1 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
4 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
6 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:04:50 -0600
8 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
11 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
12 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
13 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
14 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
15 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
16 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
17 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
18 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
19 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
20 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
21 details. closes: Bug#133030
22 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
23 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
26 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
28 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
30 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
31 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
32 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
33 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
34 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
35 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
36 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
37 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
38 not. closes: Bug#139820
39 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
40 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
41 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
42 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
43 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
44 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
45 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
46 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
47 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
48 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
50 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
52 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
53 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
54 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
55 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
56 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
57 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
58 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
59 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
60 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
61 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
62 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
63 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
64 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
65 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
66 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
67 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
68 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
69 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
70 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
71 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
73 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
74 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
75 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
76 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
77 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
78 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
79 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
81 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
82 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
83 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
84 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
85 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
86 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
87 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
88 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
89 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
91 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
93 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
96 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
97 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
98 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
99 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
100 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
101 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
102 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
103 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
104 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
105 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
106 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
107 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
108 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
109 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
110 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
111 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
112 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
113 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
114 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
115 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
116 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
117 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
119 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
121 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
123 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
124 medium, high, emergency.
125 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
126 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
127 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
128 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
129 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
132 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
133 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
134 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
136 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
137 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
138 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
139 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
140 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
141 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
142 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
145 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
147 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
150 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
151 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
152 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
154 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
155 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
156 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
157 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
158 debian/rules to do this
159 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
160 patches are incorporated upstream
161 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
162 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
163 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
164 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
165 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
166 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
168 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
169 system closes: Bug#91249
170 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
171 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
172 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
173 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
174 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
175 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
176 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
177 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
178 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
179 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
180 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
181 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
182 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
184 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
186 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
188 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
189 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
190 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
191 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
193 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
194 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
195 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
197 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
200 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
202 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
204 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
205 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
206 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
207 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
208 package for the time being
209 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
210 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
211 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
212 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
213 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
214 * Rename all .text files as .txt
215 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
216 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
217 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
218 Build-Depends arch syntax
219 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
221 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
222 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
224 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
225 from policy maintenance duties.
226 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
227 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
229 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
231 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
233 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
235 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
237 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
239 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
240 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
241 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
242 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
243 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
244 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
245 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
246 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
247 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
248 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
249 minor version number for this
250 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
251 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
252 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
253 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
254 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
255 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
256 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
257 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
258 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
260 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
262 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
264 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
265 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
266 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
267 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
268 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
270 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
272 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
273 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
274 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
275 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
276 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
277 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
278 xutils closes: Bug#82966
279 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
280 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
281 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
282 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
283 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
284 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
285 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
286 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
287 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
290 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
292 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
294 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
295 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
297 * Document the Enhances relationship
298 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
299 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
300 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
301 policy. closes: Bug#53496
302 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
303 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
305 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
307 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
308 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
309 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
310 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
312 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
313 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
314 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
315 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
316 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
318 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
320 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
322 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
323 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
324 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
326 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
327 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
328 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
329 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
330 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
331 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
332 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
333 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
334 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
336 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
338 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
340 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
342 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
343 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
344 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
345 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
346 policy. closes: Bug#64437
347 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
348 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
349 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
350 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
351 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
352 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
353 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
354 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
355 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
356 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
357 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
358 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
359 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
360 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
361 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
362 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
363 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
365 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
366 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
368 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
370 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
372 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
373 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
374 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
375 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
376 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
377 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
378 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
379 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
380 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
381 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
382 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
383 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
384 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
385 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
386 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
387 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
388 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
389 alternative closes: Bug#53755
390 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
391 list closes: Bug#53756
392 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
393 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
394 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
395 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
396 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
397 policy closes: Bug#53760
398 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
399 policy closes: Bug#53761
400 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
401 that use X closes: Bug#53762
402 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
403 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
404 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
405 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
406 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
407 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
408 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
409 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
410 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
412 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
413 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
414 to install with older fileutils.
415 * Installed FHS version 2.1
416 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
417 * Added FHS details to copyright file
418 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
420 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
421 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
423 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
425 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
427 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
428 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
430 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
432 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
434 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
435 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
437 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
440 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
442 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
443 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
445 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
447 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
449 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
452 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
454 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
456 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
458 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
459 #45561, #42447, #48570)
460 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
461 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
462 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
463 directoried (closes: #41547)
464 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
465 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
466 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
467 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
468 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
469 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
470 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
471 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
472 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
473 package criteria (closes: #45318)
474 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
476 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
477 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
478 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
479 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
480 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
481 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
482 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
484 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
485 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
486 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
487 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
489 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
491 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
493 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
494 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
496 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
498 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
500 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
501 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
503 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
505 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
507 * A few typos and omissions corrected
508 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
510 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
511 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
512 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
513 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
514 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
515 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
516 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
517 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
518 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
519 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
520 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
521 this closes: Bug#38612
522 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
523 before. closes: Bug#40864
525 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
527 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
529 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
531 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
533 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
534 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
535 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
537 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
538 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
539 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
540 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
541 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
542 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
544 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
545 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
546 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
548 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
550 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
551 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
552 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
553 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
554 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
556 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
558 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
560 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
561 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
562 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
563 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
564 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
565 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
566 there). closes: Bug#34233
567 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
568 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
569 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
570 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
571 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
573 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
575 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
577 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
578 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
579 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
580 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
583 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
584 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
585 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
586 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
587 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
590 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
591 number. closes: BUG#25911
593 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
594 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
595 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
596 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
597 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
598 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
600 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
601 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
602 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
605 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
606 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
607 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
609 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
610 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
611 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
612 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
614 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
615 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
616 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
618 * Make the package optional, not extra.
