1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
9 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
13 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
19 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
22 Seconded: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
23 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
24 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
26 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
27 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
31 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
32 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
33 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
34 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
35 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
36 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
37 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
38 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
39 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
41 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
43 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
46 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
47 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
50 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
51 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
53 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
54 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
58 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
59 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
63 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
64 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
68 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
69 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
70 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
71 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
75 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
76 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
77 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
78 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
79 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
81 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
82 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
86 * Add myself to Uploaders.
89 * Add myself to Uploaders.
90 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
92 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
93 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
94 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
96 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
98 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
100 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
101 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
105 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
106 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
108 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
110 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
111 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
115 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
116 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
118 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
120 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
121 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
125 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
126 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
130 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
131 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
133 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
135 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
136 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
138 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
140 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
141 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
142 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
145 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
146 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
150 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
151 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
154 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
156 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
157 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
158 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
159 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
160 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
161 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
162 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
163 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
164 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
165 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
166 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
167 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
168 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
169 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
170 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
171 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
172 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
173 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
174 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
175 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
176 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
177 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
178 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
179 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
180 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
181 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
182 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
183 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
184 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
185 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
187 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
188 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
189 links was completed long ago.
190 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
192 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
194 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
196 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
197 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
199 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
201 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
204 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
205 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
206 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
207 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
208 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
209 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
210 Millan (Closes: #209008).
211 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
212 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
214 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
216 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
218 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
219 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
220 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
221 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
222 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
223 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
224 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
226 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
227 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
228 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
229 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
231 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
232 Küster (Closes: #403391).
233 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
234 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
235 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
236 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
237 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
238 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
242 Closes: #186700, #458910
243 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
244 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
247 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
248 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
249 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
250 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
251 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
252 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
253 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
254 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
256 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
257 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
259 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
260 * Add an md5sums control file.
261 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
262 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
263 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
264 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
265 currently part of policy.
266 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
267 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
268 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
271 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
273 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
275 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
276 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
277 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
278 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
279 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
280 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
281 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
282 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
283 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
284 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
286 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
287 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
288 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
289 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
290 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
292 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
294 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
295 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
296 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
298 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
299 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
300 list?" (Closes: #412634).
301 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
302 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
303 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
304 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
305 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
306 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
307 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
308 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
309 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
310 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
311 debconf specification.
