1 debian-policy (3.8.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
4 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
7 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:32:42 +0200
9 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
11 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
12 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
16 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
17 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
19 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
21 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
22 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
26 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
27 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
30 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
31 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
33 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
39 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
44 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
45 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
49 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
50 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
54 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
55 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
59 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
60 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
64 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
65 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
66 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
67 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
68 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
69 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
70 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
71 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
72 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
73 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
74 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
75 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
76 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
77 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
78 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
80 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
81 Source field descriptions.
82 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
83 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
84 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
85 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
86 description says otherwise.
88 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
90 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
93 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
94 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
97 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
98 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
100 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
101 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
105 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
106 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
110 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
111 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
115 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
116 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
117 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
118 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
122 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
123 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
124 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
125 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
126 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
128 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
129 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
133 * Add myself to Uploaders.
136 * Add myself to Uploaders.
137 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
139 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
140 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
141 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
143 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
145 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
147 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
148 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
153 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
155 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
157 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
158 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
162 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
163 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
165 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
167 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
168 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
172 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
173 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
177 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
178 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
180 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
182 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
183 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
185 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
187 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
188 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
189 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
192 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
193 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
197 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
198 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
201 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
203 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
204 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
205 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
206 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
207 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
208 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
209 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
210 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
211 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
212 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
213 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
214 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
215 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
216 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
217 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
218 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
219 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
220 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
221 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
222 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
223 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
224 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
225 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
226 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
227 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
228 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
229 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
230 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
231 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
232 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
234 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
235 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
236 links was completed long ago.
237 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
239 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
241 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
243 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
244 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
246 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
248 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
250 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
251 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
252 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
253 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
254 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
255 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
256 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
257 Millan (Closes: #209008).
258 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
259 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
261 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
263 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
265 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
266 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
267 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
268 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
269 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
270 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
271 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
273 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
274 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
275 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
276 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
278 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
279 Küster (Closes: #403391).
280 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
281 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
282 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
283 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
284 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
285 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
289 Closes: #186700, #458910
290 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
291 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
294 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
295 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
296 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
297 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
298 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
299 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
300 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
301 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
303 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
304 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
306 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
307 * Add an md5sums control file.
308 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
309 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
310 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
311 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
312 currently part of policy.
313 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
314 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
315 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
318 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
320 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
322 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
323 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
324 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
325 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
326 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
327 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
328 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
329 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
330 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
331 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
332 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
333 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
334 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
335 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
336 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
337 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
339 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
341 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
342 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
343 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
345 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
346 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
347 list?" (Closes: #412634).
348 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
349 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
350 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
351 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
352 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
353 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
354 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
355 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
356 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
357 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
358 debconf specification.
