1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
9 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
13 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
19 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
22 Seconded: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
23 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
24 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
26 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
27 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
32 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
33 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
35 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
38 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
42 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
43 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
47 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
48 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
52 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
53 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
57 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
58 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
59 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
60 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
61 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
62 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
63 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
64 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
65 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
66 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
67 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
68 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
69 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
70 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
71 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
73 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
74 Source field descriptions.
76 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
78 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
81 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
82 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
85 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
86 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
88 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
89 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
93 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
94 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
98 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
99 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
103 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
104 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
105 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
106 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
110 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
111 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
112 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
113 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
114 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
116 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
117 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
121 * Add myself to Uploaders.
124 * Add myself to Uploaders.
125 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
127 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
128 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
129 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
131 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
133 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
136 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
140 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
141 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
143 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
145 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
146 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
150 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
151 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
153 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
155 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
156 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
160 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
161 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
165 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
166 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
168 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
170 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
171 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
173 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
175 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
176 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
177 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
180 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
181 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
183 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
185 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
186 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
189 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
191 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
192 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
193 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
194 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
195 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
196 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
197 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
198 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
199 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
200 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
201 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
202 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
203 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
204 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
205 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
206 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
207 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
208 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
209 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
210 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
211 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
212 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
213 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
214 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
215 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
216 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
217 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
218 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
219 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
220 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
222 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
223 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
224 links was completed long ago.
225 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
227 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
229 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
231 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
232 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
234 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
236 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
239 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
240 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
241 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
242 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
243 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
244 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
245 Millan (Closes: #209008).
246 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
247 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
249 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
251 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
253 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
254 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
255 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
256 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
257 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
258 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
259 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
261 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
262 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
263 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
264 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
266 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
267 Küster (Closes: #403391).
268 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
269 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
270 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
271 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
272 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
273 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
277 Closes: #186700, #458910
278 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
279 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
282 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
283 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
284 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
285 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
286 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
287 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
288 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
289 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
291 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
292 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
294 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
295 * Add an md5sums control file.
296 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
297 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
298 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
299 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
300 currently part of policy.
301 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
302 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
303 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
306 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
308 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
310 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
311 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
312 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
313 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
314 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
315 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
316 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
317 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
318 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
319 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
321 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
322 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
323 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
324 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
325 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
327 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
329 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
330 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
331 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
333 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
334 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
335 list?" (Closes: #412634).
336 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
337 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
338 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
339 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
340 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
341 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
342 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
343 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
344 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
345 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
346 debconf specification.
