1 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
9 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
15 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
25 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
29 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
34 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
35 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
39 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
42 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
44 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
46 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
47 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
48 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
49 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
50 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
51 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
53 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:34:54 -0700
55 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
61 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
64 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
65 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
66 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
67 and distribution license' (three times).
68 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
69 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
74 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
76 Proposed by Santiago Vila
77 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
84 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
85 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
89 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
90 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
91 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
94 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
96 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
97 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
101 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
102 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
105 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
107 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
108 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
111 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
113 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
114 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
117 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
119 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
120 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
121 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
124 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
125 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
130 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
131 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
135 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
136 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
140 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
141 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
142 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
146 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
147 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
148 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
151 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
152 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
157 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
158 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
162 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
163 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
164 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
165 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
166 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
167 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
168 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
169 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
170 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
171 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
172 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
173 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
174 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
175 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
176 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
177 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
178 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
179 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
180 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
181 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
182 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
183 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
184 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
185 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
186 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
187 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
188 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
189 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
190 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
191 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
192 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
193 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
195 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
197 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
199 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
203 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
205 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
206 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
210 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
213 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
214 Wording: Steve Langasek.
215 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
216 Seconded: Julien Cristau
217 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
220 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
221 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
222 Seconded: Russ Allbery
223 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
226 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
227 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
228 Seconded: Russ Allbery
230 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
231 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
232 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
233 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
234 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
235 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
236 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
237 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
240 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
241 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
242 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
243 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
244 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
245 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
246 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
248 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
249 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
250 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
251 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
252 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
253 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
254 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
257 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
258 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
259 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
260 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
261 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
263 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
266 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
267 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
270 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
271 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
274 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
276 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
279 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
283 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
284 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
288 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
289 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
293 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
294 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
297 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
298 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
300 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
301 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
306 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
307 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
309 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
311 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
312 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
316 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
317 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
321 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
322 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
326 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
327 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
331 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
332 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
333 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
334 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
335 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
336 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
337 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
338 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
339 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
340 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
341 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
342 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
343 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
344 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
345 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
347 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
348 Source field descriptions.
349 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
350 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
351 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
352 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
353 description says otherwise.
355 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
357 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
360 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
361 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
364 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
365 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
367 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
368 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
372 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
373 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
377 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
378 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
382 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
383 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
384 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
385 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
389 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
390 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
391 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
392 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
393 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
395 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
396 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
398 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
400 * Add myself to Uploaders.
403 * Add myself to Uploaders.
404 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
406 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
407 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
408 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
410 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
412 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
414 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
415 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
417 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
419 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
420 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
422 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
424 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
425 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
429 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
430 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
432 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
434 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
435 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
439 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
440 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
444 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
445 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
447 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
449 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
450 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
452 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
454 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
455 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
456 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
459 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
460 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
464 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
465 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
467 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
468 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
470 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
471 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
472 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
473 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
474 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
475 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
476 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
477 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
478 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
479 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
480 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
481 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
482 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
483 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
484 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
485 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
486 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
487 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
488 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
489 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
490 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
491 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
492 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
493 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
494 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
495 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
496 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
497 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
498 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
499 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
501 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
502 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
503 links was completed long ago.
504 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
506 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
508 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
510 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
511 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
513 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
515 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
517 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
518 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
519 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
520 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
521 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
522 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
523 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
524 Millan (Closes: #209008).
525 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
526 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
528 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
530 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
532 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
533 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
534 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
535 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
536 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
537 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
538 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
540 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
541 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
542 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
543 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
545 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
546 Küster (Closes: #403391).
547 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
548 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
549 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
550 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
551 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
552 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
555 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
556 Closes: #186700, #458910
557 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
558 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
561 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
562 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
563 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
564 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
565 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
566 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
567 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
568 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
570 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
571 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
573 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
574 * Add an md5sums control file.
575 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
576 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
577 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
578 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
579 currently part of policy.
580 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
581 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
582 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
585 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
587 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
589 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
590 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
591 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
592 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
593 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
594 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
595 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
596 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
597 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
598 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
599 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
600 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
601 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
602 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
603 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
604 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
606 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
608 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
609 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
610 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
612 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
613 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
614 list?" (Closes: #412634).
615 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
616 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
617 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
618 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
619 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
620 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
621 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
622 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
623 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
624 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
625 debconf specification.
