1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
4 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
5 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
7 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
9 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
10 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
11 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
12 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
13 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
14 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
15 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
16 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
17 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
18 currently part of policy.
19 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
23 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
25 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
26 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
27 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
28 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
29 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
30 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
31 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
32 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
33 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
34 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
35 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
36 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
37 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
38 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
39 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
40 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
42 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
44 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
45 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
46 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
48 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
49 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
50 list?" (Closes: #412634).
51 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
52 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
53 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
54 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
55 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
56 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
57 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
58 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
59 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
60 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
61 debconf specification.
62 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
63 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
65 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
67 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
70 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
71 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
72 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
73 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
75 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
77 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
78 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
79 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
80 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
81 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
83 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
84 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
85 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
86 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
87 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
88 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
89 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
90 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
91 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
92 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
93 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
94 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
95 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
96 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
97 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
98 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
100 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
102 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
103 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
104 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
105 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
106 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
107 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
108 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
109 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
111 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
113 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
115 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
116 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
117 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
119 Polo (Closes: #372497).
120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
121 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
123 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
124 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
125 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
126 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
127 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
128 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
129 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
130 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
132 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
134 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
135 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
136 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
137 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
138 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
139 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
141 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
143 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
146 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
147 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
148 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
150 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
151 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
153 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
155 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
157 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
158 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
159 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
160 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
161 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
162 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
163 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
164 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
165 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
166 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
168 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
169 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
170 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
171 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
172 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
173 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
174 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
175 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
176 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
177 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
178 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
181 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
183 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
186 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
187 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
188 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
189 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
190 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
191 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
192 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
193 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
194 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
195 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
196 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
197 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
198 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
199 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
200 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
201 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
202 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
203 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
204 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
206 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
207 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
208 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
209 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
210 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
211 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
212 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
214 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
215 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
216 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
217 Hess (Closes: #362247).
218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
219 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
220 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
221 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
222 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
223 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
224 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
225 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
226 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
227 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
228 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
229 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
232 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
235 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
237 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
238 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
239 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
240 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
241 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
242 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
243 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
244 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
246 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
248 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
251 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
252 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
253 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
254 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
255 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
256 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
257 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
258 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
259 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
260 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
261 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
262 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
263 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
266 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
268 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
269 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
271 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
273 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
274 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
275 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
277 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
278 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
279 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
280 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
281 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
282 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
283 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
286 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
288 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
291 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
292 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
293 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
295 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
296 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
298 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
300 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
302 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
305 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
306 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
307 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
308 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
309 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
311 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
312 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
313 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
314 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
317 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
318 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
321 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
322 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
323 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
324 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
325 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
326 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
328 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
329 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
330 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
331 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
334 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
335 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
336 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
338 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
339 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
340 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
343 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
344 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
345 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
347 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
348 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
349 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
351 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
352 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
353 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
354 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
355 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
356 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
357 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
358 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
360 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
362 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
365 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
366 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
367 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
368 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
369 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
370 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
371 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
372 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
373 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
375 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
376 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
377 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
378 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
379 this section. closes: Bug#248618
380 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
381 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
382 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
383 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
384 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
385 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
386 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
388 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
389 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
390 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
391 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
394 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
395 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
398 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
399 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
400 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
402 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
403 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
404 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
405 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
406 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
407 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
409 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
410 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
412 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
413 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
414 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
415 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
416 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
417 Closes: #185943, #237049
419 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
421 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
424 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
427 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
428 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
429 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
430 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
431 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
432 running. closes: Bug#187250
433 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
434 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
435 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
436 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
437 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
438 user closes: Bug#176506
440 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
442 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
445 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
446 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
447 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
448 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
449 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
450 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
451 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
452 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
453 deb-building toolchain.
454 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
455 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
456 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
457 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
458 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
459 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
460 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
461 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
462 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
463 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
464 sections about changelog files.