347 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
348 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
350 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
352 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
354 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
355 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
356 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
357 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
358 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
362 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
363 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
364 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
365 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
366 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
368 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
369 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
370 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
371 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
372 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
373 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
374 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
375 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
376 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
377 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
378 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
379 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
380 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
382 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
383 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
385 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
388 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
389 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
390 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
391 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
392 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
393 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
394 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
396 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
398 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
400 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
401 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
402 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
403 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
404 Polo (Closes: #372497).
405 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
406 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
408 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
409 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
410 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
411 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
412 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
413 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
414 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
415 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
417 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
419 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
420 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
421 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
422 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
423 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
424 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
426 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
428 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
430 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
431 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
432 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
433 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
435 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
436 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
438 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
440 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
442 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
443 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
444 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
445 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
446 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
447 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
448 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
449 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
450 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
451 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
453 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
454 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
456 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
457 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
458 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
459 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
460 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
461 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
462 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
463 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
466 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
468 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
470 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
471 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
472 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
473 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
474 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
475 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
476 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
477 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
478 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
479 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
480 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
481 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
482 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
483 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
484 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
485 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
486 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
487 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
488 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
489 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
490 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
491 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
492 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
493 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
494 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
495 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
496 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
497 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
499 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
500 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
501 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
502 Hess (Closes: #362247).
503 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
504 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
505 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
506 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
507 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
508 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
509 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
510 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
511 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
512 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
513 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
514 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
516 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
517 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
519 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
520 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
521 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
522 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
523 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
524 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
525 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
526 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
527 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
528 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
529 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
531 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
533 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
536 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
537 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
538 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
539 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
540 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
541 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
542 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
543 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
544 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
545 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
546 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
547 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
548 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
550 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
551 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
552 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
553 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
554 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
555 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
556 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
557 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
558 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
559 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
560 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
561 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
562 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
563 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
564 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
565 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
566 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
567 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
568 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
571 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
573 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
575 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
576 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
577 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
578 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
580 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
581 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
582 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
583 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
585 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
587 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
590 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
591 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
592 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
593 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
594 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
595 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
596 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
597 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
598 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
599 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
601 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
602 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
603 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
605 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
606 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
607 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
608 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
609 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
610 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
611 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
613 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
614 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
615 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
616 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
618 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
619 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
620 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
621 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
622 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
623 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
624 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
625 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
627 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
628 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
629 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
630 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
631 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
632 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
633 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
634 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
636 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
637 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
638 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
639 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
640 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
641 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
642 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
643 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
645 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
647 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
650 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
651 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
652 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
653 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
654 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
655 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
656 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
657 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
658 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
660 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
661 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
662 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
663 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
664 this section. closes: Bug#248618
665 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
666 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
667 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
668 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
669 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
670 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
671 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
672 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
673 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
674 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
675 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
676 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
678 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
679 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
680 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
683 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
684 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
685 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
687 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
688 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
689 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
690 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
691 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
692 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
694 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
695 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
697 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
698 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
699 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
700 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
701 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
702 Closes: #185943, #237049
704 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
706 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
709 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
712 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
713 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
714 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
715 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
716 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
717 running. closes: Bug#187250
718 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
719 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
720 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
721 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
722 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
723 user closes: Bug#176506
725 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
727 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
730 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
731 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
732 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
733 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
734 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
735 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
736 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
737 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
738 deb-building toolchain.
739 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
740 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
741 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
742 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
743 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
744 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
745 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
746 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
747 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
748 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
749 sections about changelog files.
751 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
752 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
753 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
754 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
755 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
756 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
758 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
759 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
760 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
761 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
762 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
763 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
764 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
765 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
766 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
767 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
768 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
769 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
770 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
771 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
772 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
773 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
774 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
775 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
776 for the restructuring
778 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
780 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
783 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
785 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
786 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
787 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
788 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
789 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
790 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
792 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
793 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
794 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
795 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
796 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
797 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
798 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
800 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
801 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
802 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
803 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
805 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
807 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
810 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
811 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
812 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
813 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
814 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
815 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
817 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
818 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
819 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
820 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
822 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
823 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
824 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
825 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
826 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
827 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
828 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
829 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
830 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
832 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
833 script should start it, closes: #60979
834 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
835 "should", closes: #170019
836 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
837 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
838 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
839 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
840 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
841 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
842 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
843 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
846 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
848 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
851 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
852 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
853 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
854 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
855 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
856 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
857 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
858 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
859 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
861 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
862 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
863 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
864 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
865 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
866 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
867 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
868 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
869 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
871 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
872 file, closes: Bug#65764
874 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
876 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
878 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
879 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
880 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
881 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
882 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
883 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
884 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
885 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
886 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
887 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
888 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
889 details. closes: Bug#133030
890 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
891 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
894 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
896 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
898 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
899 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
900 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
901 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
902 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
903 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
904 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
905 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
906 not. closes: Bug#139820
907 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
908 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
909 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
910 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
911 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
912 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
913 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
914 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
915 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
916 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
918 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
920 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
921 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
922 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
923 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
924 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
925 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
926 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
927 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
928 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
929 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
930 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
931 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
932 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
933 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
934 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
935 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
936 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
937 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
938 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
939 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
941 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
942 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
943 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
944 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
945 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
946 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
947 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
949 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
950 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
951 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
952 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
953 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
954 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
955 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
956 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
957 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
959 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
961 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
963 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
964 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
965 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
966 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
967 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
968 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
969 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
970 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
971 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
972 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
973 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
974 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
975 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
976 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
977 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
978 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
979 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
980 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
981 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
982 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
983 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
984 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
985 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
987 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
989 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
991 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
992 medium, high, emergency.