626 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
627 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
629 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
631 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
633 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
634 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
636 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
637 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
639 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
641 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
642 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
643 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
644 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
645 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
647 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
648 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
649 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
650 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
651 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
652 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
653 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
654 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
655 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
656 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
657 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
658 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
659 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
660 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
661 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
662 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
664 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
666 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
667 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
668 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
669 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
670 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
671 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
672 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
673 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
675 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
677 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
679 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
680 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
681 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
683 Polo (Closes: #372497).
684 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
685 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
687 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
688 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
689 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
690 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
691 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
692 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
693 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
694 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
695 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
696 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
698 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
699 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
700 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
701 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
702 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
703 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
705 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
707 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
709 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
710 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
711 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
712 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
714 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
715 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
717 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
719 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
721 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
722 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
723 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
724 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
725 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
726 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
727 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
728 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
729 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
730 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
732 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
733 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
734 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
735 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
736 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
737 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
738 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
739 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
740 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
741 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
742 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
745 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
747 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
749 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
750 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
751 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
752 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
753 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
754 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
755 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
756 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
757 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
758 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
759 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
760 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
761 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
762 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
763 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
764 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
765 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
766 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
767 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
768 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
769 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
770 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
771 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
772 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
773 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
774 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
775 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
776 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
778 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
779 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
780 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
781 Hess (Closes: #362247).
782 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
783 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
784 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
785 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
786 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
787 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
788 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
789 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
790 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
791 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
792 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
793 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
795 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
796 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
798 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
799 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
800 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
801 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
802 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
803 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
804 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
805 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
806 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
807 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
808 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
810 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
812 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
815 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
816 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
817 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
818 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
819 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
820 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
821 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
822 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
823 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
824 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
825 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
826 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
827 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
829 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
830 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
831 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
832 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
833 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
834 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
835 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
836 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
837 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
838 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
839 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
840 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
841 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
842 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
843 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
844 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
845 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
846 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
847 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
850 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
852 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
855 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
856 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
857 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
859 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
860 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
861 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
862 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
864 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
866 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
869 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
870 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
871 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
872 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
873 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
874 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
875 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
876 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
877 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
878 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
880 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
881 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
882 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
885 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
886 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
887 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
888 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
889 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
890 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
892 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
893 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
894 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
895 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
897 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
898 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
899 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
900 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
901 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
902 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
903 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
904 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
906 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
907 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
908 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
909 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
910 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
911 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
912 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
913 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
914 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
915 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
916 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
917 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
918 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
919 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
920 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
921 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
922 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
924 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
926 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
929 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
930 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
931 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
932 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
933 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
934 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
935 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
936 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
937 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
939 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
940 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
941 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
942 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
943 this section. closes: Bug#248618
944 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
945 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
946 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
947 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
948 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
949 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
950 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
951 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
952 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
953 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
954 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
955 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
957 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
958 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
959 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
962 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
963 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
964 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
966 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
967 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
968 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
969 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
970 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
971 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
973 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
974 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
976 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
977 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
978 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
979 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
980 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
981 Closes: #185943, #237049
983 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
985 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
988 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
991 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
992 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
993 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
994 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
995 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
996 running. closes: Bug#187250
997 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
998 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
999 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1000 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1001 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1002 user closes: Bug#176506
1004 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1006 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1010 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1011 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1012 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1013 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1014 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1015 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1016 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1017 deb-building toolchain.
1018 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1019 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1020 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1021 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1022 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1023 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1024 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1025 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1026 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1027 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1028 sections about changelog files.
1030 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1031 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1032 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1033 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1034 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1035 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1037 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1038 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1039 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1040 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1041 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1042 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1043 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1044 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1045 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1046 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1047 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1048 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1049 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1050 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1051 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1052 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1053 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1054 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1055 for the restructuring
1057 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1059 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1064 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1065 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1066 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1067 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1068 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1069 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1071 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1072 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1073 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1074 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1075 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1076 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1077 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1079 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1080 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1081 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1082 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1084 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1086 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1090 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1091 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1092 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1093 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1094 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1096 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1097 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1098 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1099 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1101 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1102 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1103 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1104 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1105 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1106 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1107 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1108 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1109 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1110 offtopic stuff, too.
1111 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1112 script should start it, closes: #60979
1113 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1114 "should", closes: #170019
1115 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1116 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1117 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1118 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1119 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1120 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1121 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1122 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1125 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1127 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1131 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1132 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1133 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1134 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1135 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1136 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1137 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1138 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1140 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1141 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1142 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1143 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1144 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1145 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1146 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1147 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1148 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1150 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1151 file, closes: Bug#65764
1153 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1155 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1158 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1159 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1160 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1161 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1162 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1163 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1164 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1165 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1166 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1167 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1168 details. closes: Bug#133030
1169 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1170 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1171 parts of Bug#161455.