466 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
467 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
468 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
469 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
470 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
471 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
473 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
474 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
475 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
476 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
477 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
478 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
479 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
480 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
481 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
482 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
483 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
484 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
485 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
486 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
487 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
488 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
489 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
490 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
491 for the restructuring
493 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
495 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
498 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
500 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
501 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
502 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
503 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
504 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
505 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
507 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
508 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
509 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
510 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
511 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
512 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
513 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
515 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
516 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
517 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
518 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
520 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
522 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
525 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
526 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
527 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
528 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
529 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
530 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
532 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
533 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
534 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
535 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
537 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
538 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
539 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
540 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
541 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
542 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
543 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
544 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
545 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
547 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
548 script should start it, closes: #60979
549 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
550 "should", closes: #170019
551 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
552 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
553 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
554 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
555 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
556 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
557 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
558 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
561 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
563 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
566 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
567 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
568 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
569 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
570 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
571 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
572 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
573 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
574 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
576 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
577 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
578 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
579 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
580 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
581 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
582 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
583 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
584 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
586 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
587 file, closes: Bug#65764
589 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
591 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
593 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
594 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
595 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
596 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
597 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
598 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
599 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
600 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
601 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
602 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
603 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
604 details. closes: Bug#133030
605 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
606 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
609 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
611 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
613 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
614 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
615 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
616 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
617 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
618 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
619 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
620 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
621 not. closes: Bug#139820
622 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
623 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
624 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
625 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
626 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
627 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
628 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
629 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
630 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
631 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
633 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
635 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
636 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
637 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
638 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
639 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
640 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
641 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
642 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
643 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
644 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
645 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
646 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
647 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
648 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
649 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
650 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
651 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
652 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
653 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
654 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
656 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
657 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
658 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
659 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
660 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
661 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
662 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
664 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
665 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
666 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
667 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
668 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
669 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
670 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
671 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
672 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
674 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
676 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
678 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
679 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
680 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
681 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
682 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
683 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
684 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
685 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
686 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
687 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
688 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
689 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
690 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
691 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
692 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
693 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
694 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
695 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
696 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
697 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
698 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
699 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
700 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
702 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
704 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
706 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
707 medium, high, emergency.
708 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
709 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
710 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
711 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
712 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
715 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
716 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
717 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
719 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
720 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
721 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
722 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
723 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
724 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
725 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
728 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
730 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
732 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
733 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
734 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
735 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
737 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
738 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
739 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
740 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
741 debian/rules to do this
742 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
743 patches are incorporated upstream
744 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
745 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
746 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
747 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
748 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
749 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
751 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
752 system closes: Bug#91249
753 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
754 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
755 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
756 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
757 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
758 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
759 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
760 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
761 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
762 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
763 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
764 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
765 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
767 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
769 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
771 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
772 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
773 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
774 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
776 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
777 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
778 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
780 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
783 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
785 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
787 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
788 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
789 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
790 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
791 package for the time being
792 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
793 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
794 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
795 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
796 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
797 * Rename all .text files as .txt
798 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
799 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
800 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
801 Build-Depends arch syntax
802 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
804 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
805 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
807 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
808 from policy maintenance duties.
809 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
810 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
812 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
814 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
816 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
818 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
820 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
822 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
823 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
824 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
825 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
826 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
827 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
828 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
829 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
830 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
831 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
832 minor version number for this
833 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
834 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
835 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
836 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
837 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
838 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
839 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
840 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
841 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
843 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
845 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
847 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
848 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
849 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
850 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
851 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
853 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
855 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
856 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
857 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
858 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
859 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
860 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
861 xutils closes: Bug#82966
862 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
863 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
864 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
865 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
866 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
867 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
868 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
869 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
870 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
873 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
875 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
877 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
878 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
880 * Document the Enhances relationship
881 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
882 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
883 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
884 policy. closes: Bug#53496
885 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
886 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
888 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
890 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
891 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
892 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
893 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
895 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
896 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
897 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
898 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
899 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
901 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
903 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
905 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
906 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
907 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
909 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
910 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
911 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
912 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
913 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
914 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
915 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
916 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
917 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
919 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
921 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
923 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
925 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
926 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
927 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
928 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
929 policy. closes: Bug#64437
930 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
931 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
932 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
933 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
934 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
935 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
936 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
937 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
938 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
939 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
940 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
941 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
942 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
943 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
944 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
945 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
946 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
948 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
949 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
951 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
953 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
955 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
956 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
957 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
958 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
959 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
960 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
961 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
962 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
963 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
964 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
965 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
966 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
967 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
968 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
969 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
970 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
971 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
972 alternative closes: Bug#53755
973 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
974 list closes: Bug#53756
975 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
976 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
977 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
978 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
979 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
980 policy closes: Bug#53760
981 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
982 policy closes: Bug#53761
983 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
984 that use X closes: Bug#53762
985 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
986 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
987 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
988 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
989 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
990 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
991 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
992 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
993 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
995 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
996 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
997 to install with older fileutils.
998 * Installed FHS version 2.1
999 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1000 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1001 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1003 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1004 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1006 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1008 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1011 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1013 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1015 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1018 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1020 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1023 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1025 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1026 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1028 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1030 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1032 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1035 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1037 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1039 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1042 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1043 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1044 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1045 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1046 directoried (closes: #41547)
1047 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1048 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1049 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1050 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1051 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1052 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1053 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1054 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1055 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1056 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1057 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1059 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1060 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1061 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1062 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1063 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1064 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1065 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1067 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1068 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1069 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1070 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1072 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1074 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1076 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1077 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1079 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1081 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1084 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1086 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1088 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1091 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1093 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1094 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1095 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1096 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1097 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1098 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1099 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1100 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1101 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1102 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1103 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1104 this closes: Bug#38612
1105 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1106 before. closes: Bug#40864
1108 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1110 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1113 officially uploaded.