359 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
360 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
362 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
364 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
366 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
367 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
369 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
370 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
375 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
376 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
377 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
378 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
380 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
381 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
382 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
383 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
384 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
385 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
386 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
387 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
388 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
389 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
390 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
391 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
392 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
394 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
395 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
399 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
400 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
401 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
402 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
403 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
404 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
405 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
406 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
408 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
410 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
412 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
413 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
414 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
415 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
416 Polo (Closes: #372497).
417 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
418 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
420 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
421 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
422 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
423 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
424 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
425 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
426 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
427 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
428 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
429 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
431 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
432 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
433 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
434 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
435 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
436 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
438 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
440 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
442 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
443 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
444 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
445 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
447 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
448 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
450 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
452 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
454 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
455 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
456 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
457 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
458 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
459 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
460 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
461 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
462 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
463 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
465 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
466 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
467 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
468 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
469 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
470 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
471 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
472 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
473 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
474 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
475 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
478 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
480 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
482 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
483 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
484 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
485 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
486 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
487 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
488 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
489 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
490 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
491 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
492 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
493 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
494 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
495 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
496 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
497 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
498 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
499 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
500 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
501 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
502 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
503 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
504 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
505 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
506 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
507 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
508 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
509 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
511 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
512 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
513 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
514 Hess (Closes: #362247).
515 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
516 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
517 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
518 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
519 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
520 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
521 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
522 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
523 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
524 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
525 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
526 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
528 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
529 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
531 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
532 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
533 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
534 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
535 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
536 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
537 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
538 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
539 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
540 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
541 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
543 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
545 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
548 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
549 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
550 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
551 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
552 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
553 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
554 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
555 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
556 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
557 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
558 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
559 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
560 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
562 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
563 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
564 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
565 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
566 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
567 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
568 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
569 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
570 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
571 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
572 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
573 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
574 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
575 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
576 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
577 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
578 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
579 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
580 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
583 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
585 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
587 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
588 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
589 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
590 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
592 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
593 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
594 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
595 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
597 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
599 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
602 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
603 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
604 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
605 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
606 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
607 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
608 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
609 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
610 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
611 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
613 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
614 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
615 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
617 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
618 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
619 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
620 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
621 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
622 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
623 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
625 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
626 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
627 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
628 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
630 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
631 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
632 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
633 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
634 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
635 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
636 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
637 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
639 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
640 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
641 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
642 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
643 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
644 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
645 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
646 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
647 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
648 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
649 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
650 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
651 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
652 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
653 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
654 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
655 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
657 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
659 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
662 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
663 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
664 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
665 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
666 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
667 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
668 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
669 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
670 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
672 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
673 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
674 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
675 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
676 this section. closes: Bug#248618
677 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
678 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
679 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
680 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
681 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
682 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
683 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
684 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
685 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
686 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
687 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
688 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
690 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
691 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
692 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
695 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
696 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
697 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
699 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
700 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
701 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
702 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
703 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
704 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
706 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
707 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
709 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
710 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
711 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
712 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
713 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
714 Closes: #185943, #237049
716 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
718 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
721 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
724 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
725 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
726 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
727 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
728 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
729 running. closes: Bug#187250
730 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
731 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
732 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
733 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
734 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
735 user closes: Bug#176506
737 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
739 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
742 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
743 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
744 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
745 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
746 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
747 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
748 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
749 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
750 deb-building toolchain.
751 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
752 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
753 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
754 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
755 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
756 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
757 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
758 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
759 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
760 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
761 sections about changelog files.
763 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
764 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
765 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
766 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
767 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
768 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
770 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
771 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
772 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
773 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
774 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
775 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
776 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
777 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
778 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
779 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
780 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
781 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
782 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
783 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
784 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
785 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
786 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
787 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
788 for the restructuring
790 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
792 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
795 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
797 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
798 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
799 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
800 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
801 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
802 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
804 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
805 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
806 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
807 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
808 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
809 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
810 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
812 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
813 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
814 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
815 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
817 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
819 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
822 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
823 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
824 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
825 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
826 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
827 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
829 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
830 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
831 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
832 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
834 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
835 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
836 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
837 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
838 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
839 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
840 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
841 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
842 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
844 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
845 script should start it, closes: #60979
846 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
847 "should", closes: #170019
848 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
849 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
850 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
851 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
852 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
853 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
854 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
855 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
858 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
860 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
863 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
864 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
865 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
866 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
867 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
868 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
869 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
870 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
871 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
873 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
874 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
875 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
876 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
877 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
878 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
879 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
880 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
881 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
883 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
884 file, closes: Bug#65764
886 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
888 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
890 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
891 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
892 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
893 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
894 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
895 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
896 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
897 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
898 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
899 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
900 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
901 details. closes: Bug#133030
902 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
903 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
906 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
908 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
911 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
912 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
913 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
914 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
915 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
916 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
917 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
918 not. closes: Bug#139820
919 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
920 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
921 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
922 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
923 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
924 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
925 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
926 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
927 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
928 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
930 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
932 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
933 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
934 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
935 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
936 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
937 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
938 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
939 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
940 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
941 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
942 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
943 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
944 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
945 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
946 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
947 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
948 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
949 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
950 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
951 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
953 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
954 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
955 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
956 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
957 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
958 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
959 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
961 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
962 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
963 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
964 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
965 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
966 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
967 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
968 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
969 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
971 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
973 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
975 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
976 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
977 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
978 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
979 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
980 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
981 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
982 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
983 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
984 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
985 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
986 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
987 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
988 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
989 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
990 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
991 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
992 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
993 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
994 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
995 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
996 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
997 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
999 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1001 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1004 medium, high, emergency.
