1 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
6 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
7 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
8 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
9 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
10 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
11 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
13 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
14 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
15 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
16 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
17 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
18 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
19 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
21 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
22 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
23 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
24 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
26 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
28 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
32 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
33 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
34 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
35 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
36 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
38 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
39 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
40 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
41 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
43 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
44 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
45 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
46 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
47 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
48 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
49 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
50 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
51 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
53 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
54 script should start it, closes: #60979
55 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
56 "should", closes: #170019
57 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
58 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
59 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
60 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
61 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
62 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
63 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
64 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
67 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
69 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
73 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
74 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
75 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
76 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
77 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
78 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
79 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
80 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
82 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
83 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
84 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
85 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
86 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
87 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
88 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
89 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
90 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
92 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
93 file, closes: Bug#65764
95 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
97 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
99 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
100 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
101 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
102 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
103 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
104 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
105 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
106 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
107 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
108 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
109 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
110 details. closes: Bug#133030
111 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
112 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
117 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
120 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
121 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
122 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
123 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
124 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
125 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
126 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
127 not. closes: Bug#139820
128 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
129 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
130 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
131 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
132 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
133 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
134 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
135 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
136 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
137 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
139 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
141 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
142 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
143 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
144 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
145 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
146 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
147 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
148 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
149 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
150 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
151 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
152 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
153 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
154 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
155 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
156 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
157 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
158 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
159 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
160 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
162 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
163 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
164 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
165 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
166 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
167 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
168 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
170 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
171 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
172 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
173 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
174 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
175 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
176 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
177 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
178 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
180 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
182 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
184 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
185 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
186 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
187 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
188 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
189 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
190 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
191 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
192 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
193 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
194 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
195 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
196 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
197 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
198 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
199 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
200 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
201 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
202 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
203 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
204 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
205 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
206 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
208 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
210 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
212 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
213 medium, high, emergency.
214 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
215 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
216 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
217 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
218 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
221 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
222 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
223 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
225 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
226 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
227 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
228 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
229 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
230 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
231 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
234 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
236 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
239 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
240 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
241 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
243 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
244 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
245 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
246 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
247 debian/rules to do this
248 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
249 patches are incorporated upstream
250 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
251 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
252 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
253 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
254 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
255 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
257 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
258 system closes: Bug#91249
259 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
260 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
261 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
262 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
263 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
264 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
265 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
266 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
267 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
268 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
269 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
270 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
271 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
273 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
275 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
277 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
278 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
279 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
280 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
282 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
283 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
284 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
286 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
289 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
291 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
293 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
294 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
295 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
296 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
297 package for the time being
298 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
299 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
300 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
301 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
302 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
303 * Rename all .text files as .txt
304 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
305 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
306 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
307 Build-Depends arch syntax
308 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
310 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
311 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
313 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
314 from policy maintenance duties.
315 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
316 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
318 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
320 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
322 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
324 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
326 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
328 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
329 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
330 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
331 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
332 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
333 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
334 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
335 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
336 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
337 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
338 minor version number for this
339 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
340 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
341 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
342 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
343 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
344 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
345 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
346 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
347 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
349 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
351 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
353 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
354 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
355 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
356 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
357 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
359 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
361 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
362 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
363 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
364 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
365 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
366 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
367 xutils closes: Bug#82966
368 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
369 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
370 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
371 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
372 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
373 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
374 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
375 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
376 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
379 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
381 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
383 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
384 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
386 * Document the Enhances relationship
387 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
388 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
389 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
390 policy. closes: Bug#53496
391 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
392 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
394 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
396 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
397 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
398 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
399 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
401 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
402 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
403 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
404 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
405 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
407 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
409 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
411 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
412 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
413 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
415 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
416 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
417 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
418 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
419 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
420 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
421 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
422 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
423 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
425 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
427 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
429 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
431 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
432 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
433 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
434 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
435 policy. closes: Bug#64437
436 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
437 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
438 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
439 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
440 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
441 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
442 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
443 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
444 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
445 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
446 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
447 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
448 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
449 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
450 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
451 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
452 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
454 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
455 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
457 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
459 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
461 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
462 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
463 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
464 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
465 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
466 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
467 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
468 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
469 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
470 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
471 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
472 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
473 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
474 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
475 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
476 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
477 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
478 alternative closes: Bug#53755
479 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
480 list closes: Bug#53756
481 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
482 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
483 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
484 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
485 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
486 policy closes: Bug#53760
487 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
488 policy closes: Bug#53761
489 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
490 that use X closes: Bug#53762
491 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
492 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
493 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
494 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
495 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
496 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
497 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
498 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
499 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
501 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
502 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
503 to install with older fileutils.
