1 debian-policy (3.5.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
6 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
7 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
8 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
9 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
13 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
16 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
17 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
18 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
19 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
20 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
21 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
23 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
24 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
25 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
26 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
28 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
29 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
30 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
31 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
32 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
33 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
34 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
35 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
36 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
38 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
39 script should start it, closes: #60979
40 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
41 "should", closes: #170019
42 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
43 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
44 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
45 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
46 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
47 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
48 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
49 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
52 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
54 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
58 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
59 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
60 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
61 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
62 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
63 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
64 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
65 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
67 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
68 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
69 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
70 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
71 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
72 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
73 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
74 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
75 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
77 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
78 file, closes: Bug#65764
80 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
82 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
85 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
86 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
87 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
88 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
89 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
90 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
91 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
92 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
93 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
94 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
95 details. closes: Bug#133030
96 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
97 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
100 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
102 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
105 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
106 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
107 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
108 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
109 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
110 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
111 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
112 not. closes: Bug#139820
113 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
114 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
115 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
116 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
117 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
118 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
119 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
120 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
121 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
122 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
124 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
126 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
127 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
128 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
129 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
130 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
131 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
132 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
133 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
134 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
135 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
136 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
137 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
138 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
139 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
140 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
141 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
142 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
143 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
144 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
145 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
147 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
148 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
149 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
150 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
151 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
152 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
153 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
155 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
156 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
157 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
158 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
159 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
160 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
161 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
162 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
163 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
165 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
167 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
169 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
170 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
171 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
172 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
173 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
174 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
175 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
176 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
177 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
178 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
179 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
180 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
181 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
182 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
183 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
184 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
185 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
186 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
187 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
188 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
189 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
190 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
191 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
193 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
195 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
197 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
198 medium, high, emergency.
199 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
200 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
201 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
202 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
203 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
206 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
207 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
208 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
210 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
211 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
212 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
213 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
214 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
215 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
216 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
219 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
221 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
223 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
224 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
225 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
226 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
228 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
229 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
230 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
231 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
232 debian/rules to do this
233 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
234 patches are incorporated upstream
235 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
236 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
237 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
238 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
239 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
240 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
242 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
243 system closes: Bug#91249
244 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
245 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
246 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
247 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
248 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
249 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
250 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
251 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
252 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
253 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
254 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
255 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
256 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
258 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
260 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
262 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
263 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
264 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
265 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
267 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
268 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
269 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
271 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
274 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
276 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
279 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
280 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
281 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
282 package for the time being
283 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
284 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
285 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
286 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
287 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
288 * Rename all .text files as .txt
289 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
290 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
291 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
292 Build-Depends arch syntax
293 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
295 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
296 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
298 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
299 from policy maintenance duties.
300 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
301 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
303 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
305 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
307 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
309 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
311 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
313 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
314 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
315 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
316 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
317 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
318 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
319 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
320 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
321 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
322 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
323 minor version number for this
324 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
325 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
326 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
327 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
328 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
329 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
330 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
331 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
332 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
334 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
336 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
338 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
339 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
340 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
341 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
342 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
344 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
346 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
347 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
348 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
349 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
350 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
351 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
352 xutils closes: Bug#82966
353 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
354 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
355 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
356 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
357 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
358 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
359 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
360 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
361 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
364 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
366 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
368 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
369 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
371 * Document the Enhances relationship
372 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
373 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
374 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
375 policy. closes: Bug#53496
376 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
377 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
379 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
381 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
382 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
383 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
384 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
386 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
387 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
388 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
389 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
390 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
394 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
396 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
397 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
398 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
400 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
401 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
402 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
403 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
404 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
405 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
406 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
407 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
408 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
410 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
412 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
414 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
416 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
417 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
418 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
419 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
420 policy. closes: Bug#64437
421 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
422 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
423 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
424 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
425 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
426 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
427 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
428 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
429 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
430 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
431 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
432 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
433 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
434 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
435 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
436 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
437 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
439 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
440 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
442 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
444 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
446 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
447 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
448 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
449 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
450 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
451 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
452 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
453 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
454 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
455 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
456 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
457 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
458 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
459 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
460 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
461 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
462 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
463 alternative closes: Bug#53755
464 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
465 list closes: Bug#53756
466 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
467 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
468 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
469 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
470 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
471 policy closes: Bug#53760
472 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
473 policy closes: Bug#53761
474 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
475 that use X closes: Bug#53762
476 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
477 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
478 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
479 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
480 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
481 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
482 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
483 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
484 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
486 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
487 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
488 to install with older fileutils.