1005 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1006 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1007 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1008 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1009 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1012 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1013 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1014 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1016 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1017 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1018 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1019 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1020 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1021 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1022 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1025 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1027 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1030 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1031 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1032 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1034 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1035 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1036 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1037 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1038 debian/rules to do this
1039 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1040 patches are incorporated upstream
1041 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1042 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1043 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1044 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1045 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1046 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1048 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1049 system closes: Bug#91249
1050 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1051 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1052 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1053 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1054 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1055 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1056 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1057 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1058 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1059 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1060 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1061 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1062 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1064 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1066 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1069 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1070 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1071 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1073 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1074 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1075 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1077 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1080 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1082 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1085 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1086 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1087 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1088 package for the time being
1089 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1090 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1091 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1092 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1093 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1094 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1095 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1096 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1097 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1098 Build-Depends arch syntax
1099 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1101 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1102 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1104 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1105 from policy maintenance duties.
1106 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1107 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1109 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1111 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1115 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1117 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1120 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1121 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1122 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1123 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1124 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1125 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1126 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1127 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1128 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1129 minor version number for this
1130 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1131 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1132 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1133 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1134 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1135 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1136 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1137 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1138 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1140 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1142 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1145 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1146 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1147 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1148 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1150 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1152 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1153 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1154 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1155 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1156 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1157 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1158 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1159 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1160 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1161 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1162 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1163 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1164 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1165 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1166 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1167 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1170 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1172 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1175 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1177 * Document the Enhances relationship
1178 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1179 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1180 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1181 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1182 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1183 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1185 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1187 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1188 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1189 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1190 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1192 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1193 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1194 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1195 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1196 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1198 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1200 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1203 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1204 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1206 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1207 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1208 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1209 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1210 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1211 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1212 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1213 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1214 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1216 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1218 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1220 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1222 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1223 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1224 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1225 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1226 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1227 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1228 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1229 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1230 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1231 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1232 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1233 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1234 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1235 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1236 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1237 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1238 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1239 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1240 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1241 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1242 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1243 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1245 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1246 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1250 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1252 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1253 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1254 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1255 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1256 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1257 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1258 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1259 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1260 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1261 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1262 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1263 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1264 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1265 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1266 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1267 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1268 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1269 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1270 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1271 list closes: Bug#53756
1272 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1273 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1274 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1275 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1276 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1277 policy closes: Bug#53760
1278 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1279 policy closes: Bug#53761
1280 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1281 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1282 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1283 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1284 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1285 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1286 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1287 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1288 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1289 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1290 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1292 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1293 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1294 to install with older fileutils.
1295 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1296 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1297 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1298 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1300 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1301 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1303 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1305 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1307 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1308 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1310 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1312 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1315 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1317 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1320 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1323 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1325 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1327 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1329 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1331 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1332 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1334 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1336 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1338 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1339 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1340 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1341 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1342 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1343 directoried (closes: #41547)
1344 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1345 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1346 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1347 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1348 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1349 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1350 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1351 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1352 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1353 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1354 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1356 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1357 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1358 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1359 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1360 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1361 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1362 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1364 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1365 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1366 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1367 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1369 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1371 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1373 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1374 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1376 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1378 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1380 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1381 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1383 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1385 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1387 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1388 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1390 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1391 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1392 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1393 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1394 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1395 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1396 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1397 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1398 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1399 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1400 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1401 this closes: Bug#38612
1402 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1403 before. closes: Bug#40864
1405 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1407 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1410 officially uploaded.
