1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
4 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
5 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
6 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
7 Millan (Closes: #209008).
8 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
9 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
11 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
13 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
15 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
16 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
17 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
18 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
19 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
20 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
21 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
23 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
24 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
25 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
26 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
28 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
29 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
30 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
31 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
32 * Add an md5sums control file.
33 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
34 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
35 currently part of policy.
36 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
37 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
41 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
43 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
44 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
45 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
46 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
47 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
48 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
49 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
50 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
51 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
52 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
53 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
54 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
55 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
56 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
57 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
58 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
60 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
62 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
63 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
64 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
66 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
67 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
68 list?" (Closes: #412634).
69 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
70 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
71 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
72 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
73 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
74 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
75 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
76 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
77 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
78 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
79 debconf specification.
80 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
81 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
83 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
85 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
87 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
88 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
89 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
90 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
91 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
93 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
95 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
96 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
97 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
98 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
99 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
101 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
102 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
103 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
104 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
105 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
106 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
107 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
108 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
109 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
110 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
111 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
112 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
113 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
114 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
115 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
116 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
121 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
122 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
123 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
125 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
126 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
127 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
129 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
131 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
134 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
135 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
136 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
137 Polo (Closes: #372497).
138 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
139 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
142 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
143 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
144 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
145 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
146 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
147 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
148 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
150 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
152 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
153 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
154 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
155 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
156 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
157 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
159 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
161 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
163 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
164 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
165 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
166 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
168 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
169 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
171 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
173 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
175 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
176 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
177 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
178 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
179 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
180 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
181 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
182 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
183 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
184 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
186 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
187 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
188 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
189 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
190 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
191 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
192 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
193 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
195 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
196 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
199 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
201 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
204 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
206 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
207 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
208 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
209 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
210 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
211 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
212 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
213 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
214 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
215 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
216 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
217 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
218 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
219 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
220 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
221 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
222 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
224 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
225 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
226 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
227 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
228 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
229 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
230 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
232 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
233 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
234 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
235 Hess (Closes: #362247).
236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
237 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
238 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
239 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
240 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
241 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
242 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
243 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
244 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
245 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
246 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
247 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
249 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
250 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
253 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
255 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
256 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
257 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
258 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
259 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
260 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
261 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
262 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
264 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
266 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
270 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
272 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
273 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
274 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
275 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
276 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
278 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
279 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
280 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
284 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
286 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
287 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
288 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
289 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
291 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
293 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
295 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
297 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
298 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
299 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
301 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
304 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
306 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
308 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
309 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
310 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
311 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
313 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
314 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
315 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
316 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
318 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
320 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
323 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
324 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
325 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
326 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
327 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
328 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
329 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
330 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
331 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
332 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
334 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
335 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
336 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
339 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
340 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
342 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
343 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
344 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
346 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
347 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
348 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
349 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
351 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
352 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
353 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
354 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
356 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
357 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
358 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
361 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
362 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
363 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
364 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
365 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
366 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
367 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
369 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
370 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
371 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
372 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
373 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
374 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
375 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
376 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
378 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
380 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
383 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
384 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
385 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
386 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
387 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
388 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
389 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
390 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
391 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
393 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
394 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
395 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
396 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
397 this section. closes: Bug#248618
398 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
399 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
400 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
401 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
402 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
403 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
404 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
405 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
406 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
407 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
408 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
411 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
412 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
413 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
416 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
417 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
418 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
420 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
421 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
422 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
423 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
424 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
425 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
427 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
428 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
430 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
431 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
432 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
433 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
434 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
435 Closes: #185943, #237049
437 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
439 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
442 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
445 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
446 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
447 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
448 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
449 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
450 running. closes: Bug#187250
451 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
452 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
453 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
454 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
455 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
456 user closes: Bug#176506
458 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
460 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
463 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
464 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
465 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
466 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
467 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
468 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
469 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
470 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
471 deb-building toolchain.
472 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
473 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
474 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
475 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
476 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
477 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
478 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
479 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
480 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
481 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
482 sections about changelog files.