312 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
313 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
315 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
317 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
319 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
320 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
321 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
322 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
323 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
325 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
328 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
329 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
330 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
331 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
333 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
334 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
335 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
336 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
337 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
338 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
339 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
340 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
341 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
342 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
343 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
344 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
345 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
347 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
348 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
352 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
353 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
354 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
355 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
356 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
357 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
358 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
359 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
361 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
363 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
366 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
367 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
369 Polo (Closes: #372497).
370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
371 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
373 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
374 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
375 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
376 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
377 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
378 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
379 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
380 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
382 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
384 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
385 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
386 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
387 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
388 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
389 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
391 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
393 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
395 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
396 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
397 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
398 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
400 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
401 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
403 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
405 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
407 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
408 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
409 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
410 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
411 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
412 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
413 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
414 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
415 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
416 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
418 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
419 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
420 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
421 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
422 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
423 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
424 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
425 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
426 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
427 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
428 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
431 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
433 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
435 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
436 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
437 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
438 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
439 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
440 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
441 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
442 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
443 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
444 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
445 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
446 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
447 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
448 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
449 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
450 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
451 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
452 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
453 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
454 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
456 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
457 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
458 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
459 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
460 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
461 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
462 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
464 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
465 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
466 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
467 Hess (Closes: #362247).
468 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
469 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
470 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
471 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
472 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
473 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
474 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
475 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
476 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
477 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
478 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
479 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
481 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
482 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
484 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
485 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
486 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
487 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
488 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
489 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
490 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
491 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
492 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
493 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
494 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
496 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
498 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
501 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
502 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
503 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
504 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
505 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
506 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
507 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
508 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
509 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
510 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
511 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
512 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
513 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
515 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
516 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
517 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
518 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
519 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
520 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
521 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
522 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
523 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
524 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
525 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
526 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
527 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
528 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
529 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
530 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
531 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
532 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
533 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
536 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
538 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
540 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
541 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
542 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
543 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
545 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
546 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
547 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
548 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
550 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
552 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
555 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
556 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
557 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
558 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
559 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
560 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
561 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
562 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
563 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
564 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
566 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
567 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
568 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
570 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
571 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
572 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
573 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
574 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
575 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
576 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
578 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
579 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
580 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
581 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
583 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
584 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
585 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
586 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
587 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
588 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
589 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
590 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
592 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
593 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
594 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
595 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
596 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
597 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
598 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
599 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
600 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
601 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
602 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
603 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
604 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
605 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
606 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
607 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
608 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
610 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
612 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
615 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
616 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
617 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
618 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
619 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
620 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
621 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
622 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
623 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
625 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
626 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
627 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
628 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
629 this section. closes: Bug#248618
630 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
631 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
632 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
633 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
634 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
635 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
636 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
637 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
638 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
639 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
640 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
641 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
643 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
644 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
645 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
648 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
649 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
650 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
652 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
653 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
654 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
655 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
656 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
657 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
659 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
660 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
662 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
663 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
664 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
665 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
666 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
667 Closes: #185943, #237049
669 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
671 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
674 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
677 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
678 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
679 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
680 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
681 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
682 running. closes: Bug#187250
683 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
684 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
685 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
686 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
687 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
688 user closes: Bug#176506
690 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
692 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
695 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
696 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
697 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
698 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
699 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
700 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
701 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
702 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
703 deb-building toolchain.
704 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
705 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
706 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
707 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
708 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
709 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
710 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
711 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
712 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
713 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
714 sections about changelog files.
716 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
717 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
718 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
719 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
720 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
721 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
723 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
724 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
725 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
726 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
727 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
728 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
729 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
730 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
731 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
732 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
733 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
734 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
735 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
736 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
737 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
738 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
739 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
740 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
741 for the restructuring
743 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
745 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
748 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
750 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
751 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
752 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
753 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
754 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
755 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
757 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
758 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
759 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
760 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
761 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
762 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
763 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
765 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
766 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
767 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
768 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
770 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
772 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
775 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
776 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
777 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
778 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
779 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
780 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
782 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
783 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
784 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
785 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
787 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
788 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
789 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
790 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
791 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
792 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
793 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
794 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
795 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
797 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
798 script should start it, closes: #60979
799 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
800 "should", closes: #170019
801 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
802 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
803 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
804 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
805 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
806 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
807 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
808 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
811 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
813 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
816 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
817 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
818 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
819 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
820 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
821 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
822 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
823 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
824 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
826 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
827 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
828 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
829 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
830 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
831 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
832 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
833 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
834 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
836 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
837 file, closes: Bug#65764
839 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
841 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
843 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
844 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
845 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
846 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
847 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
848 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
849 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
850 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
851 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
852 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
853 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
854 details. closes: Bug#133030
855 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
856 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
859 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
861 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
863 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
864 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
865 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
866 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
867 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
868 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
869 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
870 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
871 not. closes: Bug#139820
872 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
873 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
874 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
875 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
876 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
877 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
878 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
879 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
880 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
881 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
883 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
885 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
886 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
887 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
888 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
889 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
890 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
891 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
892 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
893 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
894 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
895 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
896 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
897 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
898 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
899 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
900 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
901 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
902 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
903 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
904 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
906 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
907 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
908 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
909 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
910 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
911 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
912 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
914 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
915 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
916 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
917 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
918 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
919 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
920 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
921 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
922 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
924 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
926 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
928 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
929 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
930 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
931 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
932 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
933 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
934 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
935 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
936 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
937 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
938 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
939 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
940 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
941 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
942 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
943 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
944 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
945 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
946 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
947 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
948 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
949 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
950 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
952 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
954 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
956 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
957 medium, high, emergency.