1411 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1413 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1414 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1415 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1417 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1418 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1419 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1420 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1421 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1422 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1424 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1425 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1426 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1428 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1430 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1431 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1432 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1433 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1434 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1436 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1438 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1440 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1441 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1442 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1443 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1444 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1445 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1446 there). closes: Bug#34233
1447 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1448 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1449 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1450 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1451 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1453 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1455 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1457 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1458 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1459 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1460 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1463 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1464 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1465 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1466 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1467 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1470 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1471 number. closes: BUG#25911
1473 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1474 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1475 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1476 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1477 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1478 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1480 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1481 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1482 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1485 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1486 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1487 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1489 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1490 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1491 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1492 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1494 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1495 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1496 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1498 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1500 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1501 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1502 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1503 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1504 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1505 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1506 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1507 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1510 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1512 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1513 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1516 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1518 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1520 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1522 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1524 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1526 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1527 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1528 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1529 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1530 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1531 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1532 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1533 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1535 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1536 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1538 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1540 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1542 * non-maintainer release
1543 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1544 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1546 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1547 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1548 * no content changes
1549 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1551 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1553 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1557 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1559 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1561 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1563 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1564 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1565 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1567 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1568 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1570 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1571 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1572 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1573 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1575 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1576 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1577 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1578 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1579 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1580 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1581 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1583 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1584 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1585 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1588 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1589 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1590 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1592 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1593 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1594 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1596 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1597 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1599 * New version numbering scheme:
1601 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1602 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1603 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1606 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1607 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1608 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1609 differ between the manuals.
1611 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1612 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1613 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1614 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1616 * Packaging changes:
1618 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1619 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1621 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1623 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1625 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1627 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1629 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1630 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1631 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1633 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1634 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1637 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1638 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1639 file extension as the referenced file
1641 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1642 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1644 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1645 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1646 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1647 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1650 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1651 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1652 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1654 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1655 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1656 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1657 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1660 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1661 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1664 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1665 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1666 reasonable default configuration
1668 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1669 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1670 by all news servers and clients
1672 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1673 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1674 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1675 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1676 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1678 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1679 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1682 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1684 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1685 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1687 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1690 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1691 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1693 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1694 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1696 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1698 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1700 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1702 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1703 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1704 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1705 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1707 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1709 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1710 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1711 * Don't use debstd anymore
1713 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1715 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1717 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1718 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1719 contrib/non-free policy
1720 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1721 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1722 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1723 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1724 - new section about `Daemons'
1725 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1726 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1727 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1728 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1729 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1730 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1731 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1732 * SGML source code included in package
1733 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1735 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1737 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1739 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1740 - completely reworked structure
1741 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1742 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1743 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1744 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1745 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1746 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1747 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1748 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1749 - mention "orphaned packages"
1750 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1751 distributions' policy
1752 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1753 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1754 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1755 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1756 - added section about arch spec strings
1757 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1758 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1759 - added section about "menus"
1760 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1761 the new documentation policy soon
1762 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1763 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1765 - added section about editors and pagers
1766 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1767 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1768 - added section about device files
1769 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1770 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1771 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1773 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1774 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1775 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1776 - Added new section about obsolete names
1777 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1778 * Fixed package's description
1780 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1782 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1784 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1786 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1788 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1790 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1791 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1792 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1793 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1795 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1797 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1799 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1800 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1801 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1803 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1804 and upload it "byhand" too.
1806 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1808 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1811 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1812 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1813 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1814 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1815 functionality must not have the same name.
1816 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1817 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1818 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1819 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1820 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1821 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1822 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1824 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1825 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1826 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1827 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1828 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1829 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1830 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1831 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1834 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1836 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1838 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1840 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1841 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1842 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1843 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1844 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1847 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1849 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1851 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1853 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1854 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1855 description of deb file format.
1856 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1857 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1859 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1861 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1862 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1864 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1866 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1868 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1869 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1870 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1871 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1872 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1873 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1874 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1875 packages in section on Procedure
1876 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1877 a package maintainer
1878 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1879 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1880 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1882 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1883 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1884 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1885 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1886 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1887 on various shlib files
1888 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1889 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1890 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1892 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1894 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1896 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1897 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1898 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1900 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1901 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1902 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1903 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1904 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1906 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1908 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1910 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1912 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1914 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1915 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1916 compatibility go in contrib.
1918 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1919 instructions in policy manual.
1920 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1923 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1925 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1927 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1928 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1929 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1930 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1932 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1933 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1936 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1938 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1940 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1941 * More detail about changelog format names.
1943 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1944 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1948 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1950 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1952 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1954 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1956 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1958 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1960 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1962 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1963 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1964 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1966 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1968 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1970 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1972 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1974 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1978 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100