1 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
5 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
6 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
7 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
8 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
12 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
15 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
16 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
17 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
18 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
19 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
20 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
21 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
22 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
23 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
25 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
26 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
27 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
28 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
29 this section. closes: Bug#248618
30 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
31 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
32 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
33 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
34 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
35 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
36 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
37 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
38 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
39 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
40 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
41 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
43 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
44 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
45 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
48 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
49 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
50 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
52 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
53 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
54 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
55 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
56 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
57 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
59 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
60 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
62 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
63 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
64 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
65 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
66 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
67 Closes: #185943, #237049
69 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
71 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
74 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
77 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
78 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
79 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
80 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
81 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
82 running. closes: Bug#187250
83 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
84 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
85 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
86 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
87 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
88 user closes: Bug#176506
90 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
92 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
96 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
97 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
98 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
99 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
100 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
101 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
102 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
103 deb-building toolchain.
104 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
105 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
106 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
107 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
108 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
109 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
110 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
111 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
112 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
113 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
114 sections about changelog files.
116 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
117 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
118 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
119 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
120 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
121 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
123 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
124 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
125 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
126 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
127 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
128 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
129 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
130 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
131 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
132 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
133 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
134 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
135 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
136 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
137 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
138 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
139 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
140 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
141 for the restructuring
143 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
145 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
148 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
150 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
151 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
152 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
153 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
154 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
155 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
157 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
158 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
159 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
160 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
161 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
162 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
163 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
165 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
166 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
167 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
168 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
170 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
172 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
175 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
176 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
177 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
178 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
179 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
180 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
182 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
183 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
184 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
185 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
187 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
188 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
189 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
190 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
191 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
192 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
193 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
194 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
195 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
197 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
198 script should start it, closes: #60979
199 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
200 "should", closes: #170019
201 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
202 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
203 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
204 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
205 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
206 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
207 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
208 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
211 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
213 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
217 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
218 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
219 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
220 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
221 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
222 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
223 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
224 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
226 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
227 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
228 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
229 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
230 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
231 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
232 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
233 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
234 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
236 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
237 file, closes: Bug#65764
239 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
241 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
243 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
244 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
245 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
246 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
247 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
248 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
249 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
250 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
251 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
252 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
253 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
254 details. closes: Bug#133030
255 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
256 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
259 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
261 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
263 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
264 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
265 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
266 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
267 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
268 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
269 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
270 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
271 not. closes: Bug#139820
272 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
273 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
274 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
275 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
276 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
277 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
278 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
279 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
280 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
281 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
283 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
285 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
286 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
287 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
288 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
289 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
290 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
291 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
292 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
293 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
294 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
295 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
296 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
297 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
298 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
299 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
300 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
301 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
302 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
303 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
304 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
306 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
307 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
308 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
309 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
310 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
311 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
312 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
314 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
315 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
316 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
317 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
318 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
319 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
320 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
321 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
322 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
324 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
326 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
328 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
329 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
330 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
331 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
332 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
333 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
334 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
335 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
336 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
337 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
338 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
339 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
340 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
341 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
342 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
343 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
344 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
345 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
346 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
347 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
348 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
349 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
350 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
352 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
354 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
356 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
357 medium, high, emergency.
358 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
359 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
360 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
361 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
362 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
365 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
366 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
367 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
369 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
370 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
371 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
372 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
373 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
374 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
375 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
378 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
380 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
382 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
383 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
384 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
385 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
387 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
388 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
389 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
390 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
391 debian/rules to do this
392 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
393 patches are incorporated upstream
394 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
395 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
396 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
397 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
398 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
399 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
401 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
402 system closes: Bug#91249
403 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
404 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
405 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
406 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
407 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
408 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
409 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
410 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
411 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
412 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
413 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
414 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
415 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
417 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
419 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
421 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
422 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
423 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
424 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
426 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
427 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
428 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
430 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
433 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
435 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
437 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
438 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
439 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
440 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
441 package for the time being
442 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
443 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
444 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
445 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
446 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
447 * Rename all .text files as .txt
448 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
449 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
450 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
451 Build-Depends arch syntax
452 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
454 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
455 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
457 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
458 from policy maintenance duties.