1173 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1175 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1178 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1179 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1180 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1181 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1182 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1183 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1184 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1185 not. closes: Bug#139820
1186 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1187 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1188 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1189 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1190 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1191 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1192 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1193 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1194 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1195 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1197 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1199 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1200 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1201 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1202 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1203 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1204 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1205 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1206 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1207 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1208 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1209 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1210 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1211 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1212 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1213 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1214 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1215 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1216 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1217 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1218 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1220 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1221 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1222 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1223 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1224 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1225 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1226 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1228 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1229 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1230 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1231 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1232 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1233 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1234 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1235 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1236 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1238 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1240 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1242 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1243 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1244 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1245 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1246 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1247 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1248 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1249 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1250 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1251 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1252 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1253 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1254 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1255 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1256 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1257 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1258 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1259 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1260 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1261 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1262 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1263 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1264 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1266 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1268 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1271 medium, high, emergency.
1272 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1273 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1274 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1275 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1276 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1279 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1280 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1281 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1283 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1284 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1285 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1286 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1287 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1288 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1289 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1292 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1294 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1296 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1297 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1298 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1299 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1301 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1302 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1303 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1304 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1305 debian/rules to do this
1306 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1307 patches are incorporated upstream
1308 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1309 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1310 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1311 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1312 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1313 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1315 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1316 system closes: Bug#91249
1317 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1318 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1319 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1320 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1321 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1322 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1323 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1324 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1325 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1326 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1327 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1328 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1329 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1331 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1333 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1336 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1337 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1338 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1340 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1341 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1342 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1344 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1347 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1349 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1352 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1353 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1354 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1355 package for the time being
1356 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1357 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1358 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1359 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1360 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1361 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1362 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1363 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1364 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1365 Build-Depends arch syntax
1366 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1368 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1369 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1371 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1372 from policy maintenance duties.
1373 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1374 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1376 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1378 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1380 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1382 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1384 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1386 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1387 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1388 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1389 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1390 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1391 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1392 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1393 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1394 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1395 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1396 minor version number for this
1397 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1398 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1399 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1400 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1401 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1402 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1403 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1404 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1405 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1407 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1409 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1411 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1412 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1413 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1414 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1415 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1417 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1419 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1420 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1421 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1422 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1423 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1424 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1425 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1426 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1427 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1428 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1429 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1430 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1431 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1432 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1433 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1434 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1437 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1439 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1441 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1442 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1444 * Document the Enhances relationship
1445 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1446 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1447 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1448 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1449 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1450 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1452 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1454 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1455 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1456 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1457 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1459 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1460 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1461 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1462 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1463 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1465 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1467 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1469 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1470 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1471 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1473 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1474 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1475 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1476 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1477 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1478 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1479 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1480 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1481 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1483 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1485 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1487 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1489 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1490 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1491 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1492 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1493 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1494 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1495 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1496 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1497 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1498 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1499 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1500 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1501 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1502 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1503 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1504 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1505 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1506 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1507 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1508 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1509 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1510 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1512 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1513 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1515 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1517 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1519 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1520 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1521 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1522 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1523 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1524 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1525 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1526 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1527 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1528 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1529 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1530 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1531 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1532 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1533 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1534 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1535 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1536 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1537 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1538 list closes: Bug#53756
1539 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1540 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1541 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1542 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1543 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1544 policy closes: Bug#53760
1545 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1546 policy closes: Bug#53761
1547 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1548 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1549 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1550 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1551 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1552 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1553 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1554 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1555 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1556 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1557 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1559 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1560 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1561 to install with older fileutils.
1562 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1563 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1564 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1565 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1567 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1568 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1570 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1572 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1574 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1575 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1577 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1579 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1581 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1582 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1584 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1587 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1589 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1590 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1592 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1594 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1596 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1598 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1599 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1601 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1603 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1605 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1606 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1607 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1608 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1609 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1610 directoried (closes: #41547)
1611 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1612 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1613 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1614 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1615 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1616 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1617 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1618 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1619 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1620 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1621 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1623 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1624 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1625 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1626 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1627 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1628 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1629 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1631 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1632 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1633 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1634 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1636 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1638 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1640 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1641 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1643 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1645 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1647 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1648 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1650 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1652 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1654 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1655 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1657 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1658 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1659 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1660 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1661 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1662 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1663 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1664 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1665 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1666 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1667 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1668 this closes: Bug#38612
1669 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1670 before. closes: Bug#40864
1672 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1674 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1676 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1677 officially uploaded.
