1 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
5 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022.
6 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
7 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927.
8 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
9 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
11 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
12 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209.
13 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
14 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
16 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455.
17 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
18 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
19 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510.
20 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
21 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
22 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
23 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
24 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
26 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
27 script should start it, closes: #60979.
28 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
29 "should", closes: #170019.
30 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166.
34 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
37 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
38 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
39 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
40 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
41 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
42 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
43 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
44 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
45 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
47 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
48 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
49 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
50 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
51 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
52 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
53 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
54 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
55 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
57 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
58 file, closes: Bug#65764
60 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
62 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
64 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
65 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
66 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
67 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
68 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
69 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
70 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
71 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
72 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
73 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
74 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
75 details. closes: Bug#133030
76 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
77 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
80 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
82 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
85 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
86 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
87 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
88 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
89 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
90 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
91 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
92 not. closes: Bug#139820
93 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
94 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
95 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
96 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
97 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
98 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
99 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
100 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
101 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
102 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
104 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
106 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
107 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
108 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
109 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
110 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
111 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
112 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
113 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
114 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
115 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
116 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
117 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
118 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
119 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
120 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
121 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
122 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
123 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
124 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
125 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
127 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
128 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
129 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
130 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
131 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
132 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
133 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
135 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
136 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
137 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
138 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
139 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
140 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
141 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
142 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
143 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
145 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
147 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
150 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
151 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
152 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
153 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
154 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
155 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
156 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
157 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
158 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
159 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
160 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
161 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
162 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
163 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
164 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
165 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
166 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
167 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
168 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
169 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
170 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
171 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
173 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
175 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
177 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
178 medium, high, emergency.
179 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
180 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
181 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
182 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
183 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
186 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
187 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
188 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
190 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
191 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
192 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
193 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
194 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
195 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
196 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
199 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
201 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
204 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
205 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
206 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
208 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
209 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
210 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
211 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
212 debian/rules to do this
213 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
214 patches are incorporated upstream
215 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
216 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
217 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
218 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
219 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
220 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
222 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
223 system closes: Bug#91249
224 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
225 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
226 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
227 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
228 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
229 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
230 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
231 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
232 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
233 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
234 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
235 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
236 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
238 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
240 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
242 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
243 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
244 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
245 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
247 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
248 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
249 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
251 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
254 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
256 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
258 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
259 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
260 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
261 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
262 package for the time being
263 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
264 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
265 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
266 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
267 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
268 * Rename all .text files as .txt
269 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
270 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
271 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
272 Build-Depends arch syntax
273 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
275 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
276 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
278 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
279 from policy maintenance duties.
280 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
281 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
283 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
285 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
287 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
289 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
291 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
293 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
294 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
295 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
296 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
297 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
298 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
299 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
300 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
301 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
302 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
303 minor version number for this
304 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
305 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
306 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
307 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
308 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
309 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
310 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
311 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
312 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
314 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
316 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
318 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
319 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
320 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
321 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
322 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
324 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
326 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
327 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
328 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
329 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
330 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
331 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
332 xutils closes: Bug#82966
333 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
334 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
335 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
336 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
337 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
338 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
339 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
340 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
341 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
344 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
346 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
348 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
349 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
351 * Document the Enhances relationship
352 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
353 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
354 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
355 policy. closes: Bug#53496
356 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
357 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
359 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
361 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
362 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
363 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
364 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
366 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
367 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
368 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
369 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
370 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
372 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
374 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
376 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
377 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
378 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
380 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
381 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
382 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
383 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
384 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
385 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
386 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
387 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
388 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
390 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
394 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
396 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
397 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
398 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
399 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
400 policy. closes: Bug#64437
401 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
402 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
403 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
404 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
405 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
406 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
407 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
408 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
409 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
410 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
411 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
412 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
413 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
414 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
415 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
416 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
417 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
419 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
420 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
422 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
424 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
426 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
427 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
428 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
429 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
430 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
431 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
432 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
433 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
434 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
435 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
436 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
437 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
438 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
439 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
440 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
441 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
442 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
443 alternative closes: Bug#53755
444 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
445 list closes: Bug#53756
446 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
447 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
448 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
449 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
450 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
451 policy closes: Bug#53760
452 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
453 policy closes: Bug#53761
454 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
455 that use X closes: Bug#53762
456 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
457 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
458 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
459 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
460 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
461 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
462 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
463 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
464 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
466 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
467 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
468 to install with older fileutils.