993 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
994 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
995 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
996 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
997 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1000 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1001 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1002 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1004 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1005 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1006 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1007 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1008 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1009 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1010 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1013 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1015 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1018 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1019 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1020 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1022 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1023 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1024 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1025 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1026 debian/rules to do this
1027 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1028 patches are incorporated upstream
1029 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1030 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1031 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1032 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1033 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1034 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1036 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1037 system closes: Bug#91249
1038 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1039 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1040 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1041 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1042 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1043 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1044 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1045 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1046 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1047 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1048 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1049 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1050 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1052 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1054 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1056 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1057 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1058 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1059 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1061 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1062 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1063 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1065 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1068 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1070 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1073 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1074 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1075 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1076 package for the time being
1077 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1078 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1079 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1080 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1081 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1082 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1083 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1084 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1085 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1086 Build-Depends arch syntax
1087 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1089 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1090 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1092 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1093 from policy maintenance duties.
1094 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1095 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1097 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1099 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1103 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1105 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1108 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1109 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1110 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1111 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1112 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1113 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1114 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1115 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1116 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1117 minor version number for this
1118 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1119 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1120 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1121 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1122 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1123 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1124 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1125 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1126 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1128 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1130 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1133 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1134 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1135 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1136 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1138 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1140 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1141 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1142 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1143 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1144 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1145 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1146 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1147 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1148 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1149 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1150 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1151 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1152 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1153 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1154 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1155 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1158 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1160 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1163 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1165 * Document the Enhances relationship
1166 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1167 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1168 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1169 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1170 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1171 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1173 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1175 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1176 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1177 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1178 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1180 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1181 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1182 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1183 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1184 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1186 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1188 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1190 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1191 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1192 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1194 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1195 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1196 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1197 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1198 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1199 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1200 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1201 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1202 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1204 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1206 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1208 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1211 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1212 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1213 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1214 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1215 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1216 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1217 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1218 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1219 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1220 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1221 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1222 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1223 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1224 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1225 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1226 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1227 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1228 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1229 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1230 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1231 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1233 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1234 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1236 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1238 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1241 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1242 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1243 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1244 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1245 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1246 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1247 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1248 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1249 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1250 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1251 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1252 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1253 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1254 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1255 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1256 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1257 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1258 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1259 list closes: Bug#53756
1260 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1261 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1262 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1263 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1264 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1265 policy closes: Bug#53760
1266 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1267 policy closes: Bug#53761
1268 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1269 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1270 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1271 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1272 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1273 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1274 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1275 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1276 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1277 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1278 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1280 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1281 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1282 to install with older fileutils.
1283 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1284 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1285 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1286 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1288 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1289 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1291 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1293 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1296 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1298 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1300 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1302 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1303 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1305 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1308 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1310 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1311 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1313 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1315 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1317 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1320 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1322 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1324 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1326 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1327 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1328 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1329 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1330 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1331 directoried (closes: #41547)
1332 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1333 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1334 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1335 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1336 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1337 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1338 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1339 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1340 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1341 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1342 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1344 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1345 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1346 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1347 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1348 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1349 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1350 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1352 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1353 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1354 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1355 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1357 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1359 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1361 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1362 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1364 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1366 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1368 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1369 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1371 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1373 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1375 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1376 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1378 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1379 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1380 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1381 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1382 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1383 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1384 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1385 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1386 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1387 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1388 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1389 this closes: Bug#38612
1390 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1391 before. closes: Bug#40864
1393 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1395 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1398 officially uploaded.
