1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
18 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
21 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
38 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
39 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
41 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
43 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
44 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
45 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
48 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
49 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
50 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
51 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
52 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
53 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
54 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
55 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
56 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
57 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
58 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
59 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
60 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
61 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
62 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
63 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
64 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
65 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
66 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
67 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
68 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
69 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
70 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
71 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
72 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
74 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
76 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
78 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
79 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
81 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
83 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
85 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
86 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
87 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
88 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
89 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
90 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
91 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
92 Millan (Closes: #209008).
93 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
94 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
96 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
98 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
100 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
101 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
102 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
103 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
104 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
105 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
106 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
108 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
109 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
110 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
111 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
113 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
114 Küster (Closes: #403391).
115 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
116 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
117 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
118 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
119 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
120 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
124 Closes: #186700, #458910
125 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
126 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
129 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
130 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
131 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
132 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
133 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
134 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
135 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
136 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
138 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
139 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
141 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
142 * Add an md5sums control file.
143 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
144 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
145 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
146 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
147 currently part of policy.
148 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
149 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
150 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
153 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
155 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
157 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
158 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
159 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
160 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
161 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
162 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
163 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
164 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
165 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
166 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
167 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
168 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
169 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
170 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
171 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
172 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
174 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
176 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
177 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
178 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
180 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
181 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
182 list?" (Closes: #412634).
183 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
184 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
185 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
186 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
187 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
188 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
189 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
190 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
191 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
192 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
193 debconf specification.
194 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
195 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
197 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
199 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
201 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
202 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
204 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
205 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
210 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
211 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
212 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
213 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
215 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
216 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
217 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
218 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
219 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
220 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
221 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
222 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
223 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
224 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
225 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
226 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
227 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
229 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
235 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
236 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
237 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
239 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
240 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
241 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
243 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
245 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
248 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
249 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
251 Polo (Closes: #372497).
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
253 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
255 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
256 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
257 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
258 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
259 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
260 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
261 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
262 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
263 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
264 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
266 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
267 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
268 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
269 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
270 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
271 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
273 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
275 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
278 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
279 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
280 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
282 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
283 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
285 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
287 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
289 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
290 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
291 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
292 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
293 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
294 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
295 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
296 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
297 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
298 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
300 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
301 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
303 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
304 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
305 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
307 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
308 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
309 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
310 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
313 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
315 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
317 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
318 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
319 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
320 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
321 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
322 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
323 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
324 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
325 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
326 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
327 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
328 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
329 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
330 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
331 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
332 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
333 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
334 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
335 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
336 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
338 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
339 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
340 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
341 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
342 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
343 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
344 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
346 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
347 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
348 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
349 Hess (Closes: #362247).
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
351 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
352 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
353 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
354 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
355 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
356 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
357 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
358 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
359 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
360 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
361 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
364 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
367 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
369 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
370 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
371 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
372 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
373 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
374 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
375 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
376 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
378 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
380 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
383 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
384 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
385 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
386 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
388 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
389 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
390 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
391 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
392 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
393 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
394 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
395 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
398 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
399 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
400 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
401 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
402 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
403 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
404 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
405 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
406 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
407 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
408 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
409 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
410 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
411 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
412 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
413 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
414 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
415 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
418 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
420 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
422 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
423 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
424 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
425 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
427 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
428 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
429 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
430 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
432 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
434 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
437 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
438 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
439 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
440 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
441 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
443 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
444 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
445 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
446 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
448 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
449 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
450 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
452 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
453 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
454 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
456 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
457 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
458 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
460 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
461 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
462 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
463 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
465 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
466 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
467 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
468 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
469 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
470 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
471 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
472 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
474 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
475 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
476 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
477 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
478 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
479 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
480 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
481 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
482 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
483 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
484 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
485 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
486 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
487 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
488 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
489 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
490 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
492 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
494 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
497 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
498 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
499 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
500 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
501 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
502 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
503 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
504 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
505 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
507 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
508 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
509 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
510 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
511 this section. closes: Bug#248618
512 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
513 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
514 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
515 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
516 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
517 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
518 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
519 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
520 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
521 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
522 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
523 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
525 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
526 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
527 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
530 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
531 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
532 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
534 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
535 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
536 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
537 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
538 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
539 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
541 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
542 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
544 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
545 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
546 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
547 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
548 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
549 Closes: #185943, #237049
551 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
553 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
556 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
559 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
560 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
561 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
562 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
563 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
564 running. closes: Bug#187250
565 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
566 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
567 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
568 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
569 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
570 user closes: Bug#176506
572 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
574 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
577 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
578 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
579 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
580 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
581 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
582 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
583 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
584 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
585 deb-building toolchain.
586 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
587 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
588 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
589 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
590 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
591 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
592 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
593 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
594 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
595 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
596 sections about changelog files.