1114 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1116 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1117 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1118 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1120 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1121 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1122 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1123 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1124 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1125 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1127 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1128 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1129 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1131 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1133 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1134 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1135 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1136 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1137 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1139 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1141 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1144 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1145 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1146 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1147 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1148 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1149 there). closes: Bug#34233
1150 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1151 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1152 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1153 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1154 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1156 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1158 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1161 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1162 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1163 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1166 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1167 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1168 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1169 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1170 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1173 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1174 number. closes: BUG#25911
1176 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1177 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1178 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1179 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1180 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1181 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1183 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1184 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1185 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1188 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1189 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1190 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1192 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1193 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1194 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1195 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1197 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1198 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1199 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1201 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1203 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1204 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1205 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1206 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1207 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1208 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1209 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1210 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1213 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1215 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1216 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1219 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1221 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1225 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1227 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1230 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1231 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1232 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1233 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1234 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1235 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1236 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1238 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1239 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1241 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1243 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1245 * non-maintainer release
1246 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1247 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1249 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1250 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1251 * no content changes
1252 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1254 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1256 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1260 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1262 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1264 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1266 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1267 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1268 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1270 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1271 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1273 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1274 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1275 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1276 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1278 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1279 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1280 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1281 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1282 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1283 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1284 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1286 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1287 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1288 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1291 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1292 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1293 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1295 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1296 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1297 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1299 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1300 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1302 * New version numbering scheme:
1304 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1305 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1306 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1309 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1310 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1311 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1312 differ between the manuals.
1314 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1315 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1316 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1317 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1319 * Packaging changes:
1321 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1322 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1324 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1326 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1328 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1330 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1332 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1333 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1334 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1336 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1337 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1340 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1341 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1342 file extension as the referenced file
1344 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1345 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1347 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1348 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1349 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1350 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1353 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1354 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1355 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1357 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1358 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1359 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1360 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1363 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1364 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1367 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1368 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1369 reasonable default configuration
1371 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1372 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1373 by all news servers and clients
1375 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1376 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1377 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1378 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1379 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1381 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1382 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1385 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1387 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1388 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1390 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1393 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1394 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1396 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1397 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1399 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1401 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1403 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1405 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1406 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1407 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1408 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1410 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1412 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1413 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1414 * Don't use debstd anymore
1416 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1418 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1420 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1421 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1422 contrib/non-free policy
1423 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1424 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1425 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1426 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1427 - new section about `Daemons'
1428 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1429 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1430 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1431 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1432 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1433 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1434 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1435 * SGML source code included in package
1436 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1438 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1440 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1442 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1443 - completely reworked structure
1444 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1445 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1446 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1447 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1448 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1449 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1450 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1451 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1452 - mention "orphaned packages"
1453 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1454 distributions' policy
1455 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1456 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1457 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1458 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1459 - added section about arch spec strings
1460 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1461 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1462 - added section about "menus"
1463 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1464 the new documentation policy soon
1465 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1466 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1468 - added section about editors and pagers
1469 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1470 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1471 - added section about device files
1472 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1473 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1474 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1476 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1477 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1478 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1479 - Added new section about obsolete names
1480 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1481 * Fixed package's description
1483 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1485 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1487 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1489 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1491 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1493 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1494 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1495 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1496 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1498 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1500 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1502 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1503 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1504 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1506 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1507 and upload it "byhand" too.
1509 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1511 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1514 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1515 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1516 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1517 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1518 functionality must not have the same name.
1519 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1520 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1521 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1522 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1523 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1524 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1525 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1527 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1528 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1529 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1530 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1531 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1532 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1533 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1534 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1537 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1539 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1541 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1543 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1544 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1545 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1546 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1547 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1550 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1552 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1554 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1556 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1557 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1558 description of deb file format.
1559 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1560 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1562 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1564 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1565 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1567 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1569 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1571 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1572 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1573 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1574 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1575 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1576 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1577 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1578 packages in section on Procedure
1579 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1580 a package maintainer
1581 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1582 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1583 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1585 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1586 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1587 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1588 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1589 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1590 on various shlib files
1591 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1592 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1593 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1595 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1597 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1599 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1600 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1601 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1603 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1604 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1605 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1606 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1607 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1609 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1611 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1613 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1615 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1617 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1618 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1619 compatibility go in contrib.
1621 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1622 instructions in policy manual.
1623 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1626 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1628 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1630 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1631 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1632 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1633 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1635 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1636 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1639 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1641 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1643 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1644 * More detail about changelog format names.
1646 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1647 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1651 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1653 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1655 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1657 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1659 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1661 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1663 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1665 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1666 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1667 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1669 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1671 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1673 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1675 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1677 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1681 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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