1399 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1401 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1402 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1403 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1405 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1406 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1407 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1408 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1409 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1410 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1412 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1413 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1414 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1416 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1418 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1419 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1420 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1421 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1422 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1424 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1426 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1428 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1429 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1430 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1431 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1432 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1433 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1434 there). closes: Bug#34233
1435 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1436 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1437 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1438 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1439 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1441 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1443 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1445 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1446 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1447 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1448 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1451 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1452 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1453 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1454 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1455 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1458 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1459 number. closes: BUG#25911
1461 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1462 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1463 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1464 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1465 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1466 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1468 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1469 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1470 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1473 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1474 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1475 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1477 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1478 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1479 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1480 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1482 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1483 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1484 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1486 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1488 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1489 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1490 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1491 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1492 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1493 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1494 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1495 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1498 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1500 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1501 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1504 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1506 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1508 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1510 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1512 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1514 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1515 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1516 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1517 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1518 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1519 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1520 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1521 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1523 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1524 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1526 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1528 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1530 * non-maintainer release
1531 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1532 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1534 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1535 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1536 * no content changes
1537 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1539 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1541 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1545 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1547 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1549 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1551 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1552 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1553 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1555 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1556 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1558 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1559 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1560 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1561 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1563 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1564 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1565 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1566 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1567 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1568 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1569 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1571 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1572 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1573 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1576 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1577 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1578 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1580 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1581 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1582 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1584 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1585 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1587 * New version numbering scheme:
1589 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1590 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1591 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1594 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1595 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1596 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1597 differ between the manuals.
1599 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1600 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1601 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1602 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1604 * Packaging changes:
1606 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1607 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1609 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1611 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1613 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1615 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1617 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1618 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1619 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1621 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1622 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1625 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1626 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1627 file extension as the referenced file
1629 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1630 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1632 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1633 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1634 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1635 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1638 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1639 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1640 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1642 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1643 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1644 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1645 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1648 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1649 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1652 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1653 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1654 reasonable default configuration
1656 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1657 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1658 by all news servers and clients
1660 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1661 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1662 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1663 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1664 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1666 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1667 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1670 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1672 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1673 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1675 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1678 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1679 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1681 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1682 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1684 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1686 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1688 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1690 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1691 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1692 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1693 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1695 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1697 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1698 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1699 * Don't use debstd anymore
1701 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1703 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1705 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1706 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1707 contrib/non-free policy
1708 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1709 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1710 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1711 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1712 - new section about `Daemons'
1713 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1714 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1715 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1716 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1717 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1718 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1719 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1720 * SGML source code included in package
1721 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1723 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1725 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1727 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1728 - completely reworked structure
1729 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1730 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1731 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1732 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1733 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1734 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1735 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1736 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1737 - mention "orphaned packages"
1738 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1739 distributions' policy
1740 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1741 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1742 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1743 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1744 - added section about arch spec strings
1745 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1746 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1747 - added section about "menus"
1748 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1749 the new documentation policy soon
1750 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1751 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1753 - added section about editors and pagers
1754 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1755 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1756 - added section about device files
1757 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1758 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1759 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1761 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1762 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1763 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1764 - Added new section about obsolete names
1765 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1766 * Fixed package's description
1768 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1770 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1772 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1774 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1776 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1778 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1779 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1780 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1781 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1783 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1785 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1787 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1788 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1789 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1791 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1792 and upload it "byhand" too.
1794 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1796 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1799 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1800 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1801 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1802 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1803 functionality must not have the same name.
1804 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1805 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1806 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1807 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1808 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1809 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1810 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1812 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1813 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1814 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1815 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1816 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1817 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1818 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1819 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1822 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1824 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1826 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1828 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1829 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1830 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1831 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1832 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1835 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1837 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1839 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1841 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1842 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1843 description of deb file format.
1844 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1845 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1847 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1849 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1850 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1852 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1854 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1856 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1857 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1858 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1859 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1860 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1861 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1862 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1863 packages in section on Procedure
1864 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1865 a package maintainer
1866 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1867 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1868 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1870 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1871 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1872 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1873 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1874 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1875 on various shlib files
1876 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1877 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1878 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1880 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1882 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1884 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1885 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1886 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1888 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1889 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1890 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1891 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1892 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1894 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1896 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1898 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1900 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1902 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1903 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1904 compatibility go in contrib.
1906 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1907 instructions in policy manual.
1908 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1911 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1913 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1915 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1916 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1917 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1918 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1920 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1921 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1924 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1926 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1928 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1929 * More detail about changelog format names.
1931 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1932 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1936 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1938 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1940 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1942 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1944 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1946 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1948 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1950 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1951 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1952 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1954 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1956 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1958 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1960 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1962 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1966 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100