484 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
485 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
486 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
487 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
488 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
489 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
491 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
492 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
493 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
494 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
495 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
496 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
497 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
498 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
499 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
500 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
501 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
502 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
503 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
504 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
505 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
506 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
507 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
508 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
509 for the restructuring
511 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
513 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
516 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
518 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
519 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
520 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
521 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
522 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
523 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
525 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
526 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
527 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
528 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
529 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
530 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
531 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
533 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
534 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
535 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
536 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
538 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
540 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
543 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
544 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
545 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
546 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
547 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
548 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
550 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
551 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
552 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
553 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
555 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
556 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
557 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
558 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
559 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
560 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
561 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
562 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
563 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
565 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
566 script should start it, closes: #60979
567 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
568 "should", closes: #170019
569 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
570 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
571 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
572 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
573 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
574 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
575 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
576 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
579 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
581 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
584 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
585 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
586 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
587 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
588 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
589 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
590 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
591 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
592 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
594 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
595 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
596 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
597 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
598 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
599 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
600 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
601 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
602 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
604 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
605 file, closes: Bug#65764
607 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
609 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
611 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
612 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
613 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
614 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
615 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
616 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
617 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
618 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
619 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
620 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
621 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
622 details. closes: Bug#133030
623 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
624 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
627 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
629 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
631 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
632 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
633 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
634 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
635 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
636 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
637 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
638 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
639 not. closes: Bug#139820
640 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
641 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
642 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
643 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
644 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
645 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
646 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
647 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
648 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
649 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
651 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
653 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
654 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
655 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
656 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
657 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
658 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
659 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
660 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
661 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
662 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
663 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
664 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
665 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
666 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
667 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
668 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
669 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
670 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
671 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
672 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
674 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
675 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
676 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
677 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
678 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
679 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
680 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
682 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
683 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
684 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
685 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
686 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
687 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
688 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
689 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
690 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
692 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
694 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
696 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
697 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
698 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
699 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
700 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
701 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
702 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
703 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
704 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
705 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
706 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
707 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
708 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
709 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
710 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
711 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
712 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
713 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
714 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
715 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
716 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
717 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
718 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
720 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
722 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
724 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
725 medium, high, emergency.
726 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
727 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
728 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
729 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
730 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
733 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
734 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
735 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
737 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
738 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
739 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
740 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
741 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
742 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
743 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
746 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
748 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
750 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
751 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
752 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
753 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
755 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
756 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
757 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
758 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
759 debian/rules to do this
760 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
761 patches are incorporated upstream
762 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
763 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
764 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
765 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
766 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
767 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
769 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
770 system closes: Bug#91249
771 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
772 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
773 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
774 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
775 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
776 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
777 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
778 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
779 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
780 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
781 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
782 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
783 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
785 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
787 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
789 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
790 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
791 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
792 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
794 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
795 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
796 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
798 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
801 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
803 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
805 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
806 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
807 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
808 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
809 package for the time being
810 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
811 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
812 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
813 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
814 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
815 * Rename all .text files as .txt
816 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
817 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
818 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
819 Build-Depends arch syntax
820 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
822 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
823 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
825 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
826 from policy maintenance duties.
827 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
828 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
830 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
832 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
834 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
836 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
838 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
840 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
841 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
842 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
843 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
844 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
845 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
846 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
847 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
848 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
849 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
850 minor version number for this
851 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
852 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
853 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
854 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
855 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
856 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
857 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
858 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
859 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
861 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
863 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
865 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
866 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
867 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
868 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
869 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
871 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
873 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
874 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
875 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
876 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
877 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
878 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
879 xutils closes: Bug#82966
880 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
881 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
882 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
883 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
884 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
885 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
886 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
887 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
888 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
891 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
893 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
895 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
896 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
898 * Document the Enhances relationship
899 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
900 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
901 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
902 policy. closes: Bug#53496
903 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
904 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
906 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
908 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
909 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
910 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
911 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
913 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
914 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
915 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
916 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
917 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
919 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
921 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
923 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
924 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
925 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
927 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
928 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
929 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
930 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
931 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
932 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
933 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
934 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
935 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
937 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
939 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
941 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
943 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
944 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
945 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
946 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
947 policy. closes: Bug#64437
948 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
949 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
950 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
951 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
952 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
953 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
954 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
955 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
956 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
957 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
958 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
959 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
960 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
961 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
962 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
963 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
964 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
966 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
967 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
969 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
971 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
973 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
974 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
975 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
976 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
977 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
978 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
979 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
980 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
981 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
982 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
983 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
984 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
985 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
986 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
987 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
988 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
989 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
990 alternative closes: Bug#53755
991 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
992 list closes: Bug#53756
993 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
994 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
995 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
996 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
997 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
998 policy closes: Bug#53760
999 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1000 policy closes: Bug#53761
1001 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1002 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1003 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1004 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1005 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1006 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1007 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1008 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1009 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1010 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1011 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1013 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1014 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1015 to install with older fileutils.
1016 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1017 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1018 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1019 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1021 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1022 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1024 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1026 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1029 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1031 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1033 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1035 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1036 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1038 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1041 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1044 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1046 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1048 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1050 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1053 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1055 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1057 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1060 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1061 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1062 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1063 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1064 directoried (closes: #41547)
1065 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1066 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1067 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1068 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1069 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1070 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1071 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1072 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1073 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1074 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1075 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1077 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1078 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1079 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1080 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1081 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1082 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1083 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1085 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1086 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1087 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1088 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1090 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1092 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1094 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1095 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1097 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1099 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1102 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1104 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1106 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1109 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1111 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1112 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1113 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1114 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1115 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1116 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1117 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1118 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1119 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1120 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1121 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1122 this closes: Bug#38612
1123 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1124 before. closes: Bug#40864
1126 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1128 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1131 officially uploaded.
