1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
4 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
5 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
6 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
7 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
8 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
9 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
10 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
11 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
15 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
17 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
18 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
19 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
20 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
21 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
23 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
25 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
26 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
27 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
28 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
29 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
31 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
32 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
33 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
34 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
35 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
36 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
37 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
38 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
39 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
40 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
41 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
42 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
43 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
44 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
45 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
46 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
48 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
50 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
51 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
52 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
53 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
54 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
55 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
56 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
57 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
59 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
61 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
64 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
65 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
66 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
67 Polo (Closes: #372497).
68 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
69 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
71 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
72 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
73 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
74 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
75 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
76 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
77 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
78 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
79 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
80 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
82 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
83 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
84 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
85 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
86 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
87 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
89 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
91 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
93 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
94 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
95 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
96 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
98 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
99 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
101 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
103 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
105 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
106 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
107 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
108 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
109 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
110 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
111 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
112 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
113 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
114 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
116 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
117 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
119 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
120 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
121 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
123 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
125 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
126 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
129 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
131 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
134 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
136 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
137 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
138 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
139 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
140 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
141 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
142 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
143 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
144 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
145 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
146 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
147 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
148 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
149 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
150 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
151 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
152 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
153 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
154 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
155 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
156 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
157 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
158 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
159 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
160 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
162 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
163 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
164 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
165 Hess (Closes: #362247).
166 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
167 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
168 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
169 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
170 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
171 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
172 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
173 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
174 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
175 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
176 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
177 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
179 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
180 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
183 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
184 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
185 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
186 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
187 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
188 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
189 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
190 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
191 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
192 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
194 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
196 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
199 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
200 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
202 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
204 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
205 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
206 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
208 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
209 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
210 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
214 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
215 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
216 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
217 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
219 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
221 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
223 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
225 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
227 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
228 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
229 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
231 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
234 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
236 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
239 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
240 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
241 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
243 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
244 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
246 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
250 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
254 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
255 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
256 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
257 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
259 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
260 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
261 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
262 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
264 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
265 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
266 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
268 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
269 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
270 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
272 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
273 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
274 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
276 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
277 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
278 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
279 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
282 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
283 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
284 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
286 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
287 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
288 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
291 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
292 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
293 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
295 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
296 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
297 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
299 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
300 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
301 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
302 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
303 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
304 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
305 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
306 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
308 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
310 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
313 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
314 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
315 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
316 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
317 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
318 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
319 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
320 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
321 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
323 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
324 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
325 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
326 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
327 this section. closes: Bug#248618
328 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
329 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
330 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
331 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
332 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
333 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
334 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
336 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
337 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
338 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
342 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
343 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
346 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
347 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
348 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
350 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
351 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
352 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
353 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
354 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
355 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
357 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
358 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
360 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
361 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
362 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
363 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
364 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
365 Closes: #185943, #237049
367 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
369 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
372 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
375 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
376 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
377 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
378 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
379 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
380 running. closes: Bug#187250
381 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
382 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
383 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
384 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
385 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
386 user closes: Bug#176506
388 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
390 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
393 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
394 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
395 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
396 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
397 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
398 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
399 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
400 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
401 deb-building toolchain.
402 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
403 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
404 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
405 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
406 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
407 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
408 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
409 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
410 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
411 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
412 sections about changelog files.
414 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
415 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
416 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
417 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
418 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
419 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
421 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
422 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
423 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
424 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
425 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
426 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
427 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
428 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
429 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
430 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
431 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
432 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
433 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
434 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
435 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
436 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
437 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
438 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
439 for the restructuring
441 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
443 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
446 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
448 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
449 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
450 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
451 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
452 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
453 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
455 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
456 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
457 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
458 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
459 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
460 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
461 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
463 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
464 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
465 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
466 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
468 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
470 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
473 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
474 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
475 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
476 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
477 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
478 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
480 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
481 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
482 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
483 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
485 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
486 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
487 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
488 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
489 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
490 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
491 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
492 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
493 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
495 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
496 script should start it, closes: #60979
497 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
498 "should", closes: #170019
499 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
500 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
501 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
502 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
503 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
504 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
505 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
506 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
509 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
511 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
514 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
515 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
516 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
517 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
518 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
519 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
520 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
521 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
522 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
524 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
525 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
526 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
527 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
528 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
529 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
530 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
531 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
532 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
534 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
535 file, closes: Bug#65764
537 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
539 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
541 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
542 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
543 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
544 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
545 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
546 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
547 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
548 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
549 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
550 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
551 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
552 details. closes: Bug#133030
553 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
554 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
557 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
559 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
561 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
562 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
563 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
564 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
565 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
566 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
567 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
568 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
569 not. closes: Bug#139820
570 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
571 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
572 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
573 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
574 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
575 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
576 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
577 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
578 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
579 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
581 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
583 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
584 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
585 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
586 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
587 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
588 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
589 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
590 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
591 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
592 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
593 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
594 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
595 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
596 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
597 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
598 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
599 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
600 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
601 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
602 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
604 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
605 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
606 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
607 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
608 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
609 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
610 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
612 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
613 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
614 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
615 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
616 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
617 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
618 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
619 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
620 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
622 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
624 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
626 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
627 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
628 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
629 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
630 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
631 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
632 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
633 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
634 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
635 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
636 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
637 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
638 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
639 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
640 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
641 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
642 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
643 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
644 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
645 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
646 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
647 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
648 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
650 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
652 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
654 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
655 medium, high, emergency.