620 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
621 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
622 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
623 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
624 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
625 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
626 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
627 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
630 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
632 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
633 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
636 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
638 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
640 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
642 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
644 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
646 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
647 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
648 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
649 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
650 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
651 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
652 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
653 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
655 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
656 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
658 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
660 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
662 * non-maintainer release
663 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
664 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
666 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
667 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
669 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
671 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
673 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
677 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
679 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
681 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
683 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
684 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
685 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
687 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
688 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
690 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
691 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
692 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
693 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
695 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
696 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
697 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
698 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
699 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
700 and restart options and to comply with the console message
701 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
703 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
704 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
705 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
708 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
709 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
710 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
712 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
713 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
714 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
716 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
717 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
719 * New version numbering scheme:
721 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
722 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
723 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
726 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
727 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
728 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
729 differ between the manuals.
731 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
732 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
733 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
734 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
738 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
739 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
741 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
743 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
745 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
747 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
749 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
750 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
751 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
753 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
754 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
757 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
758 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
759 file extension as the referenced file
761 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
762 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
764 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
765 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
766 start, stop, restart, force-reload
767 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
770 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
771 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
772 be installed into /etc/cron.d
774 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
775 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
776 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
777 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
780 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
781 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
784 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
785 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
786 reasonable default configuration
788 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
789 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
790 by all news servers and clients
792 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
793 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
794 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
795 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
796 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
798 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
799 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
802 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
804 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
805 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
807 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
810 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
811 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
813 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
814 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
816 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
818 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
820 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
822 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
823 - X library package is now called xlib6g
824 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
825 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
827 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
829 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
830 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
831 * Don't use debstd anymore
833 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
835 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
837 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
838 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
839 contrib/non-free policy
840 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
841 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
842 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
843 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
844 - new section about `Daemons'
845 - updated section about `Configuration files'
846 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
847 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
848 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
849 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
850 * Paper about libc6 migration:
851 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
852 * SGML source code included in package
853 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
855 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
857 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
859 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
860 - completely reworked structure
861 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
862 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
863 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
864 - removed all those ugly footnotes
865 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
866 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
867 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
868 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
869 - mention "orphaned packages"
870 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
871 distributions' policy
872 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
873 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
874 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
875 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
876 - added section about arch spec strings
877 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
878 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
879 - added section about "menus"
880 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
881 the new documentation policy soon
882 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
883 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
885 - added section about editors and pagers
886 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
887 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
888 - added section about device files
889 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
890 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
891 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
893 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
894 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
895 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
896 - Added new section about obsolete names
897 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
898 * Fixed package's description
900 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
902 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
904 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
906 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
908 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
910 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
911 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
912 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
913 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
915 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
917 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
919 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
920 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
921 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
923 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
924 and upload it "byhand" too.
926 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
928 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
931 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
932 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
933 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
934 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
935 functionality must not have the same name.
936 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
937 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
938 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
939 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
940 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
941 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
942 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
944 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
945 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
946 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
947 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
948 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
949 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
950 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
951 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
954 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
956 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
958 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
960 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
961 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
962 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
963 a package into. (Guy Maor)
964 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
967 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
969 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
971 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
973 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
974 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
975 description of deb file format.
976 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
977 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
979 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
981 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
982 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
984 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
986 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
988 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
989 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
990 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
991 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
992 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
993 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
994 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
995 packages in section on Procedure
996 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
998 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
999 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1000 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1002 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1003 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1004 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1005 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1006 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1007 on various shlib files
1008 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1009 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1010 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1012 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1014 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1016 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1017 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1018 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1020 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1021 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1022 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1023 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1024 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1026 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1028 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1030 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1032 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1034 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1035 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1036 compatibility go in contrib.
1038 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1039 instructions in policy manual.
1040 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1043 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1045 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1047 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1048 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1049 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1050 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1052 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1053 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1056 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1058 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1060 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1061 * More detail about changelog format names.
1063 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1064 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1068 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1070 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1072 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1074 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1076 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1078 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1080 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1082 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1083 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1084 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1086 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1088 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1090 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1092 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1094 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1098 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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