1678 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1680 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1681 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1682 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1684 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1685 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1686 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1687 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1688 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1689 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1691 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1692 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1693 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1695 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1697 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1698 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1699 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1700 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1701 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1703 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1705 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1707 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1708 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1709 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1710 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1711 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1712 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1713 there). closes: Bug#34233
1714 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1715 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1716 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1717 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1718 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1720 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1722 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1724 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1725 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1726 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1727 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1730 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1731 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1732 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1733 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1734 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1737 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1738 number. closes: BUG#25911
1740 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1741 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1742 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1743 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1744 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1745 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1747 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1748 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1749 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1752 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1753 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1754 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1756 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1757 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1758 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1759 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1761 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1762 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1763 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1765 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1767 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1768 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1769 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1770 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1771 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1772 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1773 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1774 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1777 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1779 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1780 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1783 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1785 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1787 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1789 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1791 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1793 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1794 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1795 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1796 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1797 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1798 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1799 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1800 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1802 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1803 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1805 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1807 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1809 * non-maintainer release
1810 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1811 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1813 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1814 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1815 * no content changes
1816 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1818 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1820 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1824 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1826 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1828 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1830 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1831 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1832 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1834 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1835 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1837 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1838 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1839 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1840 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1842 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1843 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1844 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1845 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1846 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1847 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1848 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1850 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1851 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1852 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1855 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1856 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1857 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1859 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1860 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1861 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1863 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1864 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1866 * New version numbering scheme:
1868 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1869 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1870 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1873 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1874 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1875 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1876 differ between the manuals.
1878 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1879 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1880 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1881 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1883 * Packaging changes:
1885 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1886 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1888 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1890 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1892 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1894 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1896 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1897 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1898 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1900 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1901 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1904 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1905 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1906 file extension as the referenced file
1908 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1909 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1911 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1912 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1913 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1914 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1917 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1918 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1919 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1921 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1922 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1923 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1924 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1927 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1928 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1931 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1932 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1933 reasonable default configuration
1935 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1936 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1937 by all news servers and clients
1939 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1940 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1941 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1942 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1943 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1945 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1946 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1949 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1951 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1952 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1954 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1957 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1958 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1960 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1961 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1963 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1965 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1967 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1969 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1970 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1971 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1972 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1974 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1976 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1977 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1978 * Don't use debstd anymore
1980 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1982 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1984 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1985 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1986 contrib/non-free policy
1987 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1988 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1989 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1990 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1991 - new section about `Daemons'
1992 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1993 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1994 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1995 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1996 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1997 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1998 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1999 * SGML source code included in package
2000 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2002 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2004 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2006 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2007 - completely reworked structure
2008 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2009 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2010 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2011 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2012 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2013 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2014 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2015 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2016 - mention "orphaned packages"
2017 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2018 distributions' policy
2019 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2020 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2021 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2022 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2023 - added section about arch spec strings
2024 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2025 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2026 - added section about "menus"
2027 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2028 the new documentation policy soon
2029 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2030 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2032 - added section about editors and pagers
2033 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2034 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2035 - added section about device files
2036 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2037 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2038 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2040 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2041 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2042 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2043 - Added new section about obsolete names
2044 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2045 * Fixed package's description
2047 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2049 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2051 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2053 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2055 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2057 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2058 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2059 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2060 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2062 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2064 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2066 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2067 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2068 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2070 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2071 and upload it "byhand" too.
2073 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2075 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2078 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2079 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2080 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2081 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2082 functionality must not have the same name.
2083 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2084 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2085 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2086 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2087 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2088 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2089 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2091 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2092 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2093 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2094 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2095 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2096 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2097 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2098 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2101 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2103 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2105 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2107 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2108 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2109 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2110 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2111 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2114 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2116 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2118 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2120 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2121 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2122 description of deb file format.
2123 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2124 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2126 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2128 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2129 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2131 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2133 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2135 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2136 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2137 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2138 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2139 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2140 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2141 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2142 packages in section on Procedure
2143 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2144 a package maintainer
2145 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2146 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2147 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2149 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2150 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2151 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2152 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2153 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2154 on various shlib files
2155 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2156 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2157 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2159 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2161 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2163 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2164 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2165 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2167 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2168 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2169 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2170 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2171 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2173 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2175 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2177 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2179 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2181 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2182 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2183 compatibility go in contrib.
2185 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2186 instructions in policy manual.
2187 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2190 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2192 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2194 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2195 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2196 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2197 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2199 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2200 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2203 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2205 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2207 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2208 * More detail about changelog format names.
2210 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2211 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2215 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2217 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2219 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2221 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2223 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2225 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2227 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2229 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2230 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2231 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2233 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2235 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2237 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2239 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2241 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2245 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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