1132 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1134 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1135 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1136 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1138 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1139 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1140 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1141 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1142 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1143 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1145 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1146 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1147 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1149 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1151 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1152 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1153 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1154 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1155 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1157 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1159 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1162 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1163 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1164 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1165 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1166 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1167 there). closes: Bug#34233
1168 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1169 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1170 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1171 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1172 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1174 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1176 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1179 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1180 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1181 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1184 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1185 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1186 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1187 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1188 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1191 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1192 number. closes: BUG#25911
1194 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1195 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1196 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1197 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1198 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1199 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1201 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1202 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1203 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1206 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1207 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1208 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1210 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1211 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1212 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1213 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1215 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1216 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1217 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1219 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1221 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1222 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1223 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1224 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1225 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1226 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1227 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1228 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1231 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1233 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1234 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1237 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1239 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1243 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1245 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1247 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1248 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1249 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1250 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1251 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1252 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1253 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1254 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1256 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1257 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1259 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1261 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1263 * non-maintainer release
1264 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1265 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1267 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1268 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1269 * no content changes
1270 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1272 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1274 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1278 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1280 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1282 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1284 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1285 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1286 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1288 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1289 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1291 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1292 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1293 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1294 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1296 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1297 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1298 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1299 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1300 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1301 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1302 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1304 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1305 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1306 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1309 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1310 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1311 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1313 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1314 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1315 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1317 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1318 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1320 * New version numbering scheme:
1322 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1323 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1324 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1327 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1328 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1329 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1330 differ between the manuals.
1332 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1333 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1334 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1335 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1337 * Packaging changes:
1339 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1340 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1342 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1344 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1346 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1350 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1351 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1352 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1354 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1355 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1358 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1359 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1360 file extension as the referenced file
1362 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1363 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1365 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1366 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1367 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1368 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1371 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1372 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1373 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1375 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1376 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1377 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1378 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1381 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1382 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1385 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1386 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1387 reasonable default configuration
1389 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1390 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1391 by all news servers and clients
1393 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1394 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1395 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1396 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1397 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1399 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1400 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1403 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1405 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1406 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1408 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1411 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1412 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1414 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1415 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1417 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1419 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1421 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1423 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1424 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1425 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1426 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1428 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1430 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1431 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1432 * Don't use debstd anymore
1434 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1436 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1438 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1439 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1440 contrib/non-free policy
1441 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1442 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1443 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1444 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1445 - new section about `Daemons'
1446 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1447 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1448 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1449 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1450 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1451 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1452 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1453 * SGML source code included in package
1454 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1456 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1458 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1460 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1461 - completely reworked structure
1462 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1463 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1464 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1465 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1466 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1467 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1468 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1469 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1470 - mention "orphaned packages"
1471 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1472 distributions' policy
1473 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1474 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1475 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1476 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1477 - added section about arch spec strings
1478 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1479 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1480 - added section about "menus"
1481 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1482 the new documentation policy soon
1483 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1484 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1486 - added section about editors and pagers
1487 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1488 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1489 - added section about device files
1490 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1491 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1492 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1494 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1495 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1496 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1497 - Added new section about obsolete names
1498 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1499 * Fixed package's description
1501 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1503 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1505 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1507 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1509 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1511 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1512 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1513 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1514 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1516 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1518 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1520 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1521 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1522 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1524 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1525 and upload it "byhand" too.
1527 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1529 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1532 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1533 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1534 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1535 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1536 functionality must not have the same name.
1537 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1538 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1539 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1540 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1541 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1542 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1543 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1545 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1546 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1547 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1548 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1549 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1550 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1551 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1552 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1555 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1557 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1559 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1561 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1562 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1563 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1564 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1565 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1568 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1570 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1572 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1574 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1575 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1576 description of deb file format.
1577 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1578 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1580 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1582 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1583 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1585 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1587 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1589 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1590 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1591 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1592 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1593 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1594 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1595 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1596 packages in section on Procedure
1597 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1598 a package maintainer
1599 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1600 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1601 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1603 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1604 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1605 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1606 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1607 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1608 on various shlib files
1609 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1610 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1611 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1613 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1615 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1617 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1618 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1619 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1621 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1622 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1623 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1624 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1625 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1627 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1629 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1631 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1633 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1635 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1636 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1637 compatibility go in contrib.
1639 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1640 instructions in policy manual.
1641 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1644 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1646 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1648 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1649 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1650 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1651 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1653 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1654 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1657 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1659 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1661 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1662 * More detail about changelog format names.
1664 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1665 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1669 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1671 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1673 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1675 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1677 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1679 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1681 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1683 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1684 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1685 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1687 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1689 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1691 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1693 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1695 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1699 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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