958 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
959 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
960 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
961 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
962 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
965 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
966 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
967 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
969 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
970 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
971 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
972 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
973 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
974 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
975 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
978 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
980 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
982 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
983 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
984 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
985 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
987 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
988 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
989 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
990 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
991 debian/rules to do this
992 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
993 patches are incorporated upstream
994 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
995 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
996 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
997 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
998 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
999 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1001 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1002 system closes: Bug#91249
1003 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1004 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1005 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1006 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1007 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1008 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1009 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1010 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1011 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1012 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1013 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1014 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1015 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1017 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1019 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1022 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1023 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1024 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1026 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1027 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1028 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1030 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1033 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1035 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1038 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1039 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1040 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1041 package for the time being
1042 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1043 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1044 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1045 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1046 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1047 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1048 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1049 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1050 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1051 Build-Depends arch syntax
1052 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1054 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1055 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1057 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1058 from policy maintenance duties.
1059 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1060 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1062 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1064 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1068 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1070 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1073 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1074 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1075 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1076 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1077 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1078 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1079 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1080 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1081 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1082 minor version number for this
1083 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1084 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1085 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1086 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1087 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1088 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1089 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1090 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1091 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1093 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1095 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1097 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1098 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1099 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1100 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1101 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1103 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1105 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1106 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1107 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1108 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1109 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1110 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1111 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1112 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1113 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1114 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1115 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1116 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1117 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1118 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1119 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1120 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1123 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1125 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1128 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1130 * Document the Enhances relationship
1131 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1132 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1133 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1134 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1135 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1136 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1138 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1140 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1141 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1142 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1143 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1145 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1146 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1147 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1148 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1149 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1151 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1153 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1156 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1157 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1159 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1160 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1161 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1162 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1163 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1164 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1165 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1166 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1167 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1169 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1171 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1173 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1176 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1177 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1178 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1179 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1180 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1181 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1182 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1183 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1184 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1185 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1186 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1187 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1188 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1189 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1190 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1191 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1192 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1193 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1194 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1195 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1196 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1198 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1199 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1201 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1203 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1206 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1207 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1208 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1209 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1210 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1211 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1212 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1213 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1214 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1215 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1216 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1217 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1218 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1219 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1220 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1221 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1222 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1223 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1224 list closes: Bug#53756
1225 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1226 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1227 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1228 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1229 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1230 policy closes: Bug#53760
1231 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1232 policy closes: Bug#53761
1233 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1234 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1235 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1236 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1237 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1238 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1239 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1240 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1241 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1242 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1243 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1245 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1246 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1247 to install with older fileutils.
1248 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1249 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1250 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1251 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1253 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1254 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1256 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1258 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1261 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1263 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1265 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1268 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1270 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1273 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1276 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1278 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1280 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1282 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1285 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1287 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1289 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1291 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1292 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1293 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1294 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1295 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1296 directoried (closes: #41547)
1297 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1298 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1299 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1300 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1301 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1302 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1303 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1304 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1305 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1306 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1307 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1309 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1310 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1311 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1312 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1313 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1314 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1315 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1317 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1318 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1319 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1320 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1322 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1324 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1326 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1327 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1329 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1331 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1334 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1336 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1338 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1340 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1341 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1343 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1344 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1345 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1346 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1347 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1348 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1349 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1350 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1351 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1352 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1353 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1354 this closes: Bug#38612
1355 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1356 before. closes: Bug#40864
1358 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1360 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1363 officially uploaded.