598 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
599 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
600 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
601 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
602 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
603 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
605 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
606 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
607 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
608 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
609 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
610 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
611 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
612 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
613 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
614 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
615 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
616 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
617 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
618 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
619 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
620 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
621 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
622 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
623 for the restructuring
625 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
627 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
630 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
632 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
633 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
634 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
635 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
636 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
637 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
639 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
640 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
641 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
642 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
643 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
644 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
645 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
647 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
648 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
649 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
650 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
652 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
654 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
657 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
658 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
659 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
660 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
661 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
662 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
664 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
665 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
666 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
667 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
669 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
670 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
671 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
672 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
673 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
674 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
675 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
676 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
677 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
679 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
680 script should start it, closes: #60979
681 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
682 "should", closes: #170019
683 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
684 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
685 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
686 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
687 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
688 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
689 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
690 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
693 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
695 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
698 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
699 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
700 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
701 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
702 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
703 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
704 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
705 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
706 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
708 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
709 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
710 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
711 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
712 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
713 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
714 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
715 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
716 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
718 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
719 file, closes: Bug#65764
721 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
723 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
725 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
726 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
727 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
728 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
729 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
730 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
731 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
732 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
733 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
734 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
735 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
736 details. closes: Bug#133030
737 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
738 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
741 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
743 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
745 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
746 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
747 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
748 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
749 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
750 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
751 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
752 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
753 not. closes: Bug#139820
754 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
755 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
756 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
757 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
758 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
759 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
760 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
761 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
762 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
763 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
765 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
767 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
768 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
769 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
770 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
771 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
772 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
773 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
774 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
775 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
776 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
777 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
778 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
779 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
780 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
781 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
782 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
783 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
784 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
785 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
786 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
788 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
789 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
790 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
791 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
792 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
793 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
794 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
796 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
797 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
798 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
799 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
800 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
801 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
802 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
803 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
804 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
806 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
808 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
810 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
811 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
812 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
813 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
814 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
815 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
816 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
817 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
818 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
819 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
820 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
821 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
822 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
823 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
824 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
825 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
826 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
827 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
828 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
829 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
830 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
831 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
832 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
834 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
836 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
838 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
839 medium, high, emergency.
840 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
841 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
842 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
843 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
844 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
847 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
848 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
849 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
851 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
852 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
853 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
854 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
855 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
856 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
857 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
860 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
862 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
864 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
865 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
866 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
867 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
869 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
870 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
871 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
872 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
873 debian/rules to do this
874 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
875 patches are incorporated upstream
876 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
877 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
878 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
879 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
880 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
881 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
883 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
884 system closes: Bug#91249
885 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
886 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
887 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
888 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
889 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
890 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
891 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
892 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
893 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
894 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
895 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
896 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
897 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
899 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
901 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
903 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
904 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
905 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
906 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
908 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
909 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
910 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
912 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
915 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
917 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
919 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
920 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
921 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
922 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
923 package for the time being
924 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
925 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
926 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
927 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
928 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
929 * Rename all .text files as .txt
930 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
931 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
932 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
933 Build-Depends arch syntax
934 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
936 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
937 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
939 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
940 from policy maintenance duties.
941 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
942 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
944 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
946 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
948 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
950 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
952 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
954 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
955 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
956 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
957 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
958 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
959 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
960 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
961 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
962 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
963 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
964 minor version number for this
965 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
966 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
967 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
968 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
969 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
970 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
971 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
972 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
973 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
975 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
977 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
979 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
980 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
981 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
982 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
983 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
985 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
987 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
988 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
989 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
990 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
991 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
992 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
993 xutils closes: Bug#82966
994 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
995 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
996 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
997 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
998 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
999 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1000 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1001 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1002 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1005 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1007 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1010 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1012 * Document the Enhances relationship
1013 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1014 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1015 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1016 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1017 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1018 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1020 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1022 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1023 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1024 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1025 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1027 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1028 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1029 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1030 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1031 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1033 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1035 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1038 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1039 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1041 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1042 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1043 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1044 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1045 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1046 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1047 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1048 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1049 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1051 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1053 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1055 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1058 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1059 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1060 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1061 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1062 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1063 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1064 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1065 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1066 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1067 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1068 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1069 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1070 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1071 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1072 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1073 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1074 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1075 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1076 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1077 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1078 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1080 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1081 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1083 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1085 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1087 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1088 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1089 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1090 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1091 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1092 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1093 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1094 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1095 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1096 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1097 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1098 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1099 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1100 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1101 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1102 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1103 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1104 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1105 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1106 list closes: Bug#53756
1107 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1108 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1109 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1110 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1111 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1112 policy closes: Bug#53760
1113 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1114 policy closes: Bug#53761
1115 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1116 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1117 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1118 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1119 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1120 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1121 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1122 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1123 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1124 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1125 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1127 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1128 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1129 to install with older fileutils.
1130 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1131 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1132 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1133 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1135 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1136 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1138 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1140 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1143 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1145 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1147 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1150 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1152 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1155 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1158 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1160 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1162 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1164 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1167 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1169 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1171 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1173 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1174 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1175 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1176 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1177 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1178 directoried (closes: #41547)
1179 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1180 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1181 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1182 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1183 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1184 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1185 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1186 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1187 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1188 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1189 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1191 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1192 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1193 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1194 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1195 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1196 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1197 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1199 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1200 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1201 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1202 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1204 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1206 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1208 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1209 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1211 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1213 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1216 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1218 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1220 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1222 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1223 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1225 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1226 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1227 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1228 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1229 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1230 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1231 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1232 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1233 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1234 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1235 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1236 this closes: Bug#38612
1237 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1238 before. closes: Bug#40864
1240 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1242 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1244 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1245 officially uploaded.
