1 debian-policy (4.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
4 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
5 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
6 alternative closes: Bug#53755
7 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
9 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
10 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
11 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
12 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
13 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
14 policy closes: Bug#53760
15 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
16 policy closes: Bug#53761
17 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
18 that use X closes: Bug#53762
19 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
20 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
21 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
22 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
23 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack (which dependend
24 on file system specific kinks to work) is no longer required by newer
25 versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
26 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
27 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
28 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
29 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
30 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
31 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since that is where they
32 belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
33 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
35 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 17 Mar 2000 17:02:12 -0600
37 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
40 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
42 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
44 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
46 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
47 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
49 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
51 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
53 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
54 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
56 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
58 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
60 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
62 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
63 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
65 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
67 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
70 #45561, #42447, #48570)
71 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
72 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
73 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
74 directoried (closes: #41547)
75 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
76 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
77 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
78 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
79 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
80 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
81 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
82 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
83 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
84 package criteria (closes: #45318)
85 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
87 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
88 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
89 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
90 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
91 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
92 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
93 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
95 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
96 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
97 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
98 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
100 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
102 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
104 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
105 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
107 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
109 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
111 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
112 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
114 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
116 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
118 * A few typos and omissions corrected
119 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
121 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
122 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
123 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
124 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
125 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
126 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
127 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
128 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
129 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
130 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
131 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
132 this closes: Bug#38612
133 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
134 before. closes: Bug#40864
136 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
138 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
140 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
142 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
144 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
145 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
146 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
148 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
149 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
150 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
151 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
152 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
153 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
155 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
156 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
157 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
159 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
161 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
162 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
163 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
164 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
165 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
167 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
169 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
172 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
173 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
174 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
175 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
176 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
177 there). closes: Bug#34233
178 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
179 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
180 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
181 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
182 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
184 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
186 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
188 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
189 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
190 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
191 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
194 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
195 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
196 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
197 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
198 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
201 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
202 number. closes: BUG#25911
204 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
205 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
206 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
207 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
208 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
209 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
211 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
212 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
213 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
216 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
217 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
218 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
220 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
221 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
222 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
223 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
225 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
226 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
227 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
229 * Make the package optional, not extra.
231 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
232 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
233 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
234 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
235 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
236 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
237 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
238 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
241 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
243 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
244 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
247 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
249 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
251 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
253 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
255 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
257 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
258 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
259 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
260 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
261 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
262 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
263 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
264 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
266 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
267 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
269 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
271 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
273 * non-maintainer release
274 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
275 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
277 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
278 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
280 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
282 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
284 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
288 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
290 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
292 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
294 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
295 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
296 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
298 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
299 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
301 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
302 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
303 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
304 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
306 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
307 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
308 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
309 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
310 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
311 and restart options and to comply with the console message
312 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
314 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
315 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
316 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
319 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
320 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
321 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
323 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
324 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
325 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
327 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
328 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
330 * New version numbering scheme:
332 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
333 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
334 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
337 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
338 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
339 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
340 differ between the manuals.
342 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
343 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
344 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
345 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
349 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
350 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
352 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
354 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
356 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
358 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
360 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
361 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
362 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
364 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
365 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
368 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
369 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
370 file extension as the referenced file
372 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
373 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
375 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
376 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
377 start, stop, restart, force-reload
378 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
381 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
382 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
383 be installed into /etc/cron.d
385 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
386 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
387 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
388 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
391 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
392 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
395 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
396 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
397 reasonable default configuration
399 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
400 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
401 by all news servers and clients
403 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
404 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
405 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
406 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
407 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
409 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
410 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
413 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
415 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
416 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
418 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
421 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
422 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
424 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
425 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
427 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
429 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
431 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
433 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
434 - X library package is now called xlib6g
435 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
436 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
438 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
440 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
441 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
442 * Don't use debstd anymore
444 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
446 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
448 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
449 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
450 contrib/non-free policy
451 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
452 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
453 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
454 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
455 - new section about `Daemons'
456 - updated section about `Configuration files'
457 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
458 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
459 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
460 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
461 * Paper about libc6 migration:
462 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
463 * SGML source code included in package
464 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
466 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
468 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
470 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
471 - completely reworked structure
472 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
473 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
474 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
475 - removed all those ugly footnotes
476 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
477 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
478 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
479 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
480 - mention "orphaned packages"
481 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
482 distributions' policy
483 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
484 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
485 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
486 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
487 - added section about arch spec strings
488 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
489 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
490 - added section about "menus"
491 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
492 the new documentation policy soon
493 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
494 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
496 - added section about editors and pagers
497 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
498 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
499 - added section about device files
500 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
501 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
502 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
504 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
505 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
506 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
507 - Added new section about obsolete names
508 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
509 * Fixed package's description
511 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
513 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
515 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
517 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
519 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
521 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
522 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
523 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
524 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
526 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
528 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
530 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
531 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
532 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
534 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
535 and upload it "byhand" too.
537 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
539 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
542 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
543 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
544 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
545 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
546 functionality must not have the same name.
547 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
548 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
549 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
550 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
551 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
552 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
553 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
555 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
556 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
557 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
558 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
559 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
560 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
561 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
562 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
565 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
567 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
569 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
571 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
572 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
573 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
574 a package into. (Guy Maor)
575 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
578 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
580 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
582 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
584 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
585 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
586 description of deb file format.
587 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
588 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
590 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
592 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
593 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
595 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
597 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
599 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
600 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
601 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
602 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
603 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
604 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
605 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
606 packages in section on Procedure
607 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
609 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
610 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
611 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
613 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
614 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
615 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
616 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
617 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
618 on various shlib files
619 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
620 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
621 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
623 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
625 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
627 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
628 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
629 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
631 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
632 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
633 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
634 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
635 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
637 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
639 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
641 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
643 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
645 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
646 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
647 compatibility go in contrib.
649 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
650 instructions in policy manual.
651 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
654 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
656 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
658 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
659 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
660 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
661 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
663 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
664 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
667 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
669 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
671 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
672 * More detail about changelog format names.
674 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
675 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
679 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
681 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
683 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
685 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
687 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
689 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
691 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
693 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
694 * More verbosity about netiquette.
695 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
697 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
699 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
701 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
703 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
705 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
709 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
712 mode: debian-changelog