1364 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1366 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1367 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1368 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1370 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1371 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1372 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1373 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1374 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1375 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1377 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1378 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1379 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1381 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1383 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1384 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1385 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1386 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1387 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1389 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1391 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1393 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1394 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1395 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1396 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1397 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1398 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1399 there). closes: Bug#34233
1400 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1401 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1402 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1403 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1404 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1406 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1408 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1410 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1411 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1412 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1413 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1416 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1417 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1418 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1419 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1420 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1423 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1424 number. closes: BUG#25911
1426 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1427 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1428 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1429 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1430 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1431 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1433 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1434 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1435 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1438 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1439 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1440 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1442 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1443 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1444 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1445 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1447 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1448 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1449 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1451 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1453 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1454 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1455 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1456 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1457 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1458 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1459 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1460 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1463 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1465 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1466 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1469 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1471 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1475 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1477 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1480 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1481 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1482 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1483 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1484 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1485 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1486 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1488 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1489 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1491 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1493 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1495 * non-maintainer release
1496 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1497 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1499 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1500 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1501 * no content changes
1502 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1504 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1506 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1510 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1512 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1514 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1516 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1517 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1518 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1520 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1521 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1523 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1524 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1525 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1526 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1528 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1529 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1530 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1531 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1532 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1533 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1534 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1536 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1537 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1538 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1541 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1542 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1543 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1545 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1546 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1547 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1549 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1550 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1552 * New version numbering scheme:
1554 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1555 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1556 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1559 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1560 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1561 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1562 differ between the manuals.
1564 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1565 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1566 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1567 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1569 * Packaging changes:
1571 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1572 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1574 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1576 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1578 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1580 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1582 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1583 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1584 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1586 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1587 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1590 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1591 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1592 file extension as the referenced file
1594 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1595 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1597 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1598 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1599 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1600 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1603 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1604 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1605 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1607 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1608 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1609 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1610 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1613 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1614 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1617 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1618 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1619 reasonable default configuration
1621 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1622 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1623 by all news servers and clients
1625 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1626 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1627 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1628 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1629 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1631 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1632 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1635 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1637 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1638 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1640 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1643 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1644 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1646 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1647 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1649 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1651 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1653 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1655 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1656 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1657 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1658 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1660 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1662 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1663 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1664 * Don't use debstd anymore
1666 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1668 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1670 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1671 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1672 contrib/non-free policy
1673 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1674 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1675 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1676 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1677 - new section about `Daemons'
1678 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1679 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1680 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1681 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1682 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1683 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1684 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1685 * SGML source code included in package
1686 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1688 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1690 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1692 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1693 - completely reworked structure
1694 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1695 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1696 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1697 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1698 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1699 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1700 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1701 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1702 - mention "orphaned packages"
1703 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1704 distributions' policy
1705 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1706 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1707 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1708 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1709 - added section about arch spec strings
1710 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1711 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1712 - added section about "menus"
1713 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1714 the new documentation policy soon
1715 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1716 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1718 - added section about editors and pagers
1719 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1720 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1721 - added section about device files
1722 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1723 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1724 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1726 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1727 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1728 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1729 - Added new section about obsolete names
1730 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1731 * Fixed package's description
1733 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1735 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1737 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1739 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1741 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1743 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1744 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1745 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1746 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1748 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1750 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1752 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1753 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1754 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1756 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1757 and upload it "byhand" too.
1759 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1761 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1764 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1765 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1766 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1767 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1768 functionality must not have the same name.
1769 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1770 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1771 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1772 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1773 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1774 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1775 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1777 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1778 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1779 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1780 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1781 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1782 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1783 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1784 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1787 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1789 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1791 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1793 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1794 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1795 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1796 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1797 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1800 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1802 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1804 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1806 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1807 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1808 description of deb file format.
1809 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1810 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1812 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1814 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1815 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1817 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1819 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1821 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1822 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1823 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1824 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1825 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1826 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1827 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1828 packages in section on Procedure
1829 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1830 a package maintainer
1831 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1832 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1833 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1835 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1836 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1837 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1838 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1839 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1840 on various shlib files
1841 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1842 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1843 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1845 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1847 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1849 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1850 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1851 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1853 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1854 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1855 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1856 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1857 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1859 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1861 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1863 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1865 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1867 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1868 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1869 compatibility go in contrib.
1871 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1872 instructions in policy manual.
1873 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1876 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1878 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1880 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1881 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1882 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1883 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1885 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1886 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1889 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1891 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1893 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1894 * More detail about changelog format names.
1896 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1897 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1901 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1903 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1905 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1907 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1909 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1911 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1913 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1915 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1916 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1917 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1919 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1921 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1923 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1925 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1927 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1931 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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