1246 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1248 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1249 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1250 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1252 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1253 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1254 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1255 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1256 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1257 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1259 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1260 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1261 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1263 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1265 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1266 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1267 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1268 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1269 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1271 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1273 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1276 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1277 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1278 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1279 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1280 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1281 there). closes: Bug#34233
1282 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1283 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1284 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1285 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1286 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1288 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1290 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1293 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1294 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1295 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1298 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1299 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1300 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1301 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1302 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1305 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1306 number. closes: BUG#25911
1308 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1309 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1310 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1311 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1312 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1313 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1315 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1316 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1317 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1320 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1321 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1322 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1324 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1325 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1326 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1327 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1329 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1330 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1331 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1333 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1335 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1336 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1337 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1338 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1339 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1340 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1341 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1342 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1345 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1347 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1348 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1351 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1353 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1355 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1357 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1359 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1362 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1363 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1364 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1365 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1366 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1367 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1368 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1370 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1371 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1373 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1375 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1377 * non-maintainer release
1378 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1379 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1381 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1382 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1383 * no content changes
1384 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1386 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1388 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1392 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1394 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1396 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1398 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1399 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1400 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1402 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1403 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1405 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1406 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1407 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1408 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1410 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1411 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1412 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1413 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1414 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1415 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1416 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1418 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1419 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1420 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1423 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1424 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1425 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1427 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1428 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1429 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1431 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1432 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1434 * New version numbering scheme:
1436 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1437 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1438 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1441 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1442 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1443 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1444 differ between the manuals.
1446 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1447 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1448 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1449 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1451 * Packaging changes:
1453 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1454 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1456 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1458 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1460 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1462 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1464 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1465 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1466 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1468 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1469 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1472 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1473 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1474 file extension as the referenced file
1476 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1477 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1479 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1480 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1481 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1482 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1485 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1486 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1487 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1489 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1490 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1491 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1492 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1495 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1496 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1499 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1500 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1501 reasonable default configuration
1503 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1504 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1505 by all news servers and clients
1507 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1508 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1509 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1510 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1511 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1513 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1514 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1517 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1519 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1520 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1522 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1525 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1526 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1528 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1529 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1531 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1533 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1535 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1537 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1538 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1539 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1540 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1542 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1544 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1545 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1546 * Don't use debstd anymore
1548 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1550 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1552 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1553 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1554 contrib/non-free policy
1555 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1556 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1557 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1558 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1559 - new section about `Daemons'
1560 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1561 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1562 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1563 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1564 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1565 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1566 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1567 * SGML source code included in package
1568 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1570 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1572 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1574 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1575 - completely reworked structure
1576 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1577 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1578 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1579 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1580 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1581 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1582 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1583 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1584 - mention "orphaned packages"
1585 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1586 distributions' policy
1587 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1588 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1589 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1590 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1591 - added section about arch spec strings
1592 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1593 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1594 - added section about "menus"
1595 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1596 the new documentation policy soon
1597 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1598 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1600 - added section about editors and pagers
1601 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1602 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1603 - added section about device files
1604 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1605 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1606 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1608 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1609 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1610 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1611 - Added new section about obsolete names
1612 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1613 * Fixed package's description
1615 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1617 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1619 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1621 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1623 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1625 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1626 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1627 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1628 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1630 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1632 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1634 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1635 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1636 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1638 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1639 and upload it "byhand" too.
1641 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1643 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1646 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1647 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1648 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1649 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1650 functionality must not have the same name.
1651 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1652 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1653 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1654 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1655 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1656 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1657 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1659 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1660 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1661 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1662 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1663 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1664 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1665 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1666 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1669 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1671 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1673 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1675 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1676 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1677 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1678 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1679 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1682 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1684 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1686 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1688 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1689 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1690 description of deb file format.
1691 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1692 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1694 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1696 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1697 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1699 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1701 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1703 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1704 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1705 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1706 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1707 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1708 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1709 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1710 packages in section on Procedure
1711 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1712 a package maintainer
1713 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1714 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1715 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1717 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1718 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1719 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1720 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1721 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1722 on various shlib files
1723 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1724 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1725 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1727 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1729 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1731 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1732 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1733 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1735 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1736 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1737 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1738 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1739 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1741 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1743 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1745 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1747 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1749 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1750 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1751 compatibility go in contrib.
1753 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1754 instructions in policy manual.
1755 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1758 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1760 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1762 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1763 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1764 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1765 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1767 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1768 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1771 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1773 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1775 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1776 * More detail about changelog format names.
1778 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1779 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1783 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1785 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1787 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1789 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1791 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1793 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1795 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1797 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1798 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1799 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1801 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1803 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1805 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1807 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1809 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1813 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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