656 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
657 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
658 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
659 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
660 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
663 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
664 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
665 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
667 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
668 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
669 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
670 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
671 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
672 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
673 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
676 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
678 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
680 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
681 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
682 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
683 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
685 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
686 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
687 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
688 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
689 debian/rules to do this
690 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
691 patches are incorporated upstream
692 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
693 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
694 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
695 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
696 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
697 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
699 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
700 system closes: Bug#91249
701 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
702 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
703 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
704 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
705 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
706 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
707 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
708 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
709 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
710 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
711 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
712 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
713 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
715 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
717 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
719 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
720 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
721 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
722 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
724 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
725 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
726 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
728 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
731 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
733 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
735 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
736 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
737 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
738 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
739 package for the time being
740 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
741 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
742 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
743 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
744 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
745 * Rename all .text files as .txt
746 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
747 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
748 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
749 Build-Depends arch syntax
750 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
752 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
753 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
755 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
756 from policy maintenance duties.
757 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
758 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
760 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
762 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
766 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
768 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
770 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
771 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
772 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
773 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
774 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
775 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
776 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
777 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
778 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
779 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
780 minor version number for this
781 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
782 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
783 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
784 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
785 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
786 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
787 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
788 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
789 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
791 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
793 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
795 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
796 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
797 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
798 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
799 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
801 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
803 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
804 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
805 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
806 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
807 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
808 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
809 xutils closes: Bug#82966
810 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
811 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
812 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
813 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
814 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
815 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
816 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
817 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
818 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
821 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
823 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
825 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
826 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
828 * Document the Enhances relationship
829 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
830 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
831 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
832 policy. closes: Bug#53496
833 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
834 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
836 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
838 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
839 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
840 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
841 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
843 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
844 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
845 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
846 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
847 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
849 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
851 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
853 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
854 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
855 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
857 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
858 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
859 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
860 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
861 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
862 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
863 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
864 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
865 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
867 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
869 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
871 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
873 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
874 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
875 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
876 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
877 policy. closes: Bug#64437
878 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
879 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
880 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
881 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
882 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
883 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
884 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
885 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
886 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
887 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
888 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
889 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
890 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
891 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
892 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
893 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
894 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
896 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
897 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
899 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
901 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
903 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
904 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
905 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
906 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
907 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
908 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
909 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
910 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
911 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
912 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
913 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
914 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
915 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
916 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
917 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
918 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
919 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
920 alternative closes: Bug#53755
921 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
922 list closes: Bug#53756
923 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
924 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
925 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
926 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
927 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
928 policy closes: Bug#53760
929 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
930 policy closes: Bug#53761
931 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
932 that use X closes: Bug#53762
933 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
934 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
935 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
936 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
937 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
938 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
939 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
940 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
941 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
943 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
944 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
945 to install with older fileutils.
946 * Installed FHS version 2.1
947 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
948 * Added FHS details to copyright file
949 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
951 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
952 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
954 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
956 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
958 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
959 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
961 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
963 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
965 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
966 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
968 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
971 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
973 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
974 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
976 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
978 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
980 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
982 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
983 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
985 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
987 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
989 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
990 #45561, #42447, #48570)
991 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
992 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
993 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
994 directoried (closes: #41547)
995 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
996 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
997 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
998 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
999 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1000 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1001 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1002 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1003 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1004 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1005 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1007 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1008 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1009 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1010 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1011 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1012 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1013 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1015 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1016 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1017 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1018 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1020 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1022 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1024 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1025 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1027 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1029 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1032 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1034 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1036 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1039 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1041 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1042 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1043 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1044 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1045 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1046 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1047 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1048 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1049 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1050 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1051 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1052 this closes: Bug#38612
1053 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1054 before. closes: Bug#40864
1056 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1058 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1061 officially uploaded.