504 * Installed FHS version 2.1
505 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
506 * Added FHS details to copyright file
507 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
509 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
510 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
512 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
514 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
516 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
517 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
519 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
521 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
523 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
524 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
526 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
529 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
531 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
532 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
534 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
536 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
538 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
540 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
541 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
543 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
545 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
547 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
548 #45561, #42447, #48570)
549 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
550 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
551 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
552 directoried (closes: #41547)
553 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
554 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
555 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
556 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
557 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
558 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
559 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
560 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
561 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
562 package criteria (closes: #45318)
563 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
565 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
566 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
567 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
568 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
569 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
570 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
571 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
573 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
574 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
575 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
576 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
578 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
580 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
582 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
583 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
585 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
587 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
589 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
590 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
592 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
594 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
596 * A few typos and omissions corrected
597 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
599 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
600 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
601 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
602 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
603 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
604 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
605 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
606 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
607 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
608 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
609 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
610 this closes: Bug#38612
611 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
612 before. closes: Bug#40864
614 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
616 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
618 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
620 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
622 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
623 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
624 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
626 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
627 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
628 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
629 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
630 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
631 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
633 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
634 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
635 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
637 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
639 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
640 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
641 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
642 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
643 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
645 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
647 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
649 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
650 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
651 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
652 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
653 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
654 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
655 there). closes: Bug#34233
656 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
657 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
658 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
659 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
660 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
662 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
664 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
666 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
667 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
668 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
669 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
672 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
673 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
674 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
675 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
676 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
679 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
680 number. closes: BUG#25911
682 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
683 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
684 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
685 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
686 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
687 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
689 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
690 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
691 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
694 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
695 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
696 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
698 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
699 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
700 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
701 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
703 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
704 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
705 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
707 * Make the package optional, not extra.
709 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
710 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
711 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
712 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
713 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
714 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
715 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
716 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
719 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
721 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
722 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
725 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
727 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
729 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
731 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
733 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
735 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
736 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
737 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
738 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
739 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
740 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
741 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
742 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
744 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
745 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
747 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
749 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
751 * non-maintainer release
752 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
753 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
755 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
756 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
758 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
760 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
762 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
766 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
768 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
770 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
772 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
773 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
774 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
776 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
777 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
779 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
780 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
781 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
782 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
784 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
785 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
786 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
787 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
788 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
789 and restart options and to comply with the console message
790 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
792 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
793 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
794 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
797 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
798 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
799 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
801 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
802 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
803 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
805 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
806 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
808 * New version numbering scheme:
810 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
811 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
812 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
815 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
816 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
817 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
818 differ between the manuals.
820 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
821 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
822 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
823 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
827 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
828 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
830 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
832 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
834 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
836 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
838 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
839 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
840 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
842 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
843 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
846 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
847 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
848 file extension as the referenced file
850 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
851 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
853 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
854 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
855 start, stop, restart, force-reload
856 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
859 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
860 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
861 be installed into /etc/cron.d
863 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
864 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
865 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
866 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
869 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
870 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
873 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
874 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
875 reasonable default configuration
877 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
878 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
879 by all news servers and clients
881 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
882 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
883 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
884 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
885 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
887 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
888 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
891 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
893 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
894 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
896 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
899 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
900 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
902 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
903 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
905 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
907 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
909 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
911 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
912 - X library package is now called xlib6g
913 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
914 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
916 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
918 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
919 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
920 * Don't use debstd anymore
922 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
924 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
926 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
927 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
928 contrib/non-free policy
929 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
930 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
931 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
932 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
933 - new section about `Daemons'
934 - updated section about `Configuration files'
935 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
936 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
937 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
938 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
939 * Paper about libc6 migration:
940 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
941 * SGML source code included in package
942 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
944 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
946 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
948 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
949 - completely reworked structure
950 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
951 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
952 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
953 - removed all those ugly footnotes
954 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
955 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
956 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
957 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
958 - mention "orphaned packages"
959 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
960 distributions' policy
961 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
962 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
963 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
964 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
965 - added section about arch spec strings
966 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
967 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
968 - added section about "menus"
969 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
970 the new documentation policy soon
971 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
972 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
974 - added section about editors and pagers
975 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
976 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
977 - added section about device files
978 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
979 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
980 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
982 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
983 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
984 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
985 - Added new section about obsolete names
986 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
987 * Fixed package's description
989 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
991 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
993 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
995 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
997 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
999 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1000 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1001 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1002 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1004 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1006 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1008 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1009 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1010 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1012 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1013 and upload it "byhand" too.
1015 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1017 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1021 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1022 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1023 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1024 functionality must not have the same name.
1025 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1026 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1027 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1028 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1029 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1030 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1031 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1033 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1034 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1035 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1036 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1037 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1038 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1039 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1040 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1043 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1045 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1047 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1049 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1050 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1051 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1052 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1053 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1056 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1058 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1060 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1062 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1063 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1064 description of deb file format.
1065 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1066 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1068 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1070 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1071 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1073 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1075 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1077 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1078 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1079 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1080 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1081 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1082 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1083 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1084 packages in section on Procedure
1085 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1086 a package maintainer
1087 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1088 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1089 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1091 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1092 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1093 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1094 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1095 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1096 on various shlib files
1097 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1098 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1099 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1101 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1103 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1105 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1106 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1107 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1109 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1110 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1111 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1112 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1113 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1115 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1117 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1119 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1121 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1123 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1124 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1125 compatibility go in contrib.
1127 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1128 instructions in policy manual.
1129 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1132 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1134 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1136 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1137 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1138 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1139 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1141 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1142 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1145 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1147 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1149 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1150 * More detail about changelog format names.
1152 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1153 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1157 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1159 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1161 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1163 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1165 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1167 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1169 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1171 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1172 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1173 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1175 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1177 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1179 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1181 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1183 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1187 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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