459 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
460 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
462 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
464 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
466 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
468 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
470 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
472 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
473 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
474 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
475 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
476 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
477 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
478 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
479 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
480 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
481 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
482 minor version number for this
483 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
484 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
485 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
486 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
487 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
488 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
489 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
490 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
491 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
493 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
495 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
497 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
498 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
499 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
500 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
501 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
503 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
505 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
506 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
507 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
508 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
509 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
510 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
511 xutils closes: Bug#82966
512 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
513 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
514 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
515 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
516 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
517 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
518 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
519 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
520 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
523 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
525 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
527 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
528 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
530 * Document the Enhances relationship
531 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
532 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
533 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
534 policy. closes: Bug#53496
535 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
536 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
538 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
540 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
541 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
542 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
543 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
545 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
546 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
547 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
548 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
549 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
551 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
553 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
555 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
556 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
557 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
559 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
560 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
561 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
562 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
563 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
564 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
565 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
566 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
567 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
569 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
571 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
573 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
575 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
576 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
577 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
578 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
579 policy. closes: Bug#64437
580 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
581 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
582 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
583 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
584 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
585 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
586 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
587 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
588 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
589 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
590 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
591 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
592 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
593 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
594 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
595 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
596 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
598 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
599 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
601 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
603 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
606 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
607 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
608 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
609 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
610 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
611 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
612 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
613 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
614 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
615 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
616 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
617 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
618 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
619 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
620 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
621 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
622 alternative closes: Bug#53755
623 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
624 list closes: Bug#53756
625 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
626 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
627 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
628 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
629 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
630 policy closes: Bug#53760
631 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
632 policy closes: Bug#53761
633 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
634 that use X closes: Bug#53762
635 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
636 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
637 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
638 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
639 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
640 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
641 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
642 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
643 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
645 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
646 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
647 to install with older fileutils.
648 * Installed FHS version 2.1
649 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
650 * Added FHS details to copyright file
651 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
653 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
654 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
656 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
658 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
660 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
661 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
663 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
665 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
667 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
668 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
670 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
673 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
675 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
676 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
678 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
680 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
682 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
684 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
685 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
687 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
689 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
691 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
692 #45561, #42447, #48570)
693 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
694 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
695 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
696 directoried (closes: #41547)
697 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
698 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
699 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
700 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
701 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
702 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
703 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
704 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
705 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
706 package criteria (closes: #45318)
707 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
709 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
710 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
711 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
712 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
713 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
714 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
715 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
717 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
718 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
719 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
720 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
722 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
724 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
726 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
727 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
729 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
731 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
733 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
734 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
736 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
738 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
740 * A few typos and omissions corrected
741 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
743 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
744 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
745 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
746 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
747 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
748 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
749 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
750 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
751 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
752 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
753 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
754 this closes: Bug#38612
755 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
756 before. closes: Bug#40864
758 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
760 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
762 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
764 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
766 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
767 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
768 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
770 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
771 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
772 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
773 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
774 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
775 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
777 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
778 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
779 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
781 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
783 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
784 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
785 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
786 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
787 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
789 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
791 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
793 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
794 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
795 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
796 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
797 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
798 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
799 there). closes: Bug#34233
800 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
801 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
802 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
803 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
804 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
806 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
808 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
810 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
811 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
812 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
813 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
816 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
817 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
818 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
819 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
820 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
823 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
824 number. closes: BUG#25911
826 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
827 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
828 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
829 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
830 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
831 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
833 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
834 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
835 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
838 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
839 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
840 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
842 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
843 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
844 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
845 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
847 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
848 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
849 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
851 * Make the package optional, not extra.