1062 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1064 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1065 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1066 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1068 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1069 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1070 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1071 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1072 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1073 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1075 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1076 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1077 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1079 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1081 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1082 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1083 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1084 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1085 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1087 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1089 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1092 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1093 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1094 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1095 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1096 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1097 there). closes: Bug#34233
1098 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1099 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1100 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1101 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1102 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1104 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1106 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1109 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1110 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1111 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1114 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1115 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1116 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1117 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1118 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1121 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1122 number. closes: BUG#25911
1124 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1125 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1126 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1127 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1128 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1129 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1131 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1132 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1133 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1136 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1137 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1138 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1140 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1141 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1142 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1143 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1145 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1146 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1147 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1149 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1151 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1152 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1153 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1154 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1155 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1156 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1157 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1158 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1161 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1163 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1164 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1167 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1169 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1171 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1173 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1175 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1178 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1179 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1180 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1181 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1182 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1183 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1184 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1186 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1187 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1189 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1191 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1193 * non-maintainer release
1194 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1195 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1197 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1198 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1199 * no content changes
1200 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1202 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1204 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1208 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1210 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1212 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1214 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1215 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1216 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1218 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1219 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1221 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1222 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1223 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1224 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1226 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1227 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1228 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1229 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1230 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1231 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1232 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1234 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1235 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1236 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1239 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1240 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1241 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1243 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1244 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1245 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1247 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1248 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1250 * New version numbering scheme:
1252 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1253 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1254 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1257 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1258 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1259 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1260 differ between the manuals.
1262 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1263 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1264 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1265 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1267 * Packaging changes:
1269 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1270 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1272 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1274 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1276 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1280 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1281 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1282 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1284 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1285 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1288 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1289 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1290 file extension as the referenced file
1292 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1293 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1295 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1296 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1297 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1298 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1301 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1302 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1303 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1305 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1306 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1307 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1308 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1311 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1312 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1315 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1316 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1317 reasonable default configuration
1319 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1320 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1321 by all news servers and clients
1323 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1324 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1325 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1326 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1327 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1329 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1330 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1333 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1335 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1336 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1338 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1341 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1342 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1344 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1345 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1347 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1349 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1351 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1354 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1355 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1356 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1358 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1360 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1361 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1362 * Don't use debstd anymore
1364 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1366 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1368 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1369 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1370 contrib/non-free policy
1371 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1372 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1373 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1374 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1375 - new section about `Daemons'
1376 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1377 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1378 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1379 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1380 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1381 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1382 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1383 * SGML source code included in package
1384 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1386 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1388 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1390 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1391 - completely reworked structure
1392 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1393 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1394 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1395 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1396 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1397 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1398 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1399 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1400 - mention "orphaned packages"
1401 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1402 distributions' policy
1403 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1404 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1405 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1406 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1407 - added section about arch spec strings
1408 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1409 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1410 - added section about "menus"
1411 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1412 the new documentation policy soon
1413 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1414 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1416 - added section about editors and pagers
1417 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1418 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1419 - added section about device files
1420 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1421 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1422 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1424 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1425 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1426 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1427 - Added new section about obsolete names
1428 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1429 * Fixed package's description
1431 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1433 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1435 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1437 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1439 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1441 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1442 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1443 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1444 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1446 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1448 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1450 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1451 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1452 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1454 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1455 and upload it "byhand" too.
1457 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1459 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1462 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1463 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1464 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1465 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1466 functionality must not have the same name.
1467 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1468 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1469 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1470 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1471 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1472 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1473 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1475 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1476 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1477 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1478 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1479 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1480 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1481 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1482 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1485 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1487 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1489 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1491 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1492 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1493 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1494 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1495 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1498 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1500 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1502 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1504 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1505 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1506 description of deb file format.
1507 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1508 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1510 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1512 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1513 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1515 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1517 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1519 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1520 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1521 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1522 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1523 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1524 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1525 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1526 packages in section on Procedure
1527 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1528 a package maintainer
1529 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1530 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1531 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1533 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1534 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1535 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1536 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1537 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1538 on various shlib files
1539 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1540 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1541 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1543 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1545 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1547 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1548 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1549 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1551 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1552 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1553 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1554 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1555 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1557 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1559 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1561 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1563 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1565 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1566 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1567 compatibility go in contrib.
1569 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1570 instructions in policy manual.
1571 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1574 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1576 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1578 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1579 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1580 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1581 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1583 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1584 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1587 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1589 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1591 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1592 * More detail about changelog format names.
1594 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1595 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1599 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1601 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1603 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1605 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1607 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1609 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1611 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1613 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1614 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1615 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1617 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1619 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1621 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1623 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1625 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1629 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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