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2056 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2058 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2059 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2060 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2062 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2064 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2066 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2068 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2070 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2074 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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