489 * Installed FHS version 2.1
490 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
491 * Added FHS details to copyright file
492 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
494 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
495 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
497 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
499 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
501 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
502 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
504 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
506 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
508 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
509 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
511 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
514 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
516 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
517 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
519 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
521 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
523 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
525 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
526 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
528 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
530 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
532 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
533 #45561, #42447, #48570)
534 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
535 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
536 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
537 directoried (closes: #41547)
538 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
539 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
540 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
541 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
542 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
543 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
544 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
545 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
546 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
547 package criteria (closes: #45318)
548 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
550 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
551 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
552 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
553 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
554 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
555 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
556 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
558 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
559 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
560 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
561 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
563 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
565 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
567 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
568 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
570 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
572 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
574 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
575 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
577 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
579 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
581 * A few typos and omissions corrected
582 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
584 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
585 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
586 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
587 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
588 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
589 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
590 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
591 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
592 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
593 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
594 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
595 this closes: Bug#38612
596 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
597 before. closes: Bug#40864
599 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
601 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
603 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
605 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
607 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
608 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
609 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
611 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
612 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
613 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
614 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
615 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
616 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
618 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
619 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
620 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
622 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
624 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
625 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
626 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
627 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
628 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
630 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
632 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
634 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
635 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
636 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
637 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
638 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
639 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
640 there). closes: Bug#34233
641 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
642 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
643 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
644 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
645 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
647 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
649 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
651 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
652 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
653 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
654 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
657 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
658 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
659 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
660 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
661 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
664 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
665 number. closes: BUG#25911
667 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
668 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
669 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
670 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
671 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
672 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
674 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
675 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
676 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
679 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
680 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
681 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
683 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
684 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
685 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
686 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
688 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
689 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
690 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
692 * Make the package optional, not extra.
694 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
695 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
696 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
697 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
698 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
699 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
700 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
701 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
704 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
706 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
707 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
710 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
712 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
714 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
716 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
718 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
720 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
721 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
722 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
723 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
724 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
725 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
726 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
727 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
729 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
730 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
732 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
734 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
736 * non-maintainer release
737 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
738 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
740 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
741 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
743 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
745 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
747 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
751 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
753 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
755 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
757 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
758 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
759 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
761 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
762 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
764 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
765 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
766 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
767 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
769 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
770 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
771 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
772 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
773 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
774 and restart options and to comply with the console message
775 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
777 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
778 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
779 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
782 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
783 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
784 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
786 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
787 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
788 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
790 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
791 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
793 * New version numbering scheme:
795 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
796 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
797 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
800 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
801 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
802 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
803 differ between the manuals.
805 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
806 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
807 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
808 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
812 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
813 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
815 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
817 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
819 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
821 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
823 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
824 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
825 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
827 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
828 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
831 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
832 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
833 file extension as the referenced file
835 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
836 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
838 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
839 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
840 start, stop, restart, force-reload
841 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
844 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
845 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
846 be installed into /etc/cron.d
848 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
849 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
850 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
851 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
854 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
855 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
858 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
859 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
860 reasonable default configuration
862 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
863 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
864 by all news servers and clients
866 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
867 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
868 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
869 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
870 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
872 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
873 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
876 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
878 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
879 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
881 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
884 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
885 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
887 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
888 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
890 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
892 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
894 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
896 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
897 - X library package is now called xlib6g
898 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
899 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
901 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
903 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
904 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
905 * Don't use debstd anymore
907 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
909 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
911 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
912 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
913 contrib/non-free policy
914 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
915 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
916 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
917 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
918 - new section about `Daemons'
919 - updated section about `Configuration files'
920 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
921 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
922 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
923 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
924 * Paper about libc6 migration:
925 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
926 * SGML source code included in package
927 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
929 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
931 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
933 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
934 - completely reworked structure
935 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
936 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
937 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
938 - removed all those ugly footnotes
939 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
940 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
941 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
942 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
943 - mention "orphaned packages"
944 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
945 distributions' policy
946 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
947 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
948 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
949 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
950 - added section about arch spec strings
951 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
952 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
953 - added section about "menus"
954 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
955 the new documentation policy soon
956 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
957 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
959 - added section about editors and pagers
960 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
961 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
962 - added section about device files
963 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
964 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
965 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
967 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
968 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
969 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
970 - Added new section about obsolete names
971 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
972 * Fixed package's description
974 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
976 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
978 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
980 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
982 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
984 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
985 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
986 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
987 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
989 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
991 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
993 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
994 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
995 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
997 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
998 and upload it "byhand" too.
1000 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1002 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1005 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1006 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1007 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1008 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1009 functionality must not have the same name.
1010 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1011 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1012 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1013 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1014 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1015 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1016 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1018 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1019 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1020 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1021 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1022 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1023 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1024 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1025 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1028 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1030 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1032 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1034 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1035 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1036 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1037 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1038 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1041 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1043 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1045 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1047 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1048 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1049 description of deb file format.
1050 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1051 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1053 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1055 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1056 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1058 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1060 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1062 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1063 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1064 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1065 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1066 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1067 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1068 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1069 packages in section on Procedure
1070 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1071 a package maintainer
1072 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1073 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1074 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1076 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1077 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1078 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1079 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1080 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1081 on various shlib files
1082 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1083 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1084 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1086 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1088 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1090 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1091 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1092 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1094 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1095 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1096 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1097 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1098 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1100 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1102 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1104 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1106 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1108 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1109 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1110 compatibility go in contrib.
1112 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1113 instructions in policy manual.
1114 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1117 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1119 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1121 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1122 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1123 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1124 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1126 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1127 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1130 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1132 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1134 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1135 * More detail about changelog format names.
1137 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1138 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1142 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1144 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1146 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1148 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1150 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1152 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1154 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1156 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1157 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1158 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1160 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1162 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1164 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1166 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1168 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1172 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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