469 * Installed FHS version 2.1
470 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
471 * Added FHS details to copyright file
472 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
474 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
475 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
477 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
479 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
481 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
482 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
484 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
486 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
488 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
489 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
491 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
494 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
497 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
499 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
501 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
503 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
505 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
506 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
508 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
510 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
512 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
513 #45561, #42447, #48570)
514 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
515 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
516 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
517 directoried (closes: #41547)
518 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
519 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
520 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
521 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
522 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
523 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
524 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
525 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
526 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
527 package criteria (closes: #45318)
528 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
530 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
531 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
532 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
533 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
534 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
535 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
536 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
538 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
539 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
540 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
541 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
543 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
545 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
547 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
548 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
550 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
552 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
554 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
555 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
557 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
559 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
561 * A few typos and omissions corrected
562 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
564 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
565 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
566 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
567 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
568 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
569 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
570 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
571 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
572 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
573 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
574 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
575 this closes: Bug#38612
576 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
577 before. closes: Bug#40864
579 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
581 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
583 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
585 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
587 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
588 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
589 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
591 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
592 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
593 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
594 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
595 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
596 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
598 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
599 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
600 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
602 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
604 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
605 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
606 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
607 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
608 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
610 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
612 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
614 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
615 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
616 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
617 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
618 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
619 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
620 there). closes: Bug#34233
621 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
622 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
623 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
624 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
625 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
627 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
629 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
631 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
632 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
633 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
634 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
637 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
638 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
639 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
640 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
641 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
644 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
645 number. closes: BUG#25911
647 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
648 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
649 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
650 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
651 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
652 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
654 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
655 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
656 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
659 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
660 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
661 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
663 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
664 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
665 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
666 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
668 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
669 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
670 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
672 * Make the package optional, not extra.
674 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
675 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
676 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
677 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
678 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
679 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
680 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
681 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
684 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
686 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
687 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
690 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
692 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
694 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
696 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
698 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
700 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
701 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
702 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
703 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
704 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
705 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
706 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
707 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
709 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
710 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
712 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
714 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
716 * non-maintainer release
717 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
718 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
720 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
721 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
723 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
725 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
727 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
731 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
733 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
735 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
737 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
738 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
739 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
741 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
742 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
744 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
745 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
746 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
747 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
749 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
750 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
751 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
752 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
753 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
754 and restart options and to comply with the console message
755 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
757 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
758 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
759 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
762 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
763 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
764 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
766 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
767 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
768 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
770 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
771 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
773 * New version numbering scheme:
775 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
776 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
777 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
780 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
781 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
782 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
783 differ between the manuals.
785 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
786 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
787 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
788 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
792 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
793 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
795 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
797 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
799 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
801 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
803 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
804 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
805 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
807 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
808 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
811 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
812 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
813 file extension as the referenced file
815 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
816 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
818 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
819 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
820 start, stop, restart, force-reload
821 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
824 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
825 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
826 be installed into /etc/cron.d
828 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
829 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
830 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
831 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
834 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
835 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
838 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
839 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
840 reasonable default configuration
842 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
843 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
844 by all news servers and clients
846 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
847 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
848 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
849 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
850 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
852 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
853 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
856 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
858 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
859 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
861 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
864 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
865 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
867 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
868 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
870 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
872 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
874 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
876 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
877 - X library package is now called xlib6g
878 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
879 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
881 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
883 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
884 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
885 * Don't use debstd anymore
887 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
889 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
891 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
892 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
893 contrib/non-free policy
894 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
895 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
896 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
897 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
898 - new section about `Daemons'
899 - updated section about `Configuration files'
900 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
901 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
902 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
903 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
904 * Paper about libc6 migration:
905 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
906 * SGML source code included in package
907 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
909 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
911 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
913 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
914 - completely reworked structure
915 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
916 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
917 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
918 - removed all those ugly footnotes
919 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
920 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
921 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
922 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
923 - mention "orphaned packages"
924 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
925 distributions' policy
926 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
927 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
928 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
929 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
930 - added section about arch spec strings
931 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
932 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
933 - added section about "menus"
934 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
935 the new documentation policy soon
936 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
937 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
939 - added section about editors and pagers
940 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
941 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
942 - added section about device files
943 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
944 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
945 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
947 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
948 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
949 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
950 - Added new section about obsolete names
951 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
952 * Fixed package's description
954 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
956 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
958 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
960 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
962 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
964 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
965 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
966 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
967 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
969 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
971 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
973 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
974 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
975 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
977 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
978 and upload it "byhand" too.
980 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
982 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
985 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
986 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
987 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
988 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
989 functionality must not have the same name.
990 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
991 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
992 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
993 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
994 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
995 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
996 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
998 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
999 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1000 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1001 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1002 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1003 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1004 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1005 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1008 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1010 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1012 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1014 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1015 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1016 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1017 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1018 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1021 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1023 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1025 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1027 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1028 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1029 description of deb file format.
1030 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1031 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1033 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1035 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1036 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1038 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1040 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1042 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1043 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1044 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1045 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1046 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1047 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1048 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1049 packages in section on Procedure
1050 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1051 a package maintainer
1052 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1053 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1054 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1056 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1057 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1058 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1059 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1060 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1061 on various shlib files
1062 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1063 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1064 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1066 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1068 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1070 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1071 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1072 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1074 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1075 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1076 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1077 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1078 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1080 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1082 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1084 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1086 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1088 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1089 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1090 compatibility go in contrib.
1092 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1093 instructions in policy manual.
1094 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1097 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1099 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1101 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1102 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1103 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1104 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1106 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1107 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1110 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1112 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1114 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1115 * More detail about changelog format names.
1117 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1118 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1122 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1124 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1126 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1128 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1130 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1132 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1134 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1136 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1137 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1138 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1140 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1142 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1144 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1146 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1148 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1152 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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