853 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
854 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
855 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
856 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
857 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
858 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
859 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
860 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
863 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
865 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
866 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
869 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
871 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
873 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
875 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
877 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
879 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
880 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
881 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
882 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
883 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
884 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
885 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
886 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
888 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
889 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
891 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
893 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
895 * non-maintainer release
896 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
897 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
899 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
900 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
902 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
904 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
906 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
910 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
912 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
914 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
916 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
917 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
918 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
920 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
921 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
923 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
924 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
925 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
926 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
928 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
929 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
930 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
931 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
932 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
933 and restart options and to comply with the console message
934 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
936 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
937 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
938 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
941 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
942 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
943 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
945 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
946 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
947 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
949 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
950 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
952 * New version numbering scheme:
954 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
955 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
956 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
959 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
960 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
961 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
962 differ between the manuals.
964 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
965 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
966 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
967 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
971 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
972 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
974 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
976 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
978 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
980 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
982 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
983 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
984 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
986 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
987 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
990 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
991 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
992 file extension as the referenced file
994 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
995 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
997 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
998 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
999 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1000 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1003 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1004 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1005 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1007 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1008 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1009 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1010 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1013 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1014 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1017 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1018 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1019 reasonable default configuration
1021 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1022 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1023 by all news servers and clients
1025 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1026 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1027 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1028 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1029 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1031 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1032 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1035 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1037 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1038 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1040 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1043 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1044 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1046 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1047 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1049 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1051 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1053 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1056 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1057 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1058 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1060 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1062 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1063 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1064 * Don't use debstd anymore
1066 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1068 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1070 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1071 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1072 contrib/non-free policy
1073 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1074 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1075 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1076 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1077 - new section about `Daemons'
1078 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1079 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1080 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1081 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1082 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1083 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1084 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1085 * SGML source code included in package
1086 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1088 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1090 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1092 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1093 - completely reworked structure
1094 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1095 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1096 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1097 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1098 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1099 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1100 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1101 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1102 - mention "orphaned packages"
1103 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1104 distributions' policy
1105 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1106 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1107 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1108 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1109 - added section about arch spec strings
1110 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1111 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1112 - added section about "menus"
1113 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1114 the new documentation policy soon
1115 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1116 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1118 - added section about editors and pagers
1119 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1120 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1121 - added section about device files
1122 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1123 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1124 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1126 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1127 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1128 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1129 - Added new section about obsolete names
1130 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1131 * Fixed package's description
1133 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1135 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1139 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1141 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1143 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1144 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1145 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1146 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1148 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1150 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1152 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1153 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1154 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1156 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1157 and upload it "byhand" too.
1159 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1161 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1165 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1166 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1167 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1168 functionality must not have the same name.
1169 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1170 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1171 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1172 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1173 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1174 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1175 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1177 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1178 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1179 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1180 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1181 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1182 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1183 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1184 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1187 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1189 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1191 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1193 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1194 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1195 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1196 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1197 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1200 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1202 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1204 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1206 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1207 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1208 description of deb file format.
1209 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1210 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1212 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1214 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1215 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1217 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1219 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1221 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1222 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1223 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1224 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1225 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1226 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1227 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1228 packages in section on Procedure
1229 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1230 a package maintainer
1231 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1232 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1233 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1235 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1236 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1237 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1238 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1239 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1240 on various shlib files
1241 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1242 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1243 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1245 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1247 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1249 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1250 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1251 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1253 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1254 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1255 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1256 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1257 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1259 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1261 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1263 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1265 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1267 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1268 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1269 compatibility go in contrib.
1271 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1272 instructions in policy manual.
1273 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1276 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1278 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1280 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1281 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1282 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1283 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1285 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1286 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1289 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1291 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1293 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1294 * More detail about changelog format names.
1296 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1297 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1301 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1303 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1305 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1307 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1309 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1311 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1313 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1315 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1316 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1317 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1319 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1321 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1323 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1